What are the responsibilities and job description for the AVP, Application Modernization position at Primerica?
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In 2025, USA Today recognized Primerica as a Top Workplace USA for the fifth year in a row, and Newsweek named Primerica one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity for the second consecutive year. In 2024, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution named Primerica as a Top Workplace for the eleventh consecutive year, and Forbes recognized Primerica as one of America’s Best Employers for Women for the fifth year in a row. In addition, for the tenth time Primerica has been voted a Best Employer by Gwinnett Magazine. Primerica is a great place to work! Join our team to experience what it’s like to work at “one of the best places to work in the metro Atlanta”.
About This Position
Own execution of strategic, high visibility, enterprise-wide modernization initiatives by translating strategy into actionable, measurable programs. Drive modernization across mission critical platforms while ensuring alignment with business priorities and minimizing risk. This role requires deep technical expertise combined with large scale delivery leadership experience across cross-functional engineering teams.
This position is exempt (not eligible for overtime pay):
Yes
Our Benefits
At Primerica, we believe that diversity and inclusion are critical to our future and our mission – creating a foundation for a creative workplace that leads to innovation, growth, and profitability. Through a variety of programs and initiatives, we invest in each employee, seeking to ensure that our people are not only respected as individuals, but also truly valued for their unique perspectives.
In 2025, USA Today recognized Primerica as a Top Workplace USA for the fifth year in a row, and Newsweek named Primerica one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity for the second consecutive year. In 2024, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution named Primerica as a Top Workplace for the eleventh consecutive year, and Forbes recognized Primerica as one of America’s Best Employers for Women for the fifth year in a row. In addition, for the tenth time Primerica has been voted a Best Employer by Gwinnett Magazine. Primerica is a great place to work! Join our team to experience what it’s like to work at “one of the best places to work in the metro Atlanta”.
About This Position
Own execution of strategic, high visibility, enterprise-wide modernization initiatives by translating strategy into actionable, measurable programs. Drive modernization across mission critical platforms while ensuring alignment with business priorities and minimizing risk. This role requires deep technical expertise combined with large scale delivery leadership experience across cross-functional engineering teams.
- This position is only open to candidates located in Georgia
- Partner with enterprise architecture, application, infrastructure, Enterprise Data, and business SMEs to assess the current technology landscape and develop clear as-is‑ architecture documentation.
- Translate multi‑year modernization strategies into executable programs and lead day-to-day‑ delivery of modernization initiatives across internal teams and vendors.
- Establish governance and risk management frameworks; identify and mitigate technical, security, and operational risks; and manage vendors for productivity, quality, and cost-effectiveness‑.
- Ensure infrastructure capacity, resiliency, scalability, and security controls align with modernization goals while enforcing cloud, security, and architectural standards.
- Develop staffing plans, build and mentor high-performing teams, communicate program progress, risks, and impacts to executive leadership.
- Master's degree or bachelor's degree with relevant experience in Computer Science, Information Technology
- 15 years of technology leadership experience, including hands-on execution of enterprise-scale modernization or transformation initiatives
- Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures (AWS preferred), Kubernetes, API-first and event-driven architectures, hybrid cloud environments, legacy system modernization (including mainframe), CI/CD pipelines, observability, and security frameworks
- Strong leadership skills with proven ability to lead cross-functional engineering teams and influence stakeholders at all levels
- Strong vendor management, program / project management, and offshore team management
- Experience in financial services or other regulated industries
This position is exempt (not eligible for overtime pay):
Yes
Our Benefits
- Day one health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) Plan with competitive employer match
- Vacation, sick, holiday and volunteer time off
- Life and disability insurance
- Flexible Spending Account & Health Savings Account
- Professional development
- Tuition reimbursement
- Company-sponsored social and philanthropy events
At Primerica, we believe that diversity and inclusion are critical to our future and our mission – creating a foundation for a creative workplace that leads to innovation, growth, and profitability. Through a variety of programs and initiatives, we invest in each employee, seeking to ensure that our people are not only respected as individuals, but also truly valued for their unique perspectives.