What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Enterprise Architect – AI Solutions position at MetLife?
The Opportunity
The Lead Enterprise Architect is responsible for driving enterprise and solution architecture across the U.S. technology portfolio, with a primary focus on Retirement Income Solutions (RIS) and other U.S. business domains. Guided by MetLife’s purpose — always with you, building a more confident future — and our New Frontier strategy, this role partners closely with business and technology leaders to define and deliver architectural roadmaps that enable secure, scalable, and modern solutions.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the architecture of complex enterprise platforms spanning digital channels, integration, data, AI, cloud, security, and infrastructure, while influencing technology direction and elevating engineering practices across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
The Lead Enterprise Architect is responsible for driving enterprise and solution architecture across the U.S. technology portfolio, with a primary focus on Retirement Income Solutions (RIS) and other U.S. business domains. Guided by MetLife’s purpose — always with you, building a more confident future — and our New Frontier strategy, this role partners closely with business and technology leaders to define and deliver architectural roadmaps that enable secure, scalable, and modern solutions.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the architecture of complex enterprise platforms spanning digital channels, integration, data, AI, cloud, security, and infrastructure, while influencing technology direction and elevating engineering practices across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development of multi‑year enterprise and solution architecture roadmaps aligned to line‑of‑business strategic and tactical priorities.
- Design and deliver secure, scalable, and fit‑for‑purpose solution architectures within an agile delivery model, partnering closely with business, engineering, and application teams.
- Guide the adoption of modern, cloud‑native architectures (preferably Microsoft Azure), including PaaS‑focused solutions and enterprise cloud standards.
- Establish and evolve architecture standards, patterns, governance, and best practices across U.S. Technology Architecture.
- Mentor and influence architects and engineers by raising technical standards through hands‑on guidance, training, and thought leadership.
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline (CS, EE, ME, Math, or equivalent).
- 7 years of experience in architecting, engineering, and delivering enterprise business solutions.
- Proven experience designing and operationalizing AI/ML and Generative AI solutions, including model integration, prompt engineering, and AI governance.
- Experience designing and engineering across multiple technology domains, including application, data, security, cloud/infrastructure and experience with event-driven architectures, microservices, and API ecosystems.
- Ability to prototype concepts, run POCs, and translate ideas into actionable architecture for AD teams (not day-to-day coding).
- Hands on experience with enterprise solutions in the cloud, including IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS technologies
- Experience with agentic frameworks (e.g., autonomous agents, orchestration frameworks) to support enterprise automation and intelligent workflows
- Industry experience in Finance/ Insurance/Annuities with a strong understanding of sector-specific challenges.