Job Description
Director of Architecture & Integrations Services
Serve as a key member of the IT Leadership Team, directing and managing enterprise solution architecture and integration services to enable modern, high performing technology solutions across the organization. This role establishes architecture direction, drives integration and Master Data Management strategy, and leads people and processes to ensure solutions align with business objectives and the company's IT vision. The Director builds strong business and technical partnerships and champions best practices in enterprise architecture, integration, and data management to enable seamless, scalable digital capabilities for clients, agents, and employees.
Who We Are: At Farm Bureau Financial Services, our client members can feel confident knowing their family, home, cars and other property are protected. We value a culture where integrity, teamwork, passion, service, leadership and accountability are at the heart of every decision we make and every action we take. We're proud of our more than 80-year commitment to protecting the livelihoods and futures of our client members and creating an atmosphere where our employees thrive.
What You'll Do: The Director of Architecture & Integration Services ensures IT systems are designed and integrated in a secure, scalable manner, aligned with business objectives. By establishing architectural frameworks and enterprise integration standards, this role enables seamless data and process flow across the organization and supports delivery of modern digital solutions for clients, agents, and employees.
This leader partners closely with IT and business executives to align technology initiatives with strategic plans and operational priorities. The role includes communicating enterprise architecture vision and roadmaps to stakeholders at all levels, making timely decisions to address technical issues that may impact business outcomes, and ensuring the technology ecosystem supports both current operations and future growth. The Director also engages with vendors and monitors emerging technologies and industry trends to drive continuous improvement and innovation across architecture and integration capabilities.
Daily Responsibilities Include:
- Provide leadership, vision, and oversight to establish and support development of enterprise architectures aligned with architectural principles and guardrails, ensuring solutions are modern, reliable, flexible, and scalable while balancing short- and long-term goals.
- Define and lead application and system integration goals and objectives, ensuring application programming interfaces enable a seamless digital experience for client members, agents, and employees.
- Partner with delivery leaders to design, develop, and maintain high quality integrations connecting data, applications, and third parties in support of business processe
Numbers & Facts
| Location | West Des Moines, Iowa |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Company Size | 2,500 to 4,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1939 |
| Website | http://www.beafarmbureauagent.com |
About Company
Farm Bureau Financial Services is looking for people to join our team. Are you interested in running your own business and helping others? As a Farm Bureau agent, you’ll sell insurance products, but being an agent is about so much more – it’s about building relationships and being an advocate for people in your community.
Founded more than 75 years ago, we started off providing insurance for farmers. Today, we help people from all walks of life – rural, urban, and everything in between. We couldn’t be more proud of our heritage and our close relationship with the Farm Bureau federations in the states where we do business. When it comes to protecting livelihoods and futures, we’ve got it covered with a wide variety of property/casualty, life insurance, and financial services products.
When you make a commitment to be a Farm Bureau agent, we make a commitment to you. We believe that little things make a big difference in your career, and at Farm Bureau, that means deciding on a work schedule that fits your life, new agent financing, marketing support, training and education, cash bonuses, incentive travel, and most importantly, you’ll be backed by a team of talented and supportive individuals who want to see you succeed. We invite you to take control of your professional future by visiting beafarmbureauagent.com. Click Get Started and apply today.
When you make a commitment to be a Farm Bureau agent, we make a commitment to you. We believe that little things make a big difference in your career, and at Farm Bureau, that means deciding on a work schedule that fits your life, new agent financing, marketing support, training and education, cash bonuses, incentive travel, and most importantly, you’ll be backed by a team of talented and supportive individuals who want to see you succeed. We invite you to take control of your professional future by visiting beafarmbureauagent.com. Click Get Started and apply today.