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# Principal Solutions Architect, Corporate Functions & Investments

- **Company:** Genworth Financial, Inc.
- **Location:** Richmond, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $144,800.0 - $224,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Application Lifecycle Management, Application Portfolio Management, Business Systems, Cloud Computing, Information Systems, Information Engineering, Python (Programming Language), Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, Usage Analysis, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://gnw.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/GNW/job/Richmond-Virginia/Principal-Solutions-Architect--Corporate-Functions---Investments_REQ-260397

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, actuarial science, mathematics, engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
 * 7+ years of relevant experience
 * Strong experience in Business Systems Analysis / Product Analysis, with demonstrated ownership of complex initiatives.
 * Experience partnering with IT, cloud, data engineering, security, and business teams to design and deliver application enhancements across integrated systems and controlled environments.
 * Ability to lead complex technical initiatives or small technical teams, coordinate internal and external resources, manage competing priorities, and communicate risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly.
 * Experience using AI-enabled tools to support code translation, modernization, testing, documentation, or developer productivity while maintaining appropriate review and control discipline.
 * Strong critical thinking, analytical, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences.
 * Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide team members with strong product expertise, while actively driving and supporting their upskill in Python programming

## Description

As a Principal Solutions Architect for Corporate Functions and Investments you will create a dedicated portfolio-level solution architecture capability that does not exist in the organization today. The role establishes portfolio-wide technology direction while initially accelerating Finance Modernization as the highest-priority transformation effort.

What you will be doing

 * Define current-state and future-state architecture across the application portfolio.
 * Develop and govern technology roadmaps, modernization strategies, integration patterns, and architecture standards.
 * Guide application lifecycle decisions, rationalization, platform selection, and strategic investments.
 * Establish architecture review and approval checkpoints within the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
 * Conduct solution, integration, data, security, and technology design reviews.
 * Maintain architecture documentation through design, build, deployment, and operation.
 * Govern standards, exceptions, architecture debt, risks, and remediation decisions.
 * Provide architecture oversight through production transition.