Stratton Royce · 3 weeks ago
IT Delivery Lead (Insurance)
Stratton Royce is seeking an IT Delivery Lead specializing in insurance to coordinate technology initiatives across core insurance platforms. The role involves liaising between stakeholders and teams, ensuring adherence to standards, and supporting both implementation and ongoing operations.
Responsibilities
Coordinate the end-to-end delivery of technology initiatives across core insurance platforms
Support both implementation of new functionality (e.g., regulatory rollouts, platform enhancements) and ongoing system operations and maintenance
Serve as a liaison between stakeholders, product owners, development teams, QA, and vendors to ensure shared understanding and execution of delivery goals
Plan, track, and report on timelines, risks, dependencies, and milestones across teams
Support environment readiness, data preparation, and deployment coordination
Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture standards, security protocols, and regulatory requirements
Identify and resolve delivery challenges to maintain momentum
Maintain clear and accurate documentation throughout the delivery lifecycle
Participate in continuous improvement and help scale delivery processes across platforms
Contribute to other platform-related initiatives as business needs evolve
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field; Master's degree preferred
10+ years of experience in IT project/program delivery roles, with at least 3+ years in a delivery lead or IT program manager capacity
Minimum 5 years' direct experience with P & C insurance industry systems
Strong understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC), Agile/Scrum, and/or SAFe methodologies
Experience delivering systems in insurance domains such as: Policy administration, Claims management, Billing and payments, Customer portals or CRM
Familiarity with core technologies used in insurance IT environments (e.g., Guidewire, Duck Creek, Salesforce, AWS/Azure, etc.)
Proficiency with delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Azure DevOps, etc
Strong communication and facilitation skills across business and technical audiences
Proven ability to drive accountability across multiple teams and vendors
Organized, proactive, and comfortable managing delivery in complex, regulated environments
Ability to quickly assess challenges and remove roadblocks to keep initiatives on track
Proficient in MSO/365 applications such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook