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Securian Financial · 3 days ago

Engineering Leader – Individual Solutions Technology (Hybrid)

St Paul, MN

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$104K/yr - $192K/yr

Securian Financial is seeking a visionary Engineering Leader to inspire and lead teams that power their Individual Solutions technology, focused on life insurance and annuity business lines. This role involves overseeing technology capabilities, fostering innovation, and ensuring delivery of scalable and reliable solutions for customers.

Financial ServicesInsuranceLife Insurance

Responsibilities

Foster an environment of trust, community, and inclusion where every voice matters and team members feel empowered to do their best work

Build a culture grounded in curiosity, continuous learning, and innovation—encouraging experimentation, seeking feedback, and learning from mistakes

Recruit, mentor, and develop diverse talent by providing meaningful coaching, strategic delegation, and career-building opportunities; proactively plan for future talent needs and succession

Lead with empathy, authenticity, and transparency—modeling active listening, open dialogue, and resilience through change

Celebrate and recognize outcomes and behaviors that reinforce Securian’s Purpose and Values, continuously raising the bar for performance and impact

Approach every interaction with a shared mindset—we win together—to strengthen trust, accountability, and alignment across business, technology, operations, and data partners

Think and act strategically to anticipate evolving customer, industry, and regulatory needs; leverage the right data and insights to inform decisions and shape technology direction

Partner with business leaders to connect technology capabilities to outcomes that deepen customer engagement, enhance field experiences, and drive enterprise performance

Align execution to shared goals and strategic outcomes, ensuring technology, product, and business roadmaps are coordinated and value-driven

Oversee delivery of mission-critical technology solutions supporting Individual Solutions products

Focus on outcomes over outputs—ensuring solutions are resilient, secure, scalable, reliable, and continuously improved to meet customer, field, and regulatory needs

Deliver with excellence and agility, balancing speed and quality while adapting to evolving priorities

Embrace a continuous improvement mindset that builds future readiness across systems, teams, and processes

Encourage curiosity and challenge the status quo by exploring new ideas, customer insights, and industry trends to evolve our products, processes, and ways of working

Create space for teams to safely test, learn, and iterate using modern engineering practices, automation, and emerging technologies

Take appropriate risks and lead teams through uncertainty—helping them stay one step ahead on the change curve and strengthening their adaptability

Guide teams in applying modern engineering principles, strong data stewardship, and automation to enable sustainable, scalable, and high-quality delivery

Strengthen accountability through proactive communication, consistent follow-through, and disciplined execution

Clarify roles, expectations, and measurable outcomes—ensuring teams are aligned and accountable for delivering high-quality results and Securian-aligned behaviors

Monitor performance indicators, adapt approaches as needs evolve, and reinforce continuous improvement to enhance reliability, efficiency, and customer value

Qualification

Software developmentAgile practicesData engineeringDevOps principlesFinancial services knowledgeLeadershipCollaborationAdaptabilityCommunication

Required

Proven ability to communicate clearly and authentically with associates, peers, and senior leaders

Recognized as a developer of talent—skilled in mentoring, coaching, and empowering high-performing teams

Highly organized and strategic, able to prioritize multiple initiatives in a complex, fast-paced environment

Strong collaborator who thrives in a matrixed organization, building partnerships across technology and business functions

Embraces change with resilience, optimism, and adaptability

Solid understanding of technology delivery—with experience in software development, agile practices, system integration, and data engineering

Preferred

Knowledge of financial services, especially life insurance and individual annuity products, is strongly preferred

Strong understanding of DevOps principles, and modern engineering ecosystems is beneficial

Benefits

PTO program provides flexibility for associates to take meaningful time away from work to relax, recharge and spend time doing what’s important to them.

Securian’s flexible leave programs allow time off from work for parental leave, caregiver leave for family members, bereavement and military leave.

Securian provides nine company paid holidays.

Company-funded pension plan and a 401(k) retirement plan.

Health insurance: From the first day of employment, associates and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners and children – are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage.

Volunteer time: Through company-sponsored events, volunteer paid time off, a dollar-for-dollar matching gift program and more, we encourage you to support organizations important to you.

Associate Resource Groups: Build connections, be yourself and develop meaningful relationships at work through associate-led ARGs.