About the Role

Swiss Re is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Enterprise Architect to strengthen its Group Enterprise Architecture function. As a member of the Enterprise Architecture community, you will shape and lead enablement capabilities and architecture governance across all enterprise-level initiatives.

As part of Group Enterprise Architecture, you will work across Domains, business areas, technology teams and governance forums to make architecture guidance easier to discover, apply and enforce. You will translate operational pain points into practical solutions: streamlined workflows, trusted architecture information, actionable intelligence, reusable guidance and fit-for-purpose automation, including AI-enabled capabilities where appropriate.

This is an enterprise-facing individual contributor role with accountability for tangible improvements in efficiency, adoption, decision speed and architecture quality. Delivery assignments may arise occasionally for high-priority cross-domain initiatives or to validate and improve enablement and governance capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture Tooling & Digital Enablement

- Own the design and evolutionof architecture enablement tooling, workflows, dashboards and self-service capabilities that support architects, governance bodies and business stakeholders.

- Integrate architecture repositoriesand relevant enterprise data sources to improve discoverability, traceability, information quality and decision usefulness.

- Identify opportunitiesfor workflow automation, AI-assisted analysis and decision support prototype, validate and operationalize solutions with appropriate controls.

- Establish product-like ownershipof enablement capabilities, including user needs, prioritized backlog, adoption, reliability and continuous improvement.

Process Optimization & Operational Excellence

- Map and challengeexisting architecture processes, eliminating duplication, unnecessary handoffs and low-value manual work.

- Simplify architecture intake, assessments, reviews, decision recording, exception handling and follow-up through risk-based and proportionate controls.

- Define measurable service outcomessuch as cycle time, manual effort avoided, automation coverage, throughput and stakeholder experience.

- Implement feedback loopsthat convert recurring cases, issues and decisions into reusable guidance and systemic process improvements.

Architecture Governance & Decision Intelligence





- Improve the effectivenessof Design Authority and architecture governance through clear decision rights, review criteria, evidence requirements and transparent escalation.

- Create actionable insightsfrom architecture decisions, inventories, risks, standards adoption and cross-domain dependencies to support enterprise steering.

- Strengthen architecture information quality, ownership, lifecycle governance and change control so decisions are based on reliable and current evidence.

- Develop practical standards, reference architectures, patterns and guidance that help teams make consistent decisions with less friction.

Enterprise Collaboration, Adoption & Change

- Partner with Domain Architects, delivery teams, data owners, platform teams and risk/control functions to shape common solutions and encourage reuse.

- Engage architecture community membersto understand needs, test tooling, provide demonstrations, publish guidance and drive adoption.

- Communicate progress and impactto leadership using concise, outcome-based reporting and evidence of improvements.

- Coach colleaguesand champion an automation-first, continuous-improvement mindset across the architecture community.

Selective Architecture Delivery & Feedback

- Provide enterprise architecture leadershipor targeted design assurance for selected strategic, complex or cross-domain initiatives when required.

- Challenge architecture trade-offs, alignment with target state, resilience, security, integration, sustainability and total cost of ownership.

- Feed lessons, emerging patternsand information gaps from delivery engagements back into enterprise tooling, standards and governance.

Expected Outcomes & Measures of Success

- Reduced architecture review and decision turnaround time, with improved transparency and traceability.

- Measurable reduction in repetitive manual work through streamlined processes, automation and self-service.

- Improved completeness, freshness and usability of architecture information across relevant sources.

- Higher adoption and reuse of common architecture tools, standards, guidance and decision patterns.

- Evidence that governance insights lead to resolved recurring issues and better enterprise-wide decisions.





About You

We are looking for a pragmatic, curious and collaborative professional who combines strong systems thinking with a hands-on builder mindset. You are someone who can move seamlessly from concept to prototype to sustainable operational capability, engage diverse stakeholders with confidence and champion continuous improvement across a complex enterprise setting.

We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:

- 12+ years of experiencein enterprise or solution architecture, architecture governance, technology transformation or architecture enablement within a complex organisation.

- Proven ability to improve enterprise processesand deliver practical tooling, workflow automation, integrations or data-driven decision-support capabilities.

- Working knowledge of architecture repositories, information models, APIs, data quality, dashboards, governance workflows and enterprise architecture frameworks.

- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systemsor a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

- Fluent written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate clearly across technical and business audiences.

These are additional nice to haves:

- Experience withAI/GenAI-enabled automation, knowledge graphs, agentic workflows or analytics, with sound judgment about reliability, security and controls.

- TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification relevant cloud, data, automation, AI or governance certifications are also welcome.

- Experience inre/insurance or financial services.

- Skilled instakeholder engagement, facilitation and influencing without authority, driving change across Domains.

- Strongoutcome ownership, clear communication, sound prioritization and willingness to challenge inefficient ways of working.

- Ability totranslate enterprise needsinto prioritized deliverables and demonstrate adoption, efficiency and business impact.

Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week.

We may use AI-powered tools to support the review and evaluation of applications for this position. These tools provide additional insights to our recruitment teams, but all hiring decisions are carefully reviewed and made by people. To learn more about how we use AI in recruitment and how we handle your personal data, please review our Data Privacy Statement before applying.

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📌 Senior Enterprise Architect (Bengaluru)
🏢 Swiss Re
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