You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future. We will not sponsor employment visas. Candidates who will require future sponsorship, including candidates on CPT/OPT/STEMOPT who will require future sponsorship, are not eligible to apply.

At Liberty, you'll thrive in a hybrid setting that fosters in-person collaboration, innovation and growth. This approach optimizes both remote and in-person interactions, enabling you to connect and ideate with your team and deepen valuable relationships across the company, while still enjoying the flexibility of remote work for focused tasks and projects. This position follows a hybrid work model (2 days onsite) and is open to candidates located in Portsmouth, NH; Boston, MA; Plano, TX; Indianapolis, IN; and Columbus, OH. 

US Retail Markets (USRM) Technology is searching for a passionate engineering leader to work as the Director, Engineering – Sales and Support Systems. The USRM Distribution Tech team is focused on delivering modern, highly scalable solutions that integrates industry leading platforms with our custom cloud-based applications. This position will partner with IA Solutions and Enablement teams to drive completion of strategic business priorities including but not limited to, Salesforce Modernization using Financial Services Cloud with Agentforce, Agent Portal AI integration, and the building of our Unified Insurance Platform integrations for CRM data.

In this position, you will lead a team of IT professionals to build and support a portfolio of systems and services used by agents and customers in our international business operations. This individual will help strategize and execute in partnership with Functional IT Directors, and partners for our product platforms for core systems.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and implements business and/or IT vision, critical success factors and operating plans; develops and communicates department/enterprise vision, strategies, critical success factors and plans; develops high level migration plans. Anticipates and manages technology evolution and relates it to business solutions.
• Sets direction based on alignment to business and overall technology standards.
• Hires and manages lower level managers and may hire and manage individual contributors; coaches and counsels team members, especially managers regarding management techniques. Determines and manages staffing strategy and plan (# of FTEs, skills needed, depth of experience, internal and external staffing mix) consistent with the needs of the department.
• Ensures decisions related to hiring, firing and promotions are executed.
• Defines individual performance objectives and development plans and ensures alignment with project and department objectives.
• Appraises and evaluates department and individual performance and makes compensation recommendations; oversees the appraisal process.
• Initiates and fosters business partnerships with current and potential clients, vendors, IT executives, and senior business executives; develops relationships that promote trust and increase efficiency and effectiveness; balance individual client needs with business priorities assuring alignment with the business strategies and objectives.
• Establishes financial plan for department and manages to plan; ensures project financial plans are met by managers in department. Jointly establishes financial targets with business partners.
• Oversees the development of our IA and SPG Salesforce implementation integrated with our AWS and Azure Cloud based solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation and execution of multiple projects ensuring scope and schedule are established for projects; oversees operating plan and resource allocation for the department, including prioritization and staff deployment; acts based on changed priorities.
• Formulates and executes process and organizational improvement direction and programs which enhance overall effectiveness; pro-actively seeks ways to improve human resource and other management processes. Understands business process, issues/problems and applies appropriate IT standards and solutions
• Develops and maintains a network of industry contacts; performs or directs research on industry trends, competitors, business and IT products; analyzes trends and makes strategic and tactical recommendations.
• Ensures system, technical and product architectures are aligned with business objectives.

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in technical or business discipline or related experience; Master's Degree preferred.
• Generally, more than 10 years related experience with 5 years in leadership role.
• In-depth knowledge of IT concepts, strategies and methodologies and their application to business opportunities. In-depth knowledge of business operations, objectives and strategies.
• In-depth knowledge of project planning methodologies and tools and IT standards and guidelines.
• Advanced knowledge of management concepts, practices and techniques. Ability to promote a team environment consisting of several teams.
• Highly developed negotiation, facilitation and consensus building skills.
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills; strong presentation skills.

Pay Philosophy: The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role.