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Securian Financial · 14 hours ago

Director, Individual Solutions Technology – Distribution and Product Lifecycle Technology (Hybrid)

St Paul, MN

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$145K/yr - $267K/yr

Securian Financial is a leading company in the financial services sector, and they are seeking a Director of Individual Solutions Distribution and Product Lifecycle Technology. This role is responsible for shaping and delivering technology capabilities to enhance business outcomes in the individual life and annuity markets, while also leading high-performing teams and collaborating with various stakeholders.

Financial ServicesInsuranceLife Insurance

Responsibilities

Collaborates closely with product, engineering, and business leaders to shape business objectives, align on strategic outcomes, and ensure readiness to deliver technology across distribution, product, and risk capabilities

Advances the Individual Solutions technology strategic plan in close partnership with key technology and product directors and business stakeholders

Develops holistic approaches to enhancing the end-to-end experiences and supporting capabilities by advocating for capability improvement in alignment with business strategies and bringing innovative and external perspectives in alignment with evolving market, competitive, and internal landscapes

Creates and continually advances the long-term technical vision and multi-year roadmap for the technology platforms supporting distribution, product development, and risk

Applies a business-focused mindset—deeply understanding customer, channel partner, and business partner needs to inform decisions and maximize enterprise value

Actively participates in business planning, budgeting, and portfolio management to ensure strategic alignment and responsible investment of technology resources

Sponsor and support enterprise projects, initiatives and market-specific business cases that require technical partnership

Serves as the senior escalation point for engineering leaders and their teams across multiple capabilities, platforms, and cross-functional areas removing impediments, addressing risks, and ensuring timely issue resolution

Ensures platforms operate safely, securely, and reliably; oversees the definition of, and upholds, SLAs, SLIs, and SLOs; champions proactive monitoring, resilience, and quality engineering practices in close partnership with Securian’s Reliability Engineering and Operations team

Leads the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of customer-centric technology solutions that enhance the channel partner/advisor experience, improve ease of doing business, and strengthen Individual Solutions capabilities

Partners with enterprise architecture and shared services to evaluate technology options, promote reuse, drive simplification, and rationalize redundant applications

Builds, inspires, and leads high-performing leaders of people, leaders of leaders, and their engineering teams; attracts top talent, cultivates leadership capability, and fosters an inclusive environment where individuals do their best work

Coaches and develops team members, engineering managers, and platform leads—maximizing potential, aligning strengths to work, and supporting career growth

Owns and directs staffing strategies including effective use of global delivery partners, vendors, contingent workers, and managed services to optimize capacity, capability, and cost efficiency

Champions the adoption of modern engineering practices—including Agile at scale, DevOps automation, cloud utilization, and CI/CD pipelines—to accelerate delivery and increase reliability

Encourages experimentation, continuous learning, and the use of emerging technologies to advance business outcomes, technical health, and platform performance

Creates a vision for secure and privacy-by-design architecture across all platform capabilities, ensuring consistent adherence to enterprise technology principles and standards

Qualification

Technical strategy developmentAgile practicesDevOps automationCloud engineeringPlatform ownershipFinancial services experienceRisk managementChange managementInterpersonal skillsContinuous improvementInnovation mindsetTeam leadershipCommunication skillsNegotiation skills

Required

Significant experience leading technology teams or platforms within insurance, financial services, or adjacent regulated industries, particularly those supporting distribution, product development, or risk capabilities

Demonstrated success developing and executing technical strategy across multiple teams in alignment with business outcomes and enterprise priorities

Expertise in modern delivery practices including Agile, DevOps automation, cloud engineering, proactive monitoring, and continuous improvement

Strong interpersonal, communication, and facilitation skills with the ability to influence, negotiate, and build trusting relationships across business and technology teams

Experience leading through change with a transformational leadership mindset focused on outcomes, innovation, and empowerment

Strong technical acumen and the ability to guide decisions related to platform selection, integration, security, performance, and scalability

Track record of modernizing and simplifying technology and data environments with a capability-based view and maximizing reuse

Experience with both third-party or SaaS platforms and homegrown solutions, with proven understanding of how they integrate into broader ecosystems

Ability to manage multiple complex priorities and navigate ambiguity

Commitment to continuous learning and awareness of industry trends, emerging technologies, and evolving delivery practices

Preferred

Experience partnering with actuarial, underwriting, product innovation, or distribution strategy teams

Knowledge of strategic planning, value-based delivery, discovery practices, and metrics-driven prioritization

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: We know the importance of community. 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.