Chief Technology Officer/ Head of Engineering, Virtual insurance

Job Summary

We are seeking a visionary and execution-focused Chief Technology Officer / Head of Engineering to lead our end-to-end technology strategy, architecture, and engineering organization. This role is responsible for driving digital innovation, ensuring regulatory compliance, strengthening cybersecurity posture, and building a resilient, scalable, and data-driven insurance platform. The CTO will partner closely with executive leadership to align technology initiatives with business growth and customer experience goals.

Responsibilities

• Technology Strategy & Leadership

• • Define and execute technology vision to transform insurance experience for B2C customers aligned with business objectives and regulatory requirements.

• • Lead digital platforms evolution across web and mobile applications.

• • Drive cloud-native architecture strategy and platform scalability.

• • Envision in AI adoption from development to user experience

• • Build and foster a high-performance engineering culture emphasizing innovation, accountability and continuous improvement.

• Platform & Engineering Excellence

• • Oversee end-to-end software development lifecycle, DevOps, and CI/CD practices.

• • Ensure system reliability, performance, and scalability across customer-facing and internal platforms.

• • Optimize data architecture and warehouse strategy to enable trusted reporting and analytics.

• • Lead modernization initiatives across infrastructure, applications, and integration layers.

• Data & Analytics Governance

• • Establish a unified and trusted data foundation to support reporting, regulatory submissions, and decision-making.

• • Drive improvements in ETL orchestration, data freshness, and reporting SLA performance.

• • Promote data governance, lineage, reconciliation accuracy, and audit readiness.

• Security, Risk & Compliance

• • Own company cybersecurity strategy and technology governance.

• • Ensure IT governance frameworks, incident and change management controls, and audit processes are embedded in engineering practices.

• • Strengthen identity management, infrastructure and data security, and threat monitoring.

• Team and Culture

• • Oversee engineering operations, FE, BE, QA, SRE, IS and Data teams to ensure high availability and business continuity.

• • Establish engineering best practices, scalable architecture standards, and digital products development discipline.

• • Foster a culture of experimentation, accountability, and measurable impact.

• • Collaborate cross-functionally with GTM, Product, Operations, Finance, Risk and Compliance teams.

• • Serve as a strategic advisor to the executive leadership on technology risk and innovation.

• • Mentor and develop technical leaders within the organization.

Requirements

• • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information technology, or a related field (Master’s preferred).

• • 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in technology, preferably within insurance, fintech, or financial services.

• • Proven experience leading digital transformation and AI adoption is prefered

• • Experience in leading techonology team in regulated environment is a plus

• • Deep understanding of IT governance, cybersecurity and regulatory compliance frameworks.

• • Track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations.

• • Passionate for innovation and building technology that meaningfully transforms customer experience and insurance operations.

• • Excellent communication skill with capabilities and patience to understand and balance interests of different stakeholders and at the same time a people manager who is willing to spend time to hold heart-to-heart conversation to coach and grow the team