Director of Engineering

Business Development & Innovation. • Support leaders to create the environment where units can proactively refresh their business portfolio and position LIT as a leading light in LMs digital transformation. • Drive business through existing customers and ensure LIT is positioned to add maximum value, developing a proactive action plan that addresses customers’ requirements now and in future in a way that leverages and elevates LIT’s unique value proposition. • Partner with different areas of Liberty IT and LMIT to identify and support the introduction and development of emergent business capabilities and optimize for reuse / leveraging these capabilities across the LIT org. • Support adjacent Engineering Group level innovation • Act as an advocate for Liberty IT; driving the future growth of the company by promoting the LIT brand internally and externally. • Conversant with Insurtech trends and practices • Building a strong relationship and understanding with Liberty Mutual senior IT leaders within allotted areas of responsibility.

Alignment & Collaboration • Act as the senior leadership focus for several units offering direction, coaching and support, ensuring that subgroups have the correct purpose, capabilities, and skills to support their accounts. • Engage effectively with LIT Steering group to understand and align on the company vision and strategy. • Drive effective communication across their area of responsibility to ensure common understanding of the company strategy and goals amongst employees. • Create an open and collaborative working environment; be flexible, adaptable and have a willingness to learn. • Continually strive to ensure close alignment and active cross-unit collaboration within the account team. Provide a positive contribution to LIT’s strategic ambition and ensure that a balanced, inclusive ‘company view’ is taken in all decision making (e.g. talent development and resource allocation).

Team Building & Engagement • Ensure the ongoing evaluation and review of potential development needs of subgroups, teams and individuals to ensure LIT employees are highly motivated and best placed to provide a compelling value proposition for customers. • Support organizational talent and skills needs through the development of a robust talent pipeline across their units and the wider organization. • Determine a resource strategy and plan, mobilising talent to address business priorities with a one LIT approach and mindset. • Identify future skills and capability needs for the account and ensure that talent development plans are created to proactively address those opportunities. • Inspire and engage Leadership, sell the compelling vision, and accelerate team performance. • Support Leadership Team in promotion of a culture of structured experimentation and continuous improvement leading to the development of high-performance teams within their Units. • Create a coaching environment which develops capability and empowers people, thereby enhancing high performance morale and productivity. Ensure that LITs values and associated behaviours are adhered to by everyone regardless of role or position • Foster an inclusive and equitable workplace, demonstrating that DEI is fundamental to how they do business. Be visible across account, creating an engaging and motivating environment and role modelling active leadership in all interactions • Deal effectively with performance issues in a timely manner.

Required Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience • A minimum of 3 year’s senior leadership experience in a technical environment • In-depth knowledge of current industry trends around technology and capabilities. • Broad knowledge of IT concepts,strategies and methodologies • Previous leadership of and competence with people and organisational processes, including introducing and facilitating a high performance culture among teams. • Experience in managing projects from conception to successful implementation • Experience in and commitment towards driving and implementing change and continuous improvement across complex environments / involving large groups of stakeholders. • Strategic thinker; experienced in setting department and project objectives and key results (OKR’s) to support overall company strategy and direction. • Proven experience of developing deep knowledge of Mutual business operations, strategies and objectives.

What’s on offer Feel safe and secure whatever life brings, with health insurance (including access to a digital doctor), life assurance and income protection. Enjoy both today and tomorrow with employee discount schemes, annual bonuses and a competitive pension. Protect your wellbeing with flexible working and a real work-life balance. Specifically, we have adopted a hybrid remote and in-office working culture, meaning you have ultimate flexibility in your work environment. Grow yourself, your career and reputation through continuous learning, promotion opportunities and our generous recognition programme.

Fair employment and equal opportunities Liberty IT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to inclusion and diversity. If you have a disability, accommodations are available on request when taking part in all aspects of the recruitment, assessment, and selection process.