National Life Insurance Company

National Life Insurance Company

VP, Chief Technology Officer

Addison, TX; Montpelier, VT · Exec

Work authorization required$300k-$440kDetected 16 hours ago
CI/CDDevOpsMachine LearningA/B TestingCRMVendor ManagementLeadershipCommunicationActuarial ScienceUnderwriting

About the role

  • Clearly understand and adopt the National Life culture and ways of working
  • Establish credibility through relationships with business leaders and the IT organization as a whole
  • Continue to bring process and rigor to the architecture and development organization

Responsibilities

  • Through disciplined execution, strong partnerships, and clear executive communication, this leader will ensure that technology investments are aligned with business priorities, deliver meaningful returns on investment, and support sustained growth.
  • Candidates must demonstrate the ability to organize complex work streams and collaborate effectively with colleagues and business leaders to influence transformation in a highly outsourced, multi-vendor environment, including onshore and offshore teams.
  • Develop and instill a core innovation and incubation strategy that fosters emerging technology solutions that capture economic value across the National Life organization.
  • Responsible for ensuring the operating model is optimized in terms of cost and quality of service, and that internal resources and supplier partner relationships meet the agreed model and service framework.
  • Create a culture of continuous improvement that proactively manages the resolution of complex problems, identifies their underlying causes and improves processes accordingly.
  • The CTO will play a lead role in transforming and managing core technology platforms while driving innovation through technology and thought leadership.
  • Additionally, the CTO will be a key partner in promoting new ways of working, including advanced concepts in Agile, Lean Product Development, Lean Operations, and Design Thinking.
  • Collectively, the CTO is expected to lead these transformations to facilitate National Life's transformation as it competes in the AI era.

Requirements

  • This role required a minimum of 10 years of Life and Annuity information technology experience.
  • 20+ years of information technology experience and 10+ years of IT leadership and business transformation work in the life and annuities business is required.
  • Proven track record in identifying opportunities and delivering innovative and pragmatic digital solutions that challenge the status quo.
  • Ability to effectively present technical or complex information to senior management with simplicity.
  • The CTO will be responsible for assessing the talent to ensure they are fit for purpose and provide the skills, capabilities, behaviors, and processes required to deliver a modern, agile, and integrated environment.
  • Deep understanding of the business landscape of a Life & Annuity organization, including but not limited to New Business, Underwriting, Claims, InForce management, Product development, Actuarial analysis, and Investment management.
  • Recognized achievement in delivering a successful major technology transformation program, and in the delivery of a modern heavily cloud-based environment.
  • Willingness to roll-up his/her sleeves and go both deep and wide into technology issues.
  • Significant experience working with technology vendors through strategic partnership and managing a diverse workforce of internals and externals. Examples include eApplication, Policy Administration, eDelivery, Automated Underwriting, Digital Experiences, Hierarchy based compensation, Licensing and Contracting, Broker/Dealer automation, Fraud and Risk Management, CRM and Workflow
  • Strong financial management experience and demonstrable track-record in driving continual improvements in the cost base.
  • Experience developing and deploying IT change programs with detailed business case development and delivery at the board or business unit level.
  • Track record of successfully working on complicated initiatives encased in ambiguity and uncertainty.
  • Strong communication skills and persuasion and influencing skills.
  • Broad experience in architecture and application software delivery.
  • Adept at defining IT vision and strategy and identifying initiatives that lead to target state architectures and outcomes.

Nice to have

  • Other certifications are preferred but not required

Skills

  • Leverage approved AI tools, where appropriate, to improve the efficiency, quality, and impact of their work.
  • Stay curious and open to new AI-enabled ways of working.
  • Exercise sound judgment by reviewing and validating AI-generated content.

Compensation

  • Examples include eApplication, Policy Administration, eDelivery, Automated Underwriting, Digital Experiences, Hierarchy based compensation, Licensing and Contracting, Broker/Dealer automation, Fraud and Risk Management, CRM and Workflow

Benefits

  • Your benefits start day one and are flexible and customizable to your and your family's specific needs.
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  • The CTO will lead transformations across cloud computing, contemporary software architectures, continuous delivery and DevOps, Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence.

Company info

  • Use AI responsibly and in accordance with company policies related to confidentiality, data privacy, security, compliance, retention and intellectual property.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Please note that we do not offer visa sponsorship for this position.
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