We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the HR, Finance, and employee platform architecture vision and multi-year roadmap, aligned to business and technology strategy.
- Define target-state architecture for the employee technology ecosystem, including Workday, ServiceNow, Microsoft 365, and cloud platforms, ensuring integration, scalability, and a seamless end-to-end employee experience.
- Champion the applied use of AI across the employee ecosystem by identifying high-value use cases, defining architectural guardrails, and influencing AI-enabled delivery across teams. (Note: this is not an AI developer role, but a leader who understands how AI can streamline and optimize business processes.).
- Set and govern enterprise architecture standards, policies, and integration strategies across platforms (ServiceNow, Workday, AWS, Microsoft/Azure) to ensure consistency, security, and reusability.
- Build and develop a highly effective architecture organization with the skills and structure to meet current and future business needs across HR, Finance, and employee platforms.
- Drive quality and talent development through effective hiring, mentoring, career planning, and employee engagement.
- Partner closely with business leaders to translate technology capabilities into business terms and vice versa, ensuring mutual understanding and alignment on strategic objectives.
- Lead and participate in annual budget and financial planning for the technology portfolio, including cost/benefit analysis, project prioritization, and investment decisions.
- Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies (particularly AI, cloud, and employee experience platforms), and incorporate relevant advancements to improve business capabilities and the technology function.
- Foster strong cross-functional relationships across the organization and within technology to drive architectural alignment and collaboration.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, MIS, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
- 10+ years of relevant experience required.