Head of Engineering - Marketplace Platform Delivery (DT)

Job Description

Join us on our digital-first journey and join the magic that is happening right now at Chubb. Our teams are innovating, iterating, and solving customer problems at a rapid pace. We are building upon our strength of delivering superior coverage and customer experience by leading the modernization of what insurance does and how we deliver it in a digital way. This means technology is infused into the business and technology experts sit at the table with our insurance experts. This requires taking an engineers of everything mentality to deliver the world-class customer experience that sets Chubb apart from our competition. By being a part of the digital-first journey at Chubb, you will be a transformer at the forefront of driving change in a multidisciplinary squad. Here is how some of our current transformers are describing how they feel about their experience in our squads: invigorated, heard, motivated, supported, and valued.

Want to know more about how you can be a part of the magic? Here’s what we’re looking for.

In this Head of Engineering role, you will define and execute the strategy for Chubb Small Business technology. You will partner closely with Business & Technology leaders and oversee multiple squads of Engineers ensuring all follow best practices to develop and deliver modern engineering practices that drive high-quality and resilient business solutions. Leveraging your proficiency in insurance practices and products well as architecture background, design thinking, thought leadership, change orientation, strong relationship management and effective communication capabilities, you will work across all layers of the technology stack including multiple policy admin platforms and front-end technologies inclusive of APIs and middleware.

In this role, you will

• Create and maintain engineering best practices, guardrails and standards
• Partner with business and technology leaders to ensure optimal outcomes and transparency
• Identify and build support for technical initiatives that address the Small Business needs
• Provide technical leadership, solution design, communication and direction to foster a team environment, and provide mentorship and feedback to technical resources
• Foster a culture of innovation and ensure the best use of resources by aligning and building strategic and collaborative relationships with key leaders across the organization
• Be accountable for the quality of engineering deliverables from the relevant agile teams working on the Auto product and systems across the North America Small Business/Lower Middle Market group
• Lead technical hiring for new members of the Small Business technology team inclusive of US, India, and Mexico locations
• Develop a robust talent pipeline, seeking opportunities to expand technical knowledge and capabilities of the engineering community through learning plans and skill development in alignment of workforce needs and industry trends
• Prepare and deliver formal presentations on delivery status and recommendations for business and technology leadership
• Act as a change agent and SME for other engineers to become effective in an agile-based operating model
• Keep on top of industry technology trends, advancements and best practices
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or another related field
• Expert level knowledge in software design patterns, performance optimization, user interface and agile software development
• Prior experience within insurance background, specifically with Personal or Commercial lines products and systems implementation, is preferred
• At least 8 years of experience delivering complex insurance products and capabilities for multiple lines of business on a modern vendor system such as Duck Creek, Guidewire, Majesco, DXC, Origami Risk, BriteCore, etc.
• At least 6 years of hands-on experience as a full-stack engineer working with technologies such as .NET, Java, Angular, IIS, SQL Server, MongoDB, Kafka, HTML, XML, CSS, XSLT, etc.
• Knowledge of Microservices & API Mgmt., Java Script Frameworks such as Angular, and Cloud Platforms such as Microsoft Azure is preferred
• Strong vendor management and vendor relationships experience to understand how the tooling and services Marketplace will continuously evolve
• Experience in enabling agile transformation/implementation in medium to large projects/programs is required
  
  

In Jersey City, NJ the pay range for the role is $146,500 to $240,000. The specific offer will depend on an applicant’s skills and other factors. This role may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program. Chubb offers a comprehensive benefits package, more details on which can be found at https://careers.chubb.com/global/en/us-benefits . This range is specific to Jersey City, NJ and may not be applicable to other locations.

About Us

Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally.

At Chubb, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to it. Our policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other conditions or opportunities of employment, without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, age, and pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by law. Performance and qualifications are the only basis upon which we hire, assign, promote, compensate, develop and retain employees. Chubb prohibits all unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation against any individual who reports discrimination or harassment.