Sr IT Business Architect - REMOTE

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The stated pay range is based on a national-average location.  Actual salary is determined by factors including relevant work experience, skills and location.  This position is bonus eligible. Candidates and associates may be asked to travel to corporate offices for interviews, training and/or meetings.  Work cannot be performed from outside of the United States.

CNO Financial Group is hiring a Sr IT Business Architect to lead & support moderate to complex projects to define business capabilities and analyze problems or opportunities. The role will work with BRDs, business units, IT leaders, and product managers on large transformational initiatives. The Sr IT Business Architect utilizes business architecture analytical tools to assess current state and future state business capabilities based on near-term and long-term business needs and challenges. The role ensures technology architecture aligns with business objectives and manages project scope. The Sr IT Business Architect will act as a liaison between IT and business units, supporting implementation teams and guiding system scoping, estimation, and solutioning of new systems or system enhancements.

Come join our growing IT department! In 2023, CNO was nominated for an “Exceptional Employer Award” from TechPoint, an Indiana tech advocacy non-profit. CNO IT, through progressive leadership, offers career advancement opportunities, consistently provides employee recognition, and maintains a fun and exciting culture. The CNO IT vision is to achieve TechHappiness for both our business partners and IT associates.

As a Sr IT Business Architect, your responsibilities will include:

• Independently evaluate business technology requests of moderate complexity and lead/ conduct analysis needed to define the scope, sizing and requirements to implement business technology requests. 
• Formulate and define systems scope and objectives through research and fact-finding combined with an understanding of applicable business solutions and business requirements. 
• Work as a liaison among stakeholders to elicit, organize, evaluate and validate needs for changes to business workflows and information systems.  
• Lead moderately to complex projects and create, with limited support, process mapping, value chain mapping, conceptual design specifications and use case artifacts.   
• Create business capability views, capability heatmaps, value stream analysis, high-level business context diagrams, information mapping documents, perform root cause analysis and similar artifacts 
• Build, develop, and grow business relationships vital to the success of respective programs.
• Independently identify opportunities to streamline process and enable continuous improvement; identify alternative approaches to enable informed decision making. 
• Prepare communications and presentations related to business systems, processes, and analysis efforts. 

The Sr IT Business Architect position is well-suited for you if you:

• Have in-depth knowledge of Insurance domain.
• Possess strong working knowledge of IT systems and corresponding business applications including knowledge of various organizational functions, customers, and their processes to lead successful system implementations.
• Display solid technical knowledge of IT business systems (including corresponding applications) and how they integrate with corresponding business area supported. Conduct research into project and technology related issues independently to identify potential resolutions and implement desired resolution. 
• Demonstrate solid verbal and written communication skills and can explain complex information. Use communication skills to build consensus across teams and functions.
• Build on knowledge of the organization, its processes, and customers to provide recommendations regarding business solutions as this role will analyze and solve complex business problems. 
• Work as a collaborative part of the project team in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Multi-task, balance competing priorities, and successfully complete tasks while navigating sensitive topics and team dynamics. 
• Display expertise with Microsoft Office and other business-related software.

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Business, Economics or equivalent.
• 7 years of proven business experience as a business architect, business analysis, and or a similar role.

What will set you apart:

• Certified Business Architecture (CBA)
• Experience in strategic business transformations/innovations.
• Candidate location in Central or Eastern US time zone is preferred OR willingness to work Central or Eastern time zone business hours

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• short-term & long-term disability insurance
• Paid time-off and corporate holidays,
• paid parental leave
• company paid life insurance

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CNO embraces flexibility and encourages you to work where you’re most productive.  Associates who live within a 60-mile radius of a corporate office (Birmingham, Carmel, Chicago, Orlando and Milwaukee) have access to come into that office. 

Associates who live outside of a 60-mile radius of a corporate office (Birmingham, Carmel, Chicago, Orlando and Milwaukee) may perform this role full-time work from home (WFH) from any US based location, as long as you are willing to work central or eastern time zone hours.  

All associates may be asked to travel to varying corporate offices periodically. 

Work cannot be performed from outside of the United States.

CNO provides life and health insurance, annuities, financial services, and workforce benefits solutions through our family of brands and supported by our associates and agents.  Our customers work hard to save for the future, and we help protect their health, income and retirement needs with 3.2 million policies and more than $35 billion in total assets. Our 3,400 associates, 8,600 exclusive agents and independent partner agents guide individuals, families and businesses through a lifetime of financial decisions.

We are financially strong and well positioned for continued growth, and we are grounded in our core values of People Focused, Integrity, Customer Driven, and Excellence. We have offices in more than 260 communities in the U.S., including our headquarters in Carmel, Indiana, and corporate offices in Birmingham, Chicago, Orlando and Milwaukee.

At CNO Financial Group, we’re always looking forward—to the security and stability we help create for our insurance brands’ customers, and the growth we create within our own company.  We're looking for ambitious people who want to do more. We'll provide you with opportunities to grow your skills through challenging professional experiences.

If you're looking for a culture that encourages development, helps you reach your potential, and rewards you for your contribution, then CNO Financial Group is right for you. For more information, visit CNOinc.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Compensation

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.