Chief Architect

Amerisure creates exceptional value for its partners, policyholders, and employees. As a property and casualty insurance company, Amerisure’s promise to our partner agencies and policyholders begins with a comprehensive line of insurance products designed to protect businesses, as well as the health and safety of every employee. With an A.M. Best “A” (Excellent) rating, Amerisure serves mid-sized commercial enterprises focused in construction, manufacturing and healthcare. Ranked as one of the top 100 Property & Casualty companies in the United States, we proudly manage nearly $1 Billion of Direct Written Premium and maintain $1.21 billion in surplus.

Amerisure is seeking a visionary Chief Architect, Enterprise Architecture to lead the development of our enterprise‑wide architectural strategy. This leader will design and guide technical architecture that aligns tightly with our business architecture, ensuring technology investments directly support business priorities and long-term growth. The role will be hybrid onsite in our Farmington Hills office. The ideal candidate will also possess the following skill set. 

Summary Statement

Provides architectural leadership emphasizing modern application, integration, and digital solution architecture aligned to business strategy and customer experience. Leads the creation of unified enterprise application and data architectures supporting underwriting, claims, policy administration, billing, digital engagement, analytics, and agent/broker channels. Defines Amerisure’s application modernization strategy, ensuring platforms and services are modular, scalable, API‑enabled, cloud-capable, secure, and reusable. Establishes an enterprise technology roadmap that advances business capabilities, accelerates speed‑to‑market, and enhances stakeholder and customer experience.  

Essential Tasks/Major Duties

• Lead and develop domain architects with a focus on application, integration, and digital domain expertise, ensuring strong talent, succession planning, and alignment with Amerisure’s strategic agenda.
• Provide technical leadership across domains including application architecture, integration, data, digital products, security, and cloud.
• Design, document, and maintain the enterprise application and solution architecture, ensuring cohesive alignment across core insurance functions and customer-facing platforms.
• Ensure business and technology strategies remain aligned with Amerisure’s operating model and future-state digital aspirations.
• Define modern architectural standards and patterns (microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, cloud-native design, domain-driven design) while maintaining a strong cybersecurity posture.
• Create and socialize a clear architectural vision enabling business growth, modernization, and superior customer experiences.
• Collaborate with business leaders, product teams, and technology partners to translate business needs into scalable, high-performing application and digital solutions.
• Maintain deep knowledge of Amerisure’s existing application and data landscape, guiding modernization, reuse, rationalization, and integration strategies.
  Research and evaluate emerging application technologies, development frameworks, cloud services, and digital experience platforms relevant to insurance transformation.
• Influence senior leadership by articulating the business value of architectural decisions, securing alignment and investment for modernization initiatives.
• Develop and maintain a solution landscape that supports speed-to-market, reusability, interoperability, and adoption of modern engineering practices.
• Resolve complex cross-domain application challenges—including integration, APIs, workflow, data flow, and platform interoperability.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• 15 years of experience designing complex application or digital solutions, including at least 5 years as an enterprise or solution architect.
• 3 years of leadership experience.
• Demonstrated success leading and developing architects and influencing through cross-functional collaboration.
• Insurance industry experience is required, with strong understanding of underwriting, claims, policy administration, billing, distribution, or digital customer/agent interactions.
• Demonstrated expertise architecting customer-facing and business-facing digital applications, platforms, and integrations.
• Strong experience with modern development platforms, application frameworks, integration patterns, API platforms, cloud services, and data pipelines.
• Hands-on experience across multiple SDLC methodologies including agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and iterative delivery models.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption paths aligned to business value.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust and lead collaboratively with business, product, and technology teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate architectural decisions to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Deep knowledge of modern architecture trends enabling modernization, digital transformation, and competitive differentiation.

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Just as we are committed to creating exceptional value for our Partners For Success® agencies and policyholders, Amerisure also remains committed to being an employer of choice. We reinforce this commitment by adhering to an Employee Value Proposition that, in part, is provided through a competitive total rewards package. This package includes competitive base pay, performance-based incentive pay, comprehensive health and welfare benefits, a 401(k) savings plan with profit sharing, and generous paid time off programs. We also offer flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance. Recognized as one of the Best and Brightest® Companies to Work For in the Nation and one of Business Insurance magazine’s Best Places to Work in Insurance, we provide a workplace that fosters excellence and professional growth. If you are looking for a collaborative and rewarding career, Amerisure is looking for you.

Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  Amerisure provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (to include sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local laws. Amerisure complies with all applicable laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in all locations where the company operates.  This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.   Amerisure prohibits harassment or discrimination of any kind and is committed to maintaining a workplace free from unlawful harassment or discrimination. Amerisure prohibits retaliation against anyone who reports discrimination, participates in an investigation, or opposes unlawful practices. Any improper interference with an employee’s ability to perform their job duties may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination.