Lead Data Solution Architect, Wealth Technology

Manulife

Lead Data Solution Architect in Wealth Technology for Fund Administration at Manulife to craft architectures enhancing customer experience and optimizing business outcomes.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeBoston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $127,330 - $236,470 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborating with Product and Technology teams in Fund Administration to craft architectures which drive the customer experience, optimize costs, create efficiencies, and deliver measurable business outcomes
Applying in-depth knowledge of architecture, software engineering, cloud technologies and data engineering, to define target architectures, patterns and processes
Designing for both functional and non-functional qualities, including availability, resiliency, security, privacy, etc
Ability to manage pragmatic modernization and lead conceptual, solution, and component-level architectures and associated artifacts
Human Centered Design / UX principles
Developing reference architecture and reference implementation patterns
Mentoring and growing other technologists within the firm
Contributing to or leading definition of standards, guidance, and points-of-view that enable engineers to thrive and cross-enterprise thinking to become the norm
Presenting architecture and innovative ideas to executive leadership for the purposes of alignment and key decision making

Requirements

What you’ll need

8-10 years in a similar role in a Financial Services company
Enterprise-level engineering or architecture experience delivering integrated solutions
Experience with and knowledge of common Architecture patterns and models
Ability to own architecture and influence strategic direction and vision for the future
Desire and ability to understand the Fund Administration and Transfer Agent business domains
Desire to develop architectures that meet the current and anticipated business needs in those domains
Ability to evaluate new technologies and know the latest industry trends
Good judgment and the ability to handle high pressure situations
Experience with data and application integration approaches
Experience addressing operational and non-functional concerns
Experience with Cloud Native Architecture and Infrastructure Patterns
Knowledge of the enterprise technology space: languages, frameworks, techniques, and industry trends
Ability to devise, develop and apply innovative technology to solutions that would benefit our clients
Refined presentation and communication skills and expertise interfacing and communicating effectively with both engineers and executives
Experience managing architecture governance boards collaborating with other architects and engineers
A strong software engineering and/or architecture background

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Dental
Mental health
Vision
Short- and long-term disability
Life and AD&D insurance coverage
Adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits
Employee/family assistance plans
Multiple retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and global share ownership plan with matching contributions)
Financial education and counseling resources
Generous paid time off program including 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 150 hours of vacation, and 40 hours of sick time

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Hard Skills & Tools

architecturesoftware engineeringcloud technologiesdata engineeringarchitecture patternsCloud Native Architectureapplication integrationoperational concernsreference architecturereference implementation patterns

Soft Skills

collaborationmentoringcommunicationjudgmentleadershippresentation skillsproblem-solvinginfluenceadaptabilityhuman-centered design