Independencepet Group

Independencepet Group

Sr Director of Technology Delivery

Chicago, IL · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptC#ReactNode.js.NETFull-Stack DevelopmentSQLPostgreSQLAzureDevOpsAgileStakeholder ManagementCustomer SupportLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • Established in 2021, Independence Pet Holdings is a corporate holding company that manages a diverse and broad portfolio of modern pet health brands and services, including insurance, pet education, lost recovery services, and more throughout North America.
  • We believe pet insurance is more than a financial product and build solutions to simplify the pet parenting journey and help improve the well-being of pets. As a leading authority in the pet category, we operate with a full stack of resources, capital, and services to support pet parents. Our multi-brand and omni-channel approach include our own insurance

Responsibilities

  • Enhance and optimize Agile delivery processes, governance, and release management.
  • Drive predictable, high‑quality execution of technology initiatives across teams.
  • Optimize team structure, skills development, and resourcing across internal and external partners.
  • Use analytics and telemetry to identify bottlenecks and drive measurable improvements.
  • Implement best practices across DevOps, automation, QA, and release processes.
  • Manage technology budgets, vendor relationships, and third‑party development teams.
  • Lead and partner on end‑to‑end customer migration programs across brand technology teams, ensuring smooth transitions to new platforms and services.
  • Partner with architecture on the full integration lifecycle for new tools and capabilities, from evaluation through rollout and adoption.
  • Partner with product, engineering, and business teams to assess impact, define requirements, and ensure operational readiness.
  • Provide structured onboarding, communication, training, and change‑management support.

Requirements

  • 10+ years leading technology delivery or engineering functions, including 5+ years in senior leadership roles.
  • Experience delivering large‑scale digital platforms or multi‑product ecosystem
  • Proven ability to guide multi‑stack engineering teams, set technical direction, and ensure high‑quality delivery across complex digital platforms.
  • Experience architecting scalable, secure, and observable solutions in Azure, including modernizing legacy systems and enabling cloud‑native development.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
  • Strong technical leadership across both the legacy Microsoft stack (C#,.NET, TypeScript, SQL Server, Azure services) and the modern JavaScript stack (React, Node.js, PostgreSQL).
  • Skilled in leading platform modernization efforts from.NET/SQL Server to React/Node.js/PostgreSQL while maintaining stability and performance across environments.
  • Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and technical decision‑making skills.
  • All of our jobs come with great benefits including healthcare, parental leave and opportunities for career advancements. Some offerings are dependent upon the location of where you work and can include the following:
  • Comprehensive full medical, dental and vision Insurance
  • Basic Life Insurance at no cost to the employee
  • Company paid short-term and long-term disability
  • 12 weeks of 100% paid Parental Leave

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field required
  • MBA or advanced degree preferred.

This listing is sourced directly from Independencepet Group's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.