Full-Time
Lead Architect
AI Solutions Architecture, Claim
Updated on 9/3/2026
Travelers
10,001+ employees
Property casualty insurer for homes
Compensation Overview
$169.4k - $279.6k/yr
Hunt Valley, Cockeysville, MD, USA + 3 more
More locations: Hartford, CT, USA | St Paul, MN, USA | United States
Hybrid
Hybrid work is indicated for the listed locations.
Bachelor's
 AI & Machine Learning |
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- A bachelor's degree in computer science, a related STEM field, or equivalent education and/or work experience is required.
- At least 7 additional years of architecture or software engineering experience is required.
- At least 2 years of technical leadership experience is required.
- Advanced architecture experience and recent hands-on engineering experience with modern technologies are required.
- Experience executing complex, large-scale technology strategies is required.
- Experience working in an agile operational model is required.
- Experience supporting transformational change and adjusting plans, priorities, and strategies in response to changing circumstances is required.
- Experience developing technology target states and roadmaps aligned with short- and long-term business goals is required.
- Strong knowledge of the insurance industry and value creation and business capability models is required.
- Experience analyzing current and future problems and opportunities, evaluating information to understand root causes, and exploring alternative solutions is required.
- The candidate must demonstrate sound judgment, decision-making, effective verbal, written, and listening communication, and collaborative work practices.
- Experience defining scalable, production-grade AI systems, including distributed and parallel processing architectures, is required.
- Hands-on AI and machine learning development and deployment experience is required, including knowledge of machine learning algorithms, neural network architectures, and optimization techniques.
- A strong mathematical foundation in linear algebra, statistics, and probability theory is required.
- Experience with machine learning operations, AI operations, and continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines for AI and machine learning systems is required.
- Hands-on experience with Claude Enterprise/CLI/Code, OpenAI Codex, and GitHub Copilot is required.
- Hands-on experience with generative AI foundations, including transformer architectures, large language models, diffusion models, variational autoencoders, generative adversarial networks, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and reinforcement learning from human feedback, is required.
- Experience with multimodal AI systems is required.
- Experience building autonomous AI systems with planning and reasoning capabilities, including reinforcement learning and decision-making frameworks, is required.
- Hands-on experience with agentic patterns, including tool use, function calling, application programming interface integration, memory systems, retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, and multi-agent orchestration, is required.
- Hands-on or working experience with LangChain, Strands, Crew AI, Model Context Protocol, and Agent2Agent is required.
- Deep experience with AWS Bedrock, including AgentCore, and SaaS AI and agentic capabilities is required.
- Knowledge of AI ethics, bias mitigation, responsible AI practices, the EU AI Act, and the General Data Protection Regulation is required.
- Experience with AI governance frameworks and model risk management is required.
- The role is responsible for architecture across multiple technology and/or business segments or domains for a single business unit.
- Define and lead technology proofs of concept to verify the feasibility of architecture solutions.
- Identify opportunities to capitalize on technology advances by analyzing key industry and technology trends and assessing their potential enterprise impact.
- Drive continuous technology transformation to minimize technical debt.
- Conduct hands-on prototyping of new technology solutions.
- Partner with Technology and Business leadership to align technology direction and execute proofs of technology.
- Provide thought leadership in modern architecture principles and technology modernization.
- Engage senior Technology and Business leadership to develop architecture priorities and direction, enable business imperatives, and gain buy-in.
- Prepare and deliver communications conveying architectural direction.
- Drive strategic relationships and champion organizational buy-in.
- Apply hands-on expertise in AI, machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI systems to architect scalable, production-grade AI solutions across the enterprise.
- Provide consulting expertise to division and domain architects, drive architecture alignment across lines of business, and champion an enterprise AI solutions architecture practice.
- Align AI platform capabilities with business needs across large language model selection and routing, retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, memory systems, and tool/function-calling patterns.
- Help establish governance, risk, and control processes for safe, compliant, and sustainable AI deployments.
- Track and communicate the evolving AI platform roadmap, surface competitive landscape insights, and identify opportunities and challenges supporting enterprise initiatives.
- Bridge complex AI concepts for non-technical stakeholders, build consensus across diverse teams, and foster knowledge sharing within the architecture community.
- Insurance technology experience is preferred.
- Experience with Azure Foundry, Agent 365, or GCP/Gemini AI is optional.
Travelers provides property and casualty insurance for homes, cars, valuables, and businesses in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, funded by premiums from policyholders. It underwrites coverage that protects against specified risks, with premiums set based on risk factors and delivered through a network of independent agents, brokers, and direct channels, while also offering loss-prevention resources. It differentiates itself with a 165+ year history and a track record of policy innovations, including early auto and space-travel policies, and through its large distribution network and public-policy initiatives. Its goal is to give clients peace of mind by minimizing risk, preventing losses, and providing financial protection and stability through dependable coverage.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1853
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Business Insurance net written premiums reached a record $6.0 billion in Q2 2026.
- July 17, 2026 buybacks returned $1.31 billion, signaling excess capital generation.
- Net investment income rose 14% after-tax in Q2 2026, cushioning underwriting volatility.
What critics are saying
- Personal Insurance net written premiums fell 8% in Q2 2026, pressuring growth.
- Travelers faces a March 31, 2026 $2 billion bad-faith lawsuit from Prairie Farms.
- Climate catastrophes and social inflation break Travelers' underwriting discipline by 2027.
What makes Travelers unique
- Travelers' July 17, 2026 Q2 core ROE hit 24.9% with 83.6% combined ratio.
- Applied Systems named Travelers its first anchor carrier for July 8, 2026 submissionless renewals.
- Travelers launched AI Claim Assistant on February 18, 2026 with OpenAI.
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AM Best has affirmed The Travelers Companies' Financial Strength Rating of A++ (Superior) and Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of "aa+" (Superior) for its main subsidiaries. The outlook remains stable. The ratings reflect Travelers' strongest balance sheet strength, very strong operating performance, and favourable business profile. In 2025, the group reported $4.1 billion in net underwriting income, its largest ever. Combined with investment income, total net income reached $6.5 billion for the year. Travelers ranks as the fifth largest property/casualty insurer in the US based on 2025 direct premiums written. The company is the seventh largest personal lines writer and second largest commercial lines writer, offering coverage across all 50 states and several international territories.
Travelers Companies appointed Anthony Jabbour to its Board of Directors, where he will serve on the Audit Committee and Risk Committee. Jabbour previously held senior leadership positions at Dun & Bradstreet Holdings and Black Knight. The US-based insurer, with a market capitalisation of approximately $76 billion, provides commercial and personal property and casualty coverage across the United States, Canada, and international markets. Jabbour's background in data-centric businesses aligns with insurers' increasing use of analytics to assess risk and structure products. His appointment suggests Travelers is strengthening its focus on using data and AI tools to refine underwriting and pricing. However, the company faces sector-wide challenges, including analyst expectations for declining earnings and concerns about emerging risks like cyber insurance potentially being underpriced.
Ford names new Chief AI and Data Officer to advance AI strategy. Mano Mannoochahr joins Ford after leading enterprise AI, data and analytics strategies at Verizon and Travelers. On the Dash: * Ford is elevating AI and data leadership as the automaker looks to expand these capabilities across its major business units. * Mannoochahr's background in enterprise AI at Verizon and Travelers brings the automaker an executive with experience scaling AI across large organizations. * His role spans Ford's retail, commercial, EV and financial operations, signaling a broad approach to how the automaker plans to use AI and data. Ford has appointed Mano Mannoochahr as its Chief AI and Data Officer, as the automaker aims to enhance its artificial intelligence and data capabilities. In this role, Mannoochahr will collaborate with teams across Ford Blue, Ford Model e, Ford Pro and Ford Credit to advance the company's AI and data strategy. Prior to joining Ford, Mannoochahr served as Chief Data, Analytics and AI Officer at Verizon, where he led the enterprise-wide strategy for data, analytics and artificial intelligence. He managed an organization of more than 3,000 employees dedicated to deploying AI across Verizon's customer, network and enterprise operations. Before his time at Verizon, Mannoochahr spent six years at Travelers as Senior Vice President and Chief Data and Analytics Officer. In this position, he directed the company's data, analytics, AI and engineering capabilities, advising the CEO on digital transformation and AI-driven growth. Mannoochahr described his transition to Ford as a "meaningful homecoming," citing his earlier career in American manufacturing at companies such as John Deere and General Electric. Ford's history of innovation and its vision for the future drove his decision to join the company. In his new position, Mannoochahr will work with Ford's leadership and its enterprise technology organization as the company expands its use of AI across its business operations. His appointment brings Ford an executive with extensive enterprise AI experience as Ford continues to develop technology across its automotive and financial sectors. Mannoochahr's background includes leading large-scale data and AI organizations and implementing digital transformation initiatives in global businesses. His role positions AI and data as central elements of Ford's strategy across its vehicle, commercial and financial operations.
Ohio court clarifies that no bad-faith claim exists without a breach of the policy. LinkedIn Facebook X BBI Logistics, LLC v. GRS Transp., Inc., 2026-Ohio-1146 (2026) BBI is a freight brokerage logistics company that arranged transport of frozen chicken for its client - Bird in Hand Farms, Inc. in February 2021. BBI arranged for a transport company - GRS - to deliver the chicken to Bird in Hand. There was a winter storm while the delivery was being transported by GRS. The GRS driver's trailer was parked on a residential street in Monroe, Louisiana for four days due to the winter storm. During that time, someone cut the trailer seal and stole 15-20 pounds of chicken. Bird in Hand then rejected the entire load upon delivery. BBI sued GRS and Travelers - its insurer. Travelers had issued a policy to BBI covering "damages... for direct physical loss of or damage to covered property." BBI averred that Travelers' insurance policy included coverage for the loss of and/or damage to the shipment of frozen chicken, and claimed that Travelers breached the policy by not providing full payment for BBI's loss. BBI also contended that Travelers acted in bad faith in investigating and evaluating BBI's insurance claim and ultimately denying BBI full coverage. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's decision granting summary judgment that the frozen chicken was not covered property under the Travelers policy. Accordingly the Court of Appeals concluded that Travelers did not breach its policy with BBI. The court then turned to BBI's bad faith claim. BBI argued genuine issues of material fact precluded summary judgment on its claim for bad faith against Travelers, but the trial court concluded that BBI failed to identify any such issues. In reviewing the grant of summary judgment in favor of Travelers, the Court of Appeals held that, if an insurer does not breach the insurance policy when denying coverage, then an insured cannot maintain a claim for bad faith, citing Wash. v. Evans, 2021-Ohio-587, ¶ 34, 168 N.E.3d 638 (10th Dist.). Therefore, the Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in favor of Travelers on the bad faith claim. Plaintiff-insureds in Ohio often attempt to argue that a bad faith claim may be pursued irrespective of whether there was an actual breach of the insurance contract. While there is very little authority to support such a position, the argument is not always clear-cut. However, the BBI Logistics decision stands as helpful authority that insurers may utilize in countering such an argument by their insureds. DISCLAIMER: Because of the generality of this update, the information provided herein may not be applicable in all situations and should not be acted upon without specific legal advice based on particular situations. Attorney Advertising. (C) Marshall Dennehey 2026 Help shape our research. Are you... * a law firm C-suite leader? * general counsel/inhouse legal? or * a recent lateral attorney hire? Share your lateral move experience in our confidential 8-minute survey.
The Travelers Companies, Inc. has announced a $750 million senior notes offering. The insurance company will issue 4.950% senior notes due 2031 at a public offering price of 99.978% of principal amount. Interest will be paid semi-annually on 24 January and 24 July each year, beginning 24 January 2027. The notes will mature on 24 July 2031. The joint book-running managers include Barclays Capital, BofA Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Wells Fargo Securities. Co-managers include TD Securities, Truist Securities, BNY Mellon Capital Markets, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Securities, Morgan Stanley, U.S. Bancorp Investments, and Academy Securities. Travelers intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include debt repayment, working capital, capital expenditures, and possible acquisitions.