AVP, AI‑Enabled Engineering & Quality Assurance

The Jarvis Walker Group; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job description

Overview

Reporting to the VP, Digital Transformation, the AVP leads engineering/quality assurance leads and delivery teams; owns hiring, performance, and career development; is accountable for delivery predictability, quality, and service reliability; and drives the operational adoption of AI-assisted engineering across the organization. This is a hands‑on leadership role that balances people leadership, delivery accountability, and technical credibility—translating strategy into execution that supports TII's $2.5B growth target and expansion into new distribution channels.

What You Will Do

Engineering Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, hire, and develop engineering managers, software engineers, and QA, building a high-performing, engaged organization.
• Own performance management, coaching, career development, and technical leadership development across the teams.
• Drive organizational design and workforce planning to scale engineering capacity with business growth.
• Establish succession plans and a strong technical leadership bench.

Software Delivery & Agile Execution

• Own end-to-end software delivery accountability—SDLC, Agile practices, and release management across the Agile Release Trains.
• Ensure delivery predictability, development velocity, and on-time/on-scope outcomes.
• Drive the operational adoption and scaling of the standards, patterns, and accelerators defined by the Principal Architect.
• Partner with Product Ownership and RTEs to align capacity, prioritization, and commitments.
• Hands on tactical engineering leader

AI-Enabled Engineering

• Operationalize AI-assisted engineering practices (GitHub Copilot, Azure OpenAI, AI-assisted testing) across teams, translating the Architect's guardrails into day-to-day team practice.
• Champion responsible AI adoption—balancing productivity gains with quality, security, IP, and compliance.
• Measure and improve engineering productivity and quality using data (DORA metrics, cycle time, defect rates, AI-adoption metrics).

Engineering Excellence & Quality

• Embed DevSecOps, CI/CD, test automation, and secure-by-design practices as team norms.
• Drive code quality, engineering discipline, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure engineering practices align to the architectural standards and Azure Well-Architected principles set by the Architect.

Operational Excellence & Reliability

• Own run‑time operational accountability—incident response, service reliability, availability, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Establish on‑call, monitoring, and observability practices that keep services resilient and always‑on.
• Lead post‑incident reviews and drive systemic reliability improvements.

Stakeholder Leadership & Strategy

• Serve as a leadership‑team member with executive visibility, reporting on delivery, reliability, talent, and AI‑adoption progress.
• Partner with the VP of Digital Transformation on engineering strategy, budget, and investment priorities.
• Collaborate closely with the Principal Architect, Product, QA, and Platform Engineering to align strategy, standards, and execution.
• Own the engineering budget and vendor/tooling decisions within the function.
• Acts as an engineering thought leader, bringing forward industry best practices, emerging technologies, and innovative approaches that improve delivery effectiveness, engineering excellence, and business outcomes.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Will Bring to Us

• Proven leadership abilities and change management skills.
• Ability to seamlessly operate in both strategic and tactical capacities.
• Ability to motivate, prioritize, and lead multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Proven results leading AI‑Enabled Engineering Adoption.
• Effective Strategic Partnership & Influence.
• Outcome & Metrics Orientation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent experience. Master's degree in a related field preferred.
• 12 years in software engineering, with 3-5+ years leading engineering teams and managers.
• Proven track record owning software delivery and operational reliability in a scaled‑agile / Agile Release Train environment.
• Hands‑on background in the Microsoft/Azure stack: .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, EF Core; React/Angular/TypeScript; REST/GraphQL; SQL/NoSQL; Azure; CI/CD DevOps.
• Demonstrated success building, scaling, and developing high‑performing engineering organizations.
• Experience driving adoption of modern engineering and AI‑assisted practices at team scale.
• Proven people‑leadership experience, including hiring, performance management, and org design.
• Demonstrated accountability for delivery predictability and service reliability.
• SAFe (SPC/RTE) certification; Microsoft Azure certifications preferred.
• Experience operationalizing AI‑assisted engineering tools (GitHub Copilot, Azure OpenAI, GitHub Advanced Security) preferred.
• Experience in insurance, travel, or other regulated industries preferred.

What We Will Bring to You

• Competitive compensation package.
• Generous 401K employer match.
• Employee Stock Purchase plan with employer matching.
• Generous Paid Time Off.
• Excellent benefits that go beyond health, dental & vision. Our programs are focused on your whole family’s wellness including your physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
• A core tenant is owning your career development so we provide a wealth of ways for you to keep learning, including tuition reimbursement, industry related certifications and professional training to keep you progressing on your chosen path.
• A dynamic, ambitious, fun and exciting work environment.
• We believe you do well by doing good and want to encourage a spirit of social and community responsibility, matching donation program, volunteer opportunities, and an employee driven corporate giving program that lets you participate and support your community.