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Product Area Lead Architect (EU, UK, US)

Accelerant · US Remote · Remote

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About Accelerant

About Accelerant Accelerant is a data-driven risk exchange connecting underwriters of specialty insurance risk with risk capital providers.

About the role

Accelerant is seeking a Product Area Lead Architect to provide hands on, operational architectural leadership for our Insights, Analytics & Workflows product area. This role operates at a Principal level , influencing architecture and execution across multiple autonomous product teams. You will work closely with team architects, engineering managers, product managers, and Data Science teams to ensure teams move fast without fragmenting the architecture .

What they're looking for

  • Ensure architectural alignment across product teams, partnering closely with team architects and engineering managers
  • Proactively identify architectural gaps, technical debt, and quality risks, drive resolution through collaboration and influence
  • Manage cross team technical dependencies to enable independent, parallel execution
  • Translate architectural strategy into clear, actionable guidance that teams can apply sprint by sprint
  • Facilitate architectural discussions and resolve technical conflicts across teams through principled, pragmatic decision making
  • Act as an escalation point for complex cross team technical challenges
More about this role

Product Area: Insights, Analytics & Workflows

Job Description

Accelerant is seeking a Product Area Lead Architect to provide hands on, operational architectural leadership for our Insights, Analytics & Workflows product area. This role operates at a Principal level , influencing architecture and execution across multiple autonomous product teams. You will work closely with team architects, engineering managers, product managers, and Data Science teams to ensure teams move fast without fragmenting the architecture .

This is not an ivory tower architecture role. It is highly collaborative, pragmatic, and operational, focused on identifying architectural gaps, managing dependencies, and enabling teams to execute confidently within a shared architectural framework. You will champion standards based architecture, leveraging web standards, open protocols, and industry conventions to build interoperable, accessible, and future proof systems.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Architectural Leadership

  • Ensure architectural alignment across product teams, partnering closely with team architects and engineering managers
  • Proactively identify architectural gaps, technical debt, and quality...

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