Hiscox
Head of Platform: Traded
Boston
Sponsorship not specified$190k-$230kDetected 14 days ago
CI/CDDevOpsComplianceAgileStakeholder ManagementForecastingBudgetingVendor ManagementProcurementTest AutomationLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationUnderwritingProperty & Casualty
About the role
- This is a senior leadership role responsible for owning engineering quality, delivery, and platform evolution across Hiscox US's traded policy portfolio.
- critical to enabling scalable, efficient, and digitally enabled growth across the traded book.
Responsibilities
- Build a brilliant future with Hiscox
- Own end-to-end engineering delivery across the traded portfolio, ensuring predictable, high-quality outcomes.
- Implement best-in-class software engineering practices including CI/CD,
- Drive continuous improvement in delivery velocity, stability, and operational resilience.
- Ensure strong governance over releases, dependencies, and production support models.
- Build, lead, and inspire a high-performing engineering organization across platform, QA, and delivery functions.
- Attract, develop, and retain top technical talent aligned with Hiscox values and engineering culture.
- Scale the team appropriately to support the growing needs of the traded business.
- Partner closely with underwriting, operations, and data teams to deliver technology solutions that directly enable business outcomes.
- Ensure platforms effectively support policy lifecycle management, pricing, and distribution needs for traded products.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5+ years in a senior leadership role overseeing large-scale platforms.
- Experience partnering with underwriting, operations, and data teams within an insurance carrier.
- Previous experience with Insurity, QuikSolver4, or BrightCore is highly desirable.
- 4-week paid sabbatical after every 5 years of service
- Proven experience modernizing complex, legacy application environments into cloud-native or hybrid architectures.
- Strong background in Property & Casualty insurance, preferably within traded or delegated authority business models.
- Demonstrated success leading engineering teams responsible for QA, platform delivery, and application support.
- Deep understanding of modern engineering practices including DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, and microservices architecture.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred).
- Experience working within agile frameworks and scaled delivery models (e.g., SAFe) is a plus.
Skills
- Define and execute a multi-year strategy to modernize the traded application suite, reducing technical debt and increasing platform agility.
- Evaluate and rationalize legacy systems, identifying opportunities for consolidation, replacement, or re-platforming.
Compensation
- The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment.
- Salary Range: $190-$230k
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance, vision, dental and FSA plans (medical, limited purpose, and dependent care)
- Company paid group term life, short- term disability and long-term disability coverage
- 24 Paid time off days plus 2 Hiscox days,10 paid holidays plus 1 paid floating holiday, and ability to purchase up to 5 PTO days
- Paid parental leave
- Financial Adoption Assistance and Medical Travel Reimbursement Programs
- Annual reimbursement up to $600 for health club membership or fees associated with any fitness program
- Company paid subscription to Headspace to support employees' mental health and wellbeing
- 2024 Gold level recipient of Cigna's Healthy Workforce Designation for having a best-in-class health and wellness program
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Company info
- As an international specialist insurer, we are far removed from the world of mass market insurance products.
- Instead, we are selective and focus on our key areas of expertise and strength - all of which is underpinned by a culture that encourages us to challenge convention and always look for a better way of doing things.
- We insure the unique and the interesting.
- And we search for the same when it comes to talented people.
- Hiscox is full of smart, reliable human beings that look out for customers and each other.
- We believe in doing the right thing, making good and rebuilding when things go wrong.
- Everyone is encouraged to think creatively, challenge the status quo and look for solutions.
- Scratch beneath the surface and you will find a business that is solid, but slightly contrary.
- We like to do things differently and constantly seek to evolve.
- We might have been around for a long time (our roots go back to 1901), but we are young in many ways, ambitious and going places.
- Some people might say insurance is dull, but life at Hiscox is anything but.
- If that sounds good to you, get in touch.
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