Lead Solution Architect

Why GM Financial Technology

Innovation isn’t just a talking point at GM Financial, it’s how we operate. From generative AI and cloud-native technologies to peer-led learning and hackathons, our tech teams are building real solutions that make a difference. We’re committed to AI-powered transformation, using advanced machine learning and automation to help us reimagine customer interactions and modernize operations, positioning GM Financial as a leader in digital innovation within a dynamic industry.

Join us and discover a workplace where your ideas matter, your development is prioritized, and you can truly make a global impact.

About the role:

As a Lead Solution Architect, you will be a key enabler of our Digital Transformation and provides technical leadership and guidance to other architects, agile teams and defines and communicates a shared technical vision for the solution under development. This position will be focused on guiding the architectural direction of our existing digital products and new digital initiatives, leveraging modern architecture and cloud technologies to deliver superior customer experiences which help to maintain industry-leading customer satisfaction.  The Lead Solution Architect should be able to architect end to end solutions by understanding and translating business needs into technical solutions. The Lead Solution Architect will play a key role in providing guidance, setting architecture standards and patterns and designing complex Azure architecture for both mobile and web applications.

In this role you will:

• You will apply your sound technical know-how, understanding of business contexts, and analytical skills to enable organizations to technically transform
• Build relationships with senior technical individuals and leaders across the organization
• Educate other architects and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud covering both functional and non-functional aspects
• In partnership with the leadership team and architects across different domains, formulate and execute new and existing initiatives and products
• Conduct one-to-many sessions to mentor and transfer knowledge to other solution architects across the organization
• Act as a technical liaison between various GM Financial technical groups
• Own or be a key contributor to the outcome of a big bet initiative for the Solutions Architect organization
• Provide significant input into technology strategy and road-map; keep up to date on key technology trends and their applied use in financial services with emphasis on digital solutions and interact with various business partners (both internal and external) to assist in the design and implementation of business applications leveraging modern architectural standards
• Participate in the development and maintenance of architectural standards under Digital org, including patterns, reference architectures, and best practices
• Future-state application architecture: Developing and ensuring effective adoption that supports business strategies around our application architecture