Overview

As a global market leader, iPipeline combines technology, innovation, and expertise to deliver ground-breaking, award-winning software solutions that transform the life insurance, financial services, and protection industries. With one of the industry's largest data sets, we help advisors/advisers and agents to transform paper and manual operations into a secure, seamless digital experience - from proposal to commission- so they can help better secure the financial futures of their clients.

At iPipeline, you'll play a major role in helping us to provide best-in-class, transformative solutions. We're passionate, creative, and innovative, and together as a team, we continually strive to advance, accelerate, and expand the reach of our technology. We value different perspectives and are committed to creating an environment that embraces diverse backgrounds and fosters inclusion.

We're proud that we've been recognized as a repeat winner of various industry awards, demonstrating our excellence and highlighting us as a top workplace in both the US and the UK. We believe that the culture we've built for our nearly 900 employees around the word is exceptional - and we've created a place where our employees love to come to work, every single day.

Come join our team!

About iPipeline

Founded in 1995, iPipeline operates as a business unit of Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP), a constituent of the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500®, and Fortune 1000® indices. iPipeline is a leading global provider of comprehensive and integrated digital solutions for the life insurance and financial services industries in North America, and life insurance and pensions industries in the UK. We couple one of the most expansive digital and automated platforms with one of the industry's largest data libraries to accelerate, automate, and simplify various applications, processes, and workflows - from quote to commission - with seamless integration. Our vision is to help everyone achieve lasting financial security by delivering innovative solutions that connect, simplify, and transform the industry.

iPipeline is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, color, religious creed, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, and/or protected veteran status. We are committed to building a supportive and inclusive environment for all employees.

This is an office-based position.

Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced software development leader to drive innovation, manage multiple agile teams, and optimize software delivery across the value stream. This role will focus on leveraging new technologies, continuous improvement, and best practices to enhance development processes, ensuring high-quality, efficient software delivery that aligns with business goals.

Innovation & Leadership:

• Champion the adoption of cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions to enhance the development lifecycle.
• Encourage teams to explore new tools, frameworks, and methodologies that drive efficiency and quality.

Team Leadership & Collaboration:

• Lead and mentor multiple managers of agile teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Help teams overcome challenges and align efforts with strategic business priorities.
• Ability to inspire, motivate, and lead a team to achieve ambitious goals.

Value Stream Optimization:

• Drive end-to-end process improvements by identifying bottlenecks and introducing innovative solutions to streamline the software development flow.
• Focus on optimizing speed, quality, and cost-efficiency.

Best Practices & Process Innovation:

• Introduce and enforce industry-leading development practices, including Agile, Lean, and DevOps. Use data-driven insights to continuously evolve and improve development processes, ensuring that teams are always learning and adapting.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of how technology supports business objectives.

Quality & Continuous Improvement:

• Implement innovative quality assurance practices such as automated testing, continuous integration, and continuous delivery (CI/CD) to ensure high-quality software at speed.
• Lead retrospectives and foster a feedback loop to iterate and improve upon development practices.

Stakeholder Communication & Reporting:

• Communicate the value of innovations and improvements to stakeholders, providing clear updates on progress, risks, and opportunities.
• Use metrics and success stories to demonstrate the impact of innovative solutions.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions
• Experience in conflict resolution, negotiation, and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• 15 + years of software development experience, with at least 5-10 years of experience in a leadership role managing multiple teams.
• Advanced track record of driving innovation in software development involves a consistent history of introducing, implementing and scaling new tools, methodologies and technologies to improve processes, products and outcomes.

• Expertise in Agile (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe), Lean, and DevOps practices.

• Advanced experience in CI/CD practices and cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• Extensive experience in a fintech, or SaaS environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced experience with scaling Agile practices and driving innovation in large or distributed teams.
• Extensive experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architectures.
• Experience supporting the insurance or financial services industries.