Head of AI Agentic Architecture at Scor in Paris, Île-de-France, FR

At SCOR, we combine the Art and Science of risk to help build more resilient societies. Technology is a vital resource and partner in every step of our journey. We are seeking innovators to join our dynamic tech team of over 200 professionals across three global hubs. Guided by our corporate values—Collaboration, Courage, Care, Open-Mindedness, and Integrity—our teams develop technology that insures the world. Join us and make a difference!

The Head of Agentic Architecture defines and governs 'what good looks like' for agentic systems across the enterprise. This role is accountable for architecture principles, standards, and assurance for agentic systems. He/she shapes the enterprise landscape by optimally integrating agentic systems across business, data, application, and technology architectures. The role establishes the standards for how teams design, build, test, operate, and scale agentic systems, ensuring they are safe, effective, measurable, and aligned with the cloud platform and SDLC.

Responsibilities

Key duties and responsibilities

• We are seeking a highly experienced and forward-looking leader to define, govern, and continuously evolve the architecture of agentic systems across our global reinsurance business.
• This role will establish agentic reference architecture, design principles, and governance frameworks, define architecture review criteria and quality standards, and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, data strategy, and regulatory expectations.
• This role does not own delivery or squads.
• In close collaboration with the AI unit in Tech, Data & AI department, this role will guide the organization on designing, building, and governing intelligent agents that enhance underwriting, claim processing, risk modeling, and operational efficiency. The position will play a key role in shaping how autonomous and semi-autonomous systems are safely and effectively deployed in a highly regulated, risk-sensitive environment.
• Monitor, test, and promote agentic engineering best practices across delivery teams and platforms.
• Define “what good looks like” for agentic development, including standards, patterns, quality criteria, operating models, and success measures.
• Work closely with the cloud engineering team responsible for the cloud platform and SDLC implementation to ensure agentic engineering is embedded into platform capabilities, tooling, governance, and delivery workflows.
• Act as the champion and visible advocate for agentic development across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define What Good Looks Like for Agentic Architecture
  • Establish enterprise-wide architecture principles for agentic systems
  • Define standards including explainability, auditability, traceability, and human oversight
  • Develop reference architectures aligned with enterprise architecture
• Architecture Governance & Assurance
  • Own architecture review frameworks
  • Define guardrails and ensure compliance with risk, regulatory, and data standards
  • Provide architecture assurance across agentic initiatives
• Shape the Agentic Portfolio (Non-Delivery)
  • Guide structuring of agentic use cases aligned with strategy and architecture
  • Act as strategic advisor, not delivery owner
• Partner with Engineering, AI, and Platform Teams: Collaborate with Product & Engineering, AI Tech & Ops, and Enterprise Architecture
• Embed Architecture in Cloud Platform & SDLC and AI pipelines
• Influence platform for orchestration, observability, and secure data access
• Thought Leadership: Act as thought leader and promote responsible agentic adoption.

Success Measures:

• Teams have clear, practical standards for building and operating agentic solutions.
• Agentic engineering practices are embedded into the cloud platform and SDLC rather than treated as separate activities.
• Delivery teams demonstrate improved capability, consistency, quality, and confidence in agentic development.
• Agentic solutions are evaluated, monitored, and governed with repeatable methods.

The organization has an active community of practitioners and a visible champion for agentic engineering.

Qualifications

Required experience & competencies

• Strong architecture leadership experience.
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms, DevSecOps, SDLC governance, automation, observability, and production operations.
• Practical experience with AI-assisted and agentic development approaches, including evaluation, testing, guardrails, and operational risk management.
• Ability to translate emerging technology into pragmatic standards, patterns, and enablement materials.
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, coaching, and communication skills.

Required Education

• Master’s degree in Computer Science

About the Company

As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.

Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.

As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.

SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.