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At Pathward, we take tremendous pride in our purpose to create financial inclusion for all™. We are a financial empowerment company that works with innovators to increase financial availability, choice, and opportunity for all.  We strive to remove barriers that traditional institutions put in the way of financial access, and promote economic mobility by providing responsible, secure, high quality financial products.

We are a team of problem solvers and innovators who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger and well-positioned for success.  We celebrate, and embrace, our team members through our *HUMBLE*HUNGRY*SMART approach, and we believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve. 

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to join our Architecture team. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in enabling and maturing our business capabilities. As a Business Capability Platform Architect, you will take ownership of defining and supporting the implementation of business solutions on modern infrastructure platforms. Your responsibilities will encompass established methodologies, processes, standards, and organizational structures.

This role is crucial in bridging the gap between business strategy and technology, ensuring that the organization’s capabilities are effectively supported by modern infrastructure platforms and solutions.

What You Will Do:

Drive the architectural effectiveness of business capability-related initiatives within the organization. Own maintenance of the current state architecture while envisioning future state architecture aligned with product objectives. Develop technology roadmaps to smoothly transition from the current state to the desired future state. Architect solutions that address specific business capabilities and non-functional requirements. Designs solutions to advance and optimize the enterprise infrastructure. Evaluates technology, market trends and industry plus identify prospective impact on business. Promotes architecture process and results to organization inclusive of business leaders and enterprise information technology. Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure architectural best practices and standards.  Collaborate closely with senior business and technology leaders, including product management, business, engineering, and operations. Align business and technology strategy, ensuring seamless communication across multiple levels within the organization. Develop architecture roadmap on basis of IT strategies and business requirements. Define and establish technical strategies, standards, and guidelines in collaboration with other architects. Create logical architecture diagrams to support large, complex, and cross-capability area initiatives. Other duties as assigned. 

What You Will Need:

15+ years of varied experience implementing all aspects of solution architecture. At least 8 years of experience in implementing solutions ERP (Workday, Oracle), HCM (Workday), Document and Records Management, Legal, and ESG solutions for enterprises. Hands-on experience in application development, integration, information management, infrastructure, and information security domains. 10+ years of complex enterprise experience leading architecture efforts. Subject matter expertise across varying technology and business disciplines. 10+ years of architecture scalable, secure, highly available, and fault tolerant technical solutions. 6+ years of practical experience strategizing and implementing business solutions and platforms using AWS and Azure. 5+ years of financial services and products domain experience. Comparable domain experience will also be considered. 5+ years of experience in Commercial Lending software such as Finastra, FactorSoft, Stucky, LeaseWave Proven success in planning, influencing, and leading architecture initiatives across IT and business organizations and teams. Prior experience transitioning from traditional on-premises solutions to AWS. Bachelor’s degree in information systems or an equivalent program is required. Master’s degree in information systems is advantageous.

The responsibilities listed above are not all inclusive and may be changed at any time.

Salary range: $119,402.29 – $220,517.17

The salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for a new hire in this role. Individual pay within the range will be determined by multiple factors which can include but are not limited to a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your location during the hiring process. Ranges may be modified in the future.
This role is also eligible for an annual performance-based incentive opportunity.  Pathward offers a comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees, including health insurance, 401(k) retirement benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, paid time off, and more.

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Don’t have everything listed under qualifications? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single condition. At Pathward, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive culture of belonging, so if you’re excited about this role but your experiences don’t match exactly to everything in the posting we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other Pathward roles.

Who we are: 

Our commitment to inclusion is woven into our DNA. We believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve. 

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, status as a covered veteran, or any other class protected by federal, state and local laws. 

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Applications will be accepted for a minimum of 3 days after posting, and there is no predetermined date by which applications should be submitted.