Locations
Posting Location Cary North Carolina
Posting Location New York New York
Posting Location Tampa Florida
City
Cities
Cary New York Tampa
Region
States
Florida New York North Carolina
Country
United States
Working Schedule
Full-Time
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Travel Required
10
Relocation Assistance Available
No
Posted Date
26-Mar-2026
Job ID
12681
Description and Requirements
Sr Principal Enterprise Data Architect- AI & Innovation
Location Cary NC Tampa FL or New York NY
The Sr Principal Enterprise Data Architect - AI & Innovation is responsible for shaping governing and advancing the enterprise data architecture strategy with a strong focus on enabling analytics AI and emerging intelligent capabilities across MetLife. This senior leadership role ensures that data assets platforms and architectural patterns are designed to support scalable innovation while meeting enterprise standards for security resiliency and compliance. This role operates at the intersection of enterprise architecture applied AI and business partnership working closely with senior leaders to translate business priorities into durable architectural direction. The position requires deep architectural expertise strong executive presence and the ability to guide complex initiatives in a highly matrixed environment. While not primarily a hands-on engineering role the architect is expected to engage meaningfully in solution design prototype validation and architectural decision making.
Department
Enterprise Architecture ensures a holistic strategy and approach to technology solutions by working broadly across the company. We drive MetLife toward a simplified consistent and forward-looking architecture globally enabling quality agility innovation and cost effectiveness. We partner with Business Units Global Operations Application Development Data & Analytics Information Security and Infrastructure teams to advance MetLifes business and technology strategy.
Key Responsibilities
Data Architecture & Strategy
Develop maintain and communicate the enterprise data architecture blueprint including data models platforms integration patterns standards and policies.
Define and evolve the enterprise data strategy to support analytics business intelligence AIML and generative AI initiatives.
Serve as a subject matter expert in cloud native data architectures and platforms including hybrid and multi cloud hosting environments.
Establish multi year architecture roadmaps for data platforms and capabilities balancing modernization innovation resiliency and risk.
Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to senior technology and business leaders on data and AI architecture decisions.
AI Enablement & Innovation
Partner with business and technology teams to identify high impact opportunities where data and AI can improve decision making streamline workflows or unlock new enterprise capabilities.
Guide the architectural design and validation of AI enabled solutions including analytics accelerators intelligent assistants and data driven platforms.
Support the transition of successful proofs of concept and pilots into production ready enterprise grade solutions.
Governance & Compliance
Lead and evolve data governance practices including metadata management data quality lineage classification and stewardship.
Leader at Architecture Review Boards to ensure alignment with data architecture standards best practices reuse resiliency and productstooling.
Establish and promote best practices for data management and architectural consistency across the enterprise.
Collaboration & Leadership
Act as a bridge between business leaders data owners architects engineers and governance partners.
Influence architecture investment and prioritization decisions through clear communication evidence and business impact.
Mentor and guide architects and senior technologists raising architectural maturity and consistency across the organization.
Operate effectively in a global matrixed environment aligning diverse stakeholders around shared outcomes.
Solution Architecture & Design
Architect data solutions supporting internal and external applications analytics AIML and reporting use cases.
Define data integration and access patterns including APIs pipelines and event driven architectures.
Engage in architecture reviews and design discussions providing hands on guidance at critical decision points.
Innovation & Thought Leadership
Stay current with industry trends in cloud data platforms AI architectures data meshfabric and real time analytics.
Exposure to industry forums public speaking and ability to author architectural guidance position papers and reference materials on data and AI as catalysts for business innovation.
Evaluate emerging technologies and approaches guiding informed experimentation and adoption.
Key Relationships
Global Enterprise Architects Data & Analytics Leadership Data Engineering Information Security Privacy and Legal partners and strategic external partners
Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills
Extensive experience in data architecture data engineering or enterprise architecture with leadership responsibility in large scale complex environments.
Proven ability to translate business strategy into actionable architectural direction and enterprise roadmaps.
Strong background in enterprise data platforms including cloud-based data lakes warehouses and integration architectures.
Solid understanding of AI and generative AI concepts architectures and enablement patterns including how data architecture supports these capabilities.
Demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and cross functional teams without direct authority.
Exceptional communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly to executive and non-technical audiences.
Experience operating in regulated environments with strong security privacy and compliance requirements.
Preferred
Ability to get hands on and lead POCS and prototypes to demonstrate and accelerate proof of value
Advanced degree in engineering computer science mathematics or a related field.
Experience in insurance or financial services environments.
Location Expectation
This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is 185K to 225K. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health financial wellness and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medicalprescription drug and vision dental insurance and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401k with employer matching group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home pet critical illness hospital indemnity and accident insurance as well as Employee Assistance Program EAP and digital mental health programs parental leave volunteer time off tuition assistance and much more
About MetLife
Recognizedon Fortune magazine\s list of the World\s Most Admired Companies
Fortune Worlds 25 Best Workplaces as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companiesto Work For® MetLife through its subsidiaries and affiliates is one of theworlds leading financial services companies providing insurance annuitiesemployee benefits and asset management to individual and institutionalcustomers. With operations in more than 40 markets we hold leading positionsin the United States Latin America Asia Europe and the Middle East. Our purposeis simple - to help our colleagues customers communities and the world atlarge create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our corevalues - Win Together Do the Right Thing Deliver Impact Over Activity andThink Ahead - were inspired to transform the next century in financialservices. At MetLife its AllTogetherPossible. Join us
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race color national origin religion creed sex including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability marital or domesticcivil partnership status genetic information citizenship status although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States uniformed service member or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law protected characteristics".
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MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
185K to 225K