VP, Platform Engineering & Delivery

IAT Insurance Group; Naperville (IL); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 246,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO + Holidays

401(k) Match

Hybrid work environment

Training & development programs

Healthcare programs

Performance-based bonus opportunities

Student loan assistance

Educational assistance program

Mentorship program

Dress for Your Day policy

Job summary

IAT Insurance Group is seeking an Assistant Vice President of Platform Engineering and Delivery to lead infrastructure strategy, architecture, and delivery across multiple offices. This role requires strong leadership, technical judgment, and the ability to translate strategy into actionable roadmaps.

The position is hybrid, with in-office Monday-Wednesday and optional remote on Thursday and Friday, and offers comprehensive benefits with performance-based opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, business, or related field.
• At least 10 years of technology experience across infrastructure engineering, architecture, platform delivery, or operations.
• At least 5 years of people leadership or management experience.
• Demonstrated success leading complex infrastructure initiatives from strategy through implementation and operational adoption.
• Experience establishing architecture governance, engineering standards, and delivery practices across multiple teams.
• Broad understanding of modern infrastructure, including cloud, compute, networking, end-user technology, backup and recovery, monitoring, automation, and cyber resilience.
• Experience improving engineering productivity through automation, infrastructure as code, observability, self-service, or AI-enabled capabilities.
• Strong business judgment with experience balancing risk, reliability, cost, speed, and organizational capacity.
• Excellent communication, decision-making, stakeholder-management, and executive-influence skills.
• Experience with portfolio, financial, vendor, and contract management.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Translate infrastrucure strategy into roadmaps, architecture standards, investment priorities, and actionable plans.
• Guide design of secure, resilient, scalable, supportable, and cost-effective infrastructure and platform solutions.
• Drive simplification, standardization, modernization, automation, and reduction of technical debt.
• Own the infrastructure project management function and infrastructure portfolio from intake to operational transition.
• Establish governance for scope, outcomes, resources, dependencies, financials, risks, and success measures.
• Provide transparent portfolio reporting and trade-offs when priorities or risks change.
• Ensure delivered capabilities are operationally ready and well-documented.

Education

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

Job description

IAT Insurance Group is seeking an Assistant Vice President of Platform Engineering and Delivery to lead infrastructure strategy, architecture, and delivery across multiple offices. This role requires strong leadership, technical judgment, and the ability to translate strategy into actionable roadmaps.

The position is hybrid, with in-office Monday-Wednesday and optional remote on Thursday and Friday, and offers comprehensive benefits with performance-based opportunities.