IT Director (Hybrid)

Intact Specialty Solutions • Farmington, CT

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, we are experts at protecting what makes businesses unique. Our deep understanding of the specialty insurance market is the foundation for our customized solutions, backed by targeted risk control and claims services. Our employees are passionate about providing insurance coverage that’s aligned to our targeted customer groups. Intact’s Global Specialty Lines business spans across more than 20 verticals in four distinct markets: U.S., Canada, UK and Europe. The following opportunity is for our U.S. team. We currently have an opportunity for an IT Director to join our Corporate IT team based in our Farmington, CT; Canton, MA; Boston, MA or Raleigh, NC offices on a hybrid schedule. This role is responsible for leading the modernization of our underwriting platform and associated policy administration capabilities, with accountability for strategy, engineering execution, talent, financial management, and business outcomes. The Director will partner with underwriting, product, architecture, operations, and delivery leaders to evolve legacy capabilities into a modern, cloud-enabled, scalable platform that improves speed to market, underwriting efficiency, resiliency, and data-driven decision-making. This is both a technology leadership role and a business transformation role, consistent with how insurers are approaching core platform modernization. The ideal candidate brings strong leadership across policy administration modernization, underwriting workflows, cloud architecture, API/event-driven integration, platform design patterns, AI-enabled decision support, and organizational change management. This leader must be comfortable operating across long-horizon platform strategy and day-to-day delivery execution, while maintaining appropriate governance for a regulated insurance environment.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive technology leadership experience, including significant experience in enterprise application engineering, platform modernization, or insurance technology transformation.
• 5+ years leading managers and/or large cross-functional technology organizations with accountability for delivery, budget, and talent outcomes.
• Proven experience leading modernization of policy administration, underwriting, or core insurance platforms in a carrier environment.
• Experience delivering in complex, regulated environments requiring strong governance, risk management, and audit/compliance discipline.

Nice To Haves

• Strong leadership across policy administration modernization, underwriting workflows, cloud architecture, API/event-driven integration, platform design patterns, AI-enabled decision support, and organizational change management.

Responsibilities

• Platform Modernization Leadership: Define and execute on the strategy to modernize and transform our underwriting and policy administration platform.
• Lead transformation of legacy systems into a scalable, cloud-enabled platform.
• Drive phased delivery to minimize business disruption and manage risk.
• Underwriting & Business Capability Transformation: Partner with underwriting and product leaders to streamline workflows and improve decision-making.
• Deliver modern underwriting capabilities (eligibility, pricing, referrals, portfolio management).
• Enable configurable, reusable, and scalable platform services.
• Migration, Integration & Data Strategy: Lead policy/data migration, including conversion, validation, and cutover planning.
• Ensure strong data quality, traceability, and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee integration with claims, billing, data, and digital ecosystems.
• Cloud Architecture & Engineering Excellence: Drive cloud-enabled, secure, and resilient platform architecture.
• Implement modern engineering practices (API-first, event-driven, DevSecOps, CI/CD).
• Align to enterprise architecture standards and reusable platform services.
• Product Model & Delivery Execution: Transition to a product-focused operating model with clear ownership and outcomes.
• Lead roadmap delivery, prioritization, and cross-team coordination.
• Balance speed, quality, and long-term platform sustainability.
• AI & Automation Enablement: Introduce AI and automation to improve underwriting efficiency and decision support.
• Integrate data-driven insights into workflows.
• Ensure responsible AI adoption with clear business value.
• Change & Transformation Leadership: Lead adoption of modern ways of working across technology and business teams.
• Drive alignment on roadmap, priorities, and business readiness.
• Act as a visible transformation leader across the organization.
• Talent, Vendor & Financial Management: Build and lead high-performing engineering and delivery teams.
• Manage vendors, partners, and technology investments.
• Develop capabilities across cloud, platform engineering, and AI.
• Risk, Compliance & Operations: Ensure adherence to regulatory, security, and audit requirements.
• Establish strong operational governance and production readiness.
• Balance innovation with stability and risk management.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance with no waiting period
• Competitive paid time off programs
• 401(k) savings and annual contributions of up to 12% of annual salary
• Mental health support programs, life and disability insurance, paid parental leave and a variety of additional voluntary benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed