【Position Overview】
The Enterprise Architect is a senior-level role responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the overall architecture that supports the strategic objectives of NN Life Japan. This position ensures that business goals, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices are translated into robust, scalable, and secure IT solutions.
【Key Responsibilities】
- Architectural Strategy & Vision: Contribute a comprehensive enterprise architecture strategy aligned with NN Life Japan's business objectives and digital transformation initiatives.
- Solution Design: Oversee and/or produce the design of scalable, resilient, and compliant IT systems, including policy administration, claims management, underwriting, and customer engagement platforms.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with business leaders and colleagues, IT teams, and external partners to ensure technology solutions meet operational needs and regulatory standards.
- Governance & Compliance: Contribute to establish architecture governance frameworks, ensuring adherence to relevant regulations (GDPR, FSA, FISC…) and industry standards.
- Technology Evaluation: Assess emerging technologies such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and data analytics for applicability and value in the life insurance context.
- Integration and Interoperability: Design integration strategies for legacy systems, third-party applications, and new platforms to ensure seamless data flow and operational efficiency.
- Risk Management: Identify and address architectural risks related to data privacy, cybersecurity, disaster recovery and business continuity.
- Documentation & Communication: Create clear documentation of architectural decisions, communicate technical concepts and patterns to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
【Qualifications】
- Extensive experience (minimum 5 years ideally) in architecture, preferably within the insurance or financial services sector, but not limited to.
- Strong understanding of life insurance business processes, products, and regulatory environment
- Understanding of architectural frameworks (TOGAF for example)
- Proven track record with cloud technologies, microservices, API management, and data architecture
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Relevant certifications (TOGAF, AWS, GCP, Azure for example) are highly desirable, but not discriminatory
- Bachelor or Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field a nice-to-have
【Preferred Skills】
- Experience with digital transformation and modernization of legacy systems
- Knowledge of data privacy, cybersecurity practices, and regulatory compliance specific to life insurance
- Ability to drive change and foster innovation within cross-functional teams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
【Why Join Us?】
The company
NN Life Japan was the first European insurance company to enter the Japanese market, celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026. NN Life Japan offers a range of corporate-owned life insurance products (COLI) to owners and employees of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which makes the company unique in the market. NN Life Japan prides itself on being an 'SME supporter'. Our mission is to help SMEs care for what matters to them most.
People
IT has been working hard to improve its service: something that's been reflected in semi-annual Net Promoter surveys, where we have seen a sustained 75-point improvement over the past five years.
From 2020, NN Life Japan was rated as a "top employer" by Top Employers Institute, each year. We are the only life insurance firm to have received this award in Japan.
【Treatment】
Band Level : S16E
Open Position Number : 1
Reporting To: Line Manager
Employment Status: Permanent
Expectation Start date : ASAP
【Work Location】
Tokyo Head Office
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