Head of Claims Technology Engineering

Head of Claims Technology Engineering

Position Overview

As a senior Product D&T Leader you will serve as the strategic and technical north star for the claims technology domainguiding multiple products and squads while partnering closely with business product managers and owners. Youll shape and execute a bold technical vision modernize core platforms and elevate engineering excellence at scale. Your leadership will strengthen engineering talent embed architectural rigor and drive delivery that is secure efficient and deeply aligned to business valuefueling Guardians transformation and Journey to 2030.

Youll also be a force multiplier for our engineering community cultivating the next generation of technology leaders. Through hands-on mentorship coaching and rolemodel leadership youll inspire teams to push boundaries hone their craft and embrace continuous improvement. Youll champion bestinclass engineering practices accelerate automation and raise the bar for quality velocity and innovation.

Your leadership will help transform strategy into meaningful outcomes. Youll translate ambitious business goals into clear outcomedriven roadmaps that energize teams and deliver measurable impact. Youll orchestrate complex crossdomain initiatives shape investment decisions and partner across Value Stream Platform Data AI and Enterprise teams to drive alignment scale and sustained momentum.

You Will

• Set and champion the domain-level technical direction and architectural vision ensuring multiple products move cohesively toward a modern scalable future.
  Translate bold business strategies into multiyear modernization plans that accelerate delivery strengthen reliability and position Guardian for longterm success.
  Oversee technical design governance ensuring performance resilience and security remain uncompromising across all squads and platforms.
  Build and scale bestinclass engineering practices reusable frameworks and highquality patterns that raise the bar across the entire product ecosystem.
  Serve as the trusted escalation point for complex technical decisions production incidents and architectural risksproviding clarity direction and decisive leadership.
  Develop mentor and elevate engineers tech leads quality engineering professionals and future leadersstrengthening the technical backbone of the organization.
  Partner across value streams and with enterprise platform Data & AI and executive stakeholders to drive crossdomain alignment and unified outcomes.
  Collaborate with business product managers and owners to define clear quarterly plans outcomes dependencies and commitments that map directly to value stream OKRs.
  Influence funding prioritization modernization investment decisions and the evolution of enterprise architecture through strategic thought leadership.
  Drive continuous improvement in automation SDLC maturity cloud adoption engineering tooling and delivery excellence.
  Enable teams to unlock transformative results by adopting AIforengineers capabilities and applying AI to valuestream outcomes.
  Establish and uphold worldclass engineering standardsCI/CD testing security supportability and metricsensuring consistent excellence across all products.

You Have

• 812 years of engineering experience with demonstrated success leading technical strategy and domainlevel architecture.
  A proven track record modernizing legacy platforms and delivering platform engineering at enterprise scale.
  Deep handson technical expertise across distributed systems cloud architectures APIs data platforms AI/ML and eventdriven patterns.
  The ability to shape longterm technology strategy influence architectural direction and guide highimpact investment decisions.
  A history of building highperforming inclusive engineering cultures that attract grow and retain exceptional technical talent.
  Strong executivelevel communication with the ability to influence senior leaders align diverse stakeholders and drive strategic outcomes.

Location

• Three days a week at a Guardian office in New York NY; Boston MA; Bethlehem PA; or Holmdel NJ

Salary Range:

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 addition to salary this role may also be eligible for annual sales or other incentive compensation.

Our Promise

At Guardian youll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building leadership development and philanthropic opportunities we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

Inspire Well-Being

As part of Guardians Purpose to inspire well-being we are committed to offering contemporary supportive flexible and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age race color creed religion sex affectional or sexual orientation national origin ancestry marital status disability military or veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Accommodations

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Visa Sponsorship

Guardian is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment order to be a successful applicant. you must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

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