Head of Group Benefits Enrollment and Billing Technology

Guardian; Holmdel Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian is seeking a visionary Head of Group Benefits Enrollment and Billing Technology in Holmdel, NJ. You will lead multiple squads, shaping a modern technology vision for enrollment, eligibility, and billing across the benefits value stream.

You will mentor engineers, drive automation, and ensure data quality and security while delivering measurable outcomes aligned with business value. Hybrid work with offices in Holmdel, NJ, Bethlehem, PA or New York, NY.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technology or engineering leadership experience.
• Proven track record modernizing legacy systems at enterprise scale.
• Strong knowledge of group benefits, enrollment, billing or related domains.
• Deep expertise across distributed systems, cloud, APIs and security.
• Ability to drive data quality, financial accuracy and operational controls.

Responsibilities

• Set and champion domain technology strategy for enrollment and billing.
• Translate business goals into multi-year modernization plans.
• Own end-to-end tech outcomes across plan setup, eligibility, enrollment, data, billing, payments and integrations.
• Oversee design and data governance for performance, security and auditability.
• Build scalable engineering patterns and automation to reduce manual work.
• Act as escalation point for complex decisions, incidents and risks.
• Develop and mentor engineers and future leaders in enrollment and billing domain.
• Partner with cross-domain stakeholders to drive alignment and outcomes.
• Collaborate with product managers to define quarterly plans tied to value stream OKRs.
• Influence funding decisions using measurable outcomes like enrollment quality and billing accuracy.
• Drive continuous improvement in automation, SDLC maturity and release quality.
• Enable AI and automation to reduce enrollment exceptions and speed resolutions.
• Establish world-class engineering standards for CI/CD, testing and controls.

Skills

Technology leadership

Legacy modernization

Group benefits knowledge

Distributed systems

Data quality & controls

Strategic technology direction

Engineering culture

Executive communication

Job description

Position Overview

Head of Group Benefits Enrollment and Billing Technology

As the Head of Group Benefits Enrollment and Billing Technology, you will serve as the strategic and technical leader for the capabilities that onboard members, manage eligibility and enrollment, and enable accurate, timely billing across the Group Benefits value stream. You will guide multiple products and squads while partnering closely with business product managers and owners to shape and execute a modern technology vision. Your leadership will simplify complex processes, modernize core platforms, strengthen data quality and controls, and drive secure, resilient delivery aligned to business value - fueling Guardian's transformation and "Journey to 2030."

You will also be a force multiplier for our engineering community, cultivating the next generation of technology leaders across enrollment and billing. Through hands-on mentorship, coaching, and role-model leadership, you will inspire teams to deepen their domain expertise, strengthen engineering discipline, and embrace continuous improvement. You will champion automation, observability, quality engineering, and modern delivery practices that improve accuracy, throughput, and customer and partner experiences.

Your leadership will transform strategy into measurable outcomes across the enrollment-to-billing lifecycle. You will translate ambitious business goals into clear, outcome-driven roadmaps; orchestrate complex initiatives spanning plan setup, eligibility, enrollment, member data, billing, payments, and integrations; and shape investment decisions with a strong focus on operational efficiency, financial accuracy, and risk reduction. You will partner across Value Stream, Platform, Data, AI, Finance, Operations, and Enterprise teams to drive alignment, scale, and sustained momentum.

You Will (Responsibilities)

• Set and champion the domain-level technology strategy and architectural vision for Group Benefits enrollment and billing, ensuring products and platforms evolve cohesively toward a modern, scalable future.
• Translate business strategies into multi-year modernization plans that simplify the enrollment-to-billing journey, retire legacy complexity, and improve speed, accuracy, and service outcomes.
• Own end-to-end technology outcomes across plan setup, eligibility, enrollment, member and coverage data, billing, adjustments, payments, reconciliation, and related partner integrations.
• Oversee technical design and data governance, ensuring performance, resilience, security, auditability, and financial controls remain uncompromising across squads and platforms.
• Build and scale reusable engineering patterns, APIs, event-driven integrations, data quality controls, and automation that reduce manual work and improve straight-through processing.
• Serve as the trusted escalation point for complex technical decisions, production incidents, enrollment defects, billing discrepancies, and architectural risks—providing clarity, direction, and decisive leadership.
• Develop, mentor, and elevate engineers, tech leads, quality engineering professionals, and future leaders—strengthening both technical depth and enrollment and billing domain expertise.
• Partner with Enrollment, Billing, Operations, Finance, Product, Distribution, Customer Service, Data & AI, and enterprise platform stakeholders to drive cross-domain alignment and unified outcomes.
• Collaborate with business product managers and owners to define clear quarterly plans, outcomes, dependencies, controls, and commitments that map directly to value stream OKRs.
• Influence funding prioritization and investment decisions using measurable business outcomes such as improved enrollment quality, billing accuracy, operational efficiency, platform reliability, and customer satisfaction.
• Drive continuous improvement in automation, SDLC maturity, cloud adoption, observability, engineering tooling, release quality, and production support.
• Enable teams to apply AI and intelligent automation to reduce enrollment exceptions, improve billing issue detection, accelerate resolution, and enhance employee productivity.
• Establish and uphold world-class engineering standards—CI/CD, testing, security, supportability, data quality, controls, and metrics—ensuring consistent excellence across all products.

You Have (Required Skills)

• 10+ years of technology or engineering experience, including demonstrated success leading strategy, architecture, and delivery for complex enterprise platforms.
• A proven track record modernizing legacy systems and delivering platform engineering, process automation, and operational improvements at enterprise scale.
• Strong knowledge of group benefits, employee benefits, insurance, or adjacent financial-services domains; direct experience with eligibility, enrollment, billing, payments, or reconciliation is strongly preferred.
• Deep technical expertise across distributed systems, cloud architectures, APIs, integration patterns, data platforms, event-driven design, security, and modern engineering practices.
• Demonstrated ability to improve data quality, financial accuracy, operational controls, resilience, and customer outcomes across complex business processes.
• The ability to shape long-term technology strategy, influence architectural direction, manage investment tradeoffs, and lead through ambiguity and organizational change.
• A history of building high-performing, inclusive engineering cultures that attract, grow, and retain exceptional technical talent.
• Strong executive-level communication, with the ability to align senior leaders, business and technology partners, and cross-functional teams around measurable outcomes.

Location

• Hybrid Work arrangement with three days a week at a Guardian office in Holmdel, NJ, Bethlehem, PA or New York, NY.

Salary Range

$155,340.00 - $255,210.00

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

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