Consultant, Product Architect

If you’re passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide’s Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care. This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Columbus, Ohio office 2 days per week. This role resides within the Enterprise Data Architecture team under Technology Enterprise Solutions (TES) and operates in the enterprise shared space, providing a unique opportunity to influence direction and shape decisions across a broad range of business and technology domains. Through its impact on enterprise-wide architecture, platforms, standards, and strategic investments, this role helps define how Nationwide advances its data, analytics, and technology capabilities at scale. Demonstrated experience as a hands-on architect, with deep expertise in product architecture across business intelligence, analytics, data platforms—including Snowflake and Databricks—and related enterprise technology domains. Strong understanding of analytical data architecture, including data warehouses, lakehouses, curated data products, and business intelligence consumption patterns. Demonstrated knowledge of cloud architecture and integration patterns across AWS and Azure, including secure connectivity, identity and access management, platform integration, scalability, resilience, and operational governance. Experience architecting and guiding enterprise BI platforms such as Power BI and Tableau, including self-service analytics, governed reporting, semantic modeling, data-access patterns, platform modernization, and tool rationalization. Awareness of emerging capabilities, including agentic AI, knowledge graphs, and other technologies shaping enterprise data and analytics. Ability to evaluate technology capabilities and translate business needs into fit-for-purpose platform guidance, reference architectures, standards, guardrails, and target-state roadmaps. Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to executives, engineers, product teams, business partners, cybersecurity, risk, and governance stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into execution by producing actionable architecture decisions, solution designs, standards, implementation plans, migration strategies, and delivery roadmaps. Ability to lead cross-functional collaboration, resolve architectural dependencies, and guide initiatives from concept and proof of concept through implementation, adoption, and operationalization. Knowledge of data governance principles, security best practices, and emerging AI tools relevant to enterprise data and analytics. Excellent communication skills, including the ability to distill complex architectural concepts into clear, concise, and actionable guidance for diverse audiences. Experience delivering technology solutions in fast-paced, Agile environments while balancing business priorities, technical quality, and delivery timelines. Demonstrated thought leadership, with the ability to influence stakeholders, build alignment, and lead continuous improvement across architecture, platforms, and delivery practices. Ability to develop application and platform roadmaps, identify and mitigate technology risks, and collaborate effectively with other key roles and stakeholders. #LI-AC1 Job Description Summary If you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure, scalable technology solutions that support a company committed to extraordinary care for its customers, Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Our industry-leading technology workforce operates in an agile environment and collaborative culture to