Hybrid IT Leader – Policy Administration Systems

Church-Mutual-Insurance-Company

Merrill (WI)

Hybrid

USD 107,000 - 160,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Church Mutual Insurance Company is seeking an IT Development Manager to lead the design, development, and support of the Policy Administration System (PAS) technology platform. You will guide a team of software engineers, business analysts, and QA professionals delivering scalable, secure insurance solutions.

The role requires strong leadership, deep software engineering knowledge, and experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
7+ years of progressive application development experience.
3+ years of direct people leadership or technical leadership experience managing software development teams.
Experience delivering enterprise applications in an Agile environment.
Strong understanding of software engineering principles, application architecture, and integration patterns.
Experience leading distributed teams and managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
Strong communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
Experience within the Property & Casualty insurance industry preferred.
Experience supporting or implementing Policy Administration Systems preferred.
Guidewire PolicyCenter implementation, configuration, development, or support experience highly preferred.
Experience with Guidewire Cloud Platform and Guidewire Digital products preferred.
Knowledge of underwriting, policy issuance, endorsements, renewals, billing, claims, and agency operations preferred.
Experience with API development, microservices, event-driven architecture, and cloud technologies preferred.
Experience with Azure cloud services and DevOps toolsets preferred.
Familiarity with modern software engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, and infrastructure as code preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, develop, and retain a team of application developers, technical leads, and quality assurance professionals.
Establish clear goals, performance expectations, and career development plans for team members.
Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Manage resource planning, workload balancing, staffing, and succession planning activities.
Partner with business and IT leaders to align technology investments with organizational objectives.
Oversee the delivery of enhancements, integrations, upgrades, and production support activities related to the Policy Administration System.
Ensure development activities follow established SDLC, Agile, DevOps, security, and governance practices.
Drive solution design reviews and ensure adherence to architecture standards and best practices.
Manage application releases and coordinate deployment activities across environments.
Ensure technical solutions meet business requirements, quality expectations, and regulatory requirements.
Establish clear ownership and accountability for all Policy Administration applications and integrations, ensuring defined roles, operational responsibilities, documented support processes, and business continuity through cross-training and backup resource planning.
Own engineering performance metrics and continuous improvement.
Manage Individual budgets, vendor spend, and technology investments and align with IT executive leadership and PMO.
Drive AI-assisted development and workflow automation opportunities.
Ensure secure-by-design engineering practices.