AVP, Platform Engineering & Delivery

IAT Insurance Group • Rolling Meadows, WI

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

IAT is seeking an Assistant Vice President of Platform Engineering and Delivery to turn infrastructure strategy into clear architecture, prioritized investments, and successfully delivered capabilities. The role oversees Infrastructure and Platform Architecture and the infrastructure and security delivery portfolio, partnering closely with Infrastructure Operations, Information Security, Applications, Data, and business leaders. The successful candidate will bring technical judgment, disciplined execution, and people leadership to simplify complexity, establish practical standards, develop talent, and move infrastructure initiatives from concept through operational adoption.

The position works on a hybrid schedule, with required office work Monday through Wednesday and the option to work remotely Thursday and Friday. The role is based in one of IAT’s Milwaukee, Naperville, Rolling Meadows, Cheshire, or Raleigh offices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, business, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible technology experience across infrastructure engineering, architecture, platform delivery, or operations.
• At least 5 years of people leadership or management experience, including responsibility for developing leaders or senior technical professionals.
• Demonstrated success leading complex infrastructure initiatives from strategy through implementation and operational adoption.
• Experience establishing architecture governance, engineering standards, and delivery practices across multiple teams.
• Broad understanding of modern infrastructure, including cloud, compute, networking, end-user technology, backup and recovery, monitoring, automation, and cyber resilience.
• Experience improving engineering productivity through automation, infrastructure as code, observability, self-service, or AI-enabled capabilities.
• Strong business judgment and experience balancing risk, reliability, cost, speed, and organizational capacity.
• Excellent communication, decision-making, stakeholder-management, and executive-influence skills.
• Experience with portfolio, financial, vendor, and contract management.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading managers, multidisciplinary teams, or both in a complex enterprise environment.
• Experience leading organizational or operating-model change while maintaining service reliability and team engagement.

Responsibilities

• Translate infrastructure strategy into roadmaps, architecture standards, investment priorities, and actionable plans.
• Guide the design of secure, resilient, scalable, supportable, and cost-effective infrastructure and platform solutions.
• Drive simplification, standardization, modernization, automation, and reduction of technical debt.
• Partner with Infrastructure Operations leaders to ensure solutions align with architecture, security, lifecycle, and support requirements.
• Own the infrastructure project management function and infrastructure portfolio from intake and prioritization through implementation and operational transition.
• Establish governance for scope, outcomes, resources, dependencies, financials, risks, and success measures.
• Provide transparent portfolio reporting and recommend trade-offs when priorities, capacity, or risks change.
• Ensure delivered capabilities are operationally ready, appropriately documented, and positioned to realize expected value.
• Lead, coach, and develop architecture and delivery professionals while building a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Clarify decision rights and strengthen collaboration across engineering, operations, security, applications, data, and business teams.
• Communicate complex technical and delivery topics clearly to executive and technical audiences.
• Support budgeting, investment planning, vendor management, and contract decisions within the role’s scope.

Benefits

• 26 PTO days for entry-level employees plus 12 company holidays, for 38 paid days off.
• 7% 401(k) company match and additional profit sharing.
• Hybrid work environment.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Healthcare and wellness programs.
• Opportunity to earn performance-based bonuses.
• College Loan Assistance Support Plan.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Mentorship Program.
• Dress for Your Day policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior