Senior Manager, Information Technology

IAT Insurance Group; Rolling Meadows (IL); Hybrid; USD 97,880 - 213,030; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 PTO Days + 12 Company Holidays

7% 401(k) Company Match

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

IAT Insurance Group is hiring a Senior Manager for Information Technology, based in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The role focuses on enabling a secure and resilient infrastructure while leading engineering teams. Responsibilities include developing infrastructure strategy, driving operational excellence, and managing financial resources.

The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of IT leadership experience and a strong understanding of both technical and business aspects. Benefits include a hybrid work schedule and performance-based bonuses.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of IT infrastructure or security operations leadership experience.
• Proven track record of delivering infrastructure initiatives from strategy through execution.
• Strong understanding of business risk and ability to make informed, risk-based decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support the infrastructure strategy and roadmap.
• Drive consistent execution across strategic initiatives and operational work.
• Establish and monitor infrastructure work flows across teams.

Skills

IT infrastructure leadership

Technical foundation in infrastructure

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Financial management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or business

Tools

Cloud platforms

Vendor management

Job description

IAT Insurance Group has an immediate opening for Senior Manager, Information Technology from our locations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Kansas City, Missouri; Rolling Meadows, Illinois; Naperville, Illinois; Scottsdale, Arizona; Raleigh, North Carolina; Jersey City, New Jersey; Newark, New Jersey; Norristown, Pennsylvania; Plano, Texas; Alpharetta, Georgia; Cheshire, Connecticut; or Sarasota, Florida.

This leadership role is responsible for enabling a secure, resilient, and scalable infrastructure while driving disciplined execution of both business‑led and infrastructure initiatives. The role requires a strong focus on how work is defined, prioritized, and delivered across the organization, ensuring that infrastructure work is clearly scoped, aligned to business outcomes, and executed efficiently with minimal rework or operational friction.

The leader establishes strong financial management practices including forecasting, expense management, and financial analysis to ensure effective use of resources. The position oversees infrastructure engineering and architecture teams, ensuring the successful delivery and operational handoff of essential infrastructure capabilities such as cloud services, compute and storage platforms, backup and recovery, end‑user technologies, network services, unified communications, monitoring, disaster recovery, and cyber resiliency.

This role works a hybrid schedule that requires working from the office Monday through Wednesday, with the option of working Thursday and Friday remotely.

Infrastructure Strategy and Execution

• Develop and support the infrastructure strategy and roadmap to ensure systems are highly available, scalable, and secure.
• Drive consistent and disciplined execution across both strategic initiatives and operational work.
• Ensure work is clearly defined, sequenced appropriately, and aligned to business priorities before execution begins.

Operational Excellence and Delivery

• Establish and monitor how infrastructure work flows across teams, identifying bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and areas of constraint.
• Drive continuous improvement in how work is delivered, reducing rework, delays, and operational overhead.
• Ensure effective transition of solutions into operations with clear ownership, monitoring, and support models.

Technology Leadership and Innovation

• Oversee evaluation, selection, and implementation of infrastructure technologies that scale effectively and support long-term organizational needs.
• Guide adoption of new technologies with a focus on operational readiness, maintainability, and measurable business impact.
• Balance innovation with simplification, reducing unnecessary complexity across the environment.

Security and Risk Management

• Partner with security to ensure infrastructure architectures align to security policies and enterprise standards.
• Lead regular reviews to proactively identify and address risks across infrastructure platforms.
• Ensure security considerations are integrated into design and delivery, not added after deployment.

Team and Organizational Leadership

• Build and lead a high performing engineering organization with a strong focus on accountability, clarity, and continuous improvement.
• Develop leaders and teams who can operate across boundaries, collaborate effectively, and take ownership of outcomes.
• Drive organizational effectiveness by improving processes, decision making, and alignment across teams.
• Foster a culture that values simplicity, ownership, and delivering outcomes over activity.

Financial and Resource Management

• Drive financial planning, forecasting, and expense management for infrastructure services.
• Ensure effective allocation of resources across operational and strategic work.
• Drive cost awareness and accountability while enabling the organization to scale.

Qualifications – Must‑Have

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, business, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of IT infrastructure or security operations leadership experience.
• Strong technical foundation across infrastructure engineering, architecture, or operations.
• Proven track record of delivering infrastructure initiatives from strategy through execution.
• Demonstrated ability to improve how work is planned, prioritized, and delivered across teams.
• Ability to identify bottlenecks, manage competing priorities, and drive outcomes in complex environments.
• Strong understanding of business risk and ability to make informed, risk‑based decisions.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex concepts to both technical and executive audiences.
• Experience working cross‑functionally with engineering, security, and business partners.
• Experience with vendor and contract management.
• Broad understanding of modern infrastructure including cloud platforms, networking, end‑user computing, disaster recovery, and monitoring.
• Strong organizational leadership capabilities with a focus on building high performing, accountable teams.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States and must not require VISA sponsorship, now or in the future.

Compensation

The annual gross salary range associated with this posting is $97,880–$213,030. Actual salaries will vary based on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and geographical location related to this specific role. The total compensation will include a base salary, performance‑based bonus opportunities, 401(k) match, profit‑sharing opportunities, and more.

To view details of our full benefits, please visit https://www.iatinsurancegroup.com/careers/benefits.

Benefits

• 26 PTO Days (Entry Level) + 12 Company Holidays = 38 Paid Days Off.
• 7% 401(k) Company Match and additional Profit Sharing.
• Hybrid work environment.
• Numerous training and development opportunities to assist you in furthering your career.
• Healthcare and Wellness Programs.
• Opportunity to earn performance‑based bonuses.
• College Loan Assistance Support Plan.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Mentorship Program.
• Dress for Your Day Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We maintain a drug‑free workplace and participate in E‑Verify.