The Company
At Utica National Insurance Group, over 1,300 employees countrywide take our corporate promise to heart every day: To make people feel secure, appreciated, and respected.
While we had humble beginnings in 1914, today the Utica National Insurance Group is an “A” rated $1.4B award-winning, nationally recognized organization providing personal and commercial property & casualty insurance products and services.
Our Missionis to continually meet the needs of our policyholders, agent/customers and employees resulting in sustainable profitable growth in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
We are proud to sell our products through more than 2,200 independent insurance agents around the country as we have been since 1928. These agents provide their clients with valuable insight and resources. And, as the second-largest insurer ofAgents’ Errors and Omissions(E&O) business in the United States, we insure many of the agents who work with our policyholders.
Our purposeis to make people feel secure, appreciated, and respected. These Values define the character of our employees. They personify Utica National – describing what it means to “be Utica National” and how we approach doing business. Together, with our agents, we are committed to providing our mutual policyholders with valuable services and products to help them feel secure.
Summary:
Are you passionate about converting strategic visions into workable designs and solutions? Do you thrive on enhancing processes, methodologies, and steering technical projects to their successful completion? If so, join us as our new Technical Delivery Lead. In this role, you’ll direct technical resources, foster cross-organizational communication for project-based work, and transform strategic visions into tangible realities. Be the catalyst that drives our projects to be on time, within budget, and always aligned with our groundbreaking IT strategy.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage the technical execution plan for core and non-core systems, serving as the architect who brings together strategy and technical design.
- Champion the creation and maintenance of detailed technical documentation (e.g., Visio diagrams) of project artifacts, reviewing them with Solution Architects for compliance with organizational technical standards.
- Ensure secure development processes are adhered to, conducting periodic code reviews and pre-implementation security reviews.
- Provide strategic technical assistance and support to the Quality Assurance (QA) Lead and Business Units during User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and non-functional testing phases.
- Partner with the QA Lead to coordinate automated testing scripts and monitor their results on project-specific and maintenance-related activities.
- Lead the development and refinement of project delivery templates, tools, and processes, including IT project plans, resource plans, and progress metrics.
- Work closely with Project Managers to understand the impact of technical design on schedule, resources, and budget.
- Assist in developing standards, methodologies, and processes for development (DevOps/CICD), testing, security, and release management.
- Provide robust technical guidance within corporate projects, contributing your expertise to the realization of business objectives.
- Facilitate onboarding processes for new team members, outlining necessary hardware needs and configurations to support successful project delivery.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of related experience.
- Proven ability to manage organizational IT policies, standards, and procedures.
- Proficiency in major tasks, deliverables, and formal application delivery methodologies.
Preferred Experience:
- Advanced Degree in a related field.
- 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Insurance industry experience.
- Prior experience in a technical leadership role, ideally involving DevOps/CICD and secure development processes.
- Extensive experience in creating and maintaining technical documentation (such as Visio diagrams).
- Solid understanding of IT compliance and risk management requirements (e.g., SOX, HIPAA).
- Proven expertise in resource and hardware planning to support successful project delivery.
- Exceptional project planning, resource management, and coordination skills.
- Excellent communication skills, with a knack for onboarding resources and coordinating efforts.
Salary Range: $84,200-$126,400
The final salary to be paid and position within the internal salary range is reflective of the employee’s work experience, their geographic location, education, certification(s), scope and responsibilities in the role, and additional qualifications.
Benefits:
We believe strongly that talented people are core to our success and are attracted to companies that provide competitive pay, comprehensive benefits packages, career advancement and challenging work opportunities. We offer a Comprehensive Benefits Plan for full time employees that include the following:
- Medical and Prescription Drug Benefit
- Dental Benefit
- Vision Benefit
- Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
- 401(k) Profit Sharing and Investment Plan(Includes annual Company financial contribution and discretionary Profit Sharing contribution based upon annual company financial results)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Tuition Assistance, Training, and Professional Designations
- Company-Paid Family Leave
- Adoption/Surrogacy Assistance Benefit
- Voluntary Benefits – Group Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Legal, ID Theft Protection, Pet Insurance
- Student Loan Refinancing Services
- Care.com Membership with Back-up Care, Senior Solutions
- Business Travel Accident Insurance
- Matching Gifts program
- PaidVolunteer Day
- Employee Referral Award Program
- Wellness programs
Additional Information:
This position is a full time salaried, exempt (non overtime eligible) position
Utica National is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Apply now and find out what it’s like to be a part of an amazing team, thrive in an exciting environment and work for a company you can be proud of. Once you complete your application, you can monitor your status in the hiring process by logging into your profile. A representative from our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch regarding any change in your candidacy.