Director, Engineering - Policy Migration - USRM Tech
Liberty Mutual
Boston, MA, USA
USD 156k-281k / year
Director, Engineering - Policy Migration - USRM Tech
- ID
- 2026-75834
- Position Type
- Full-Time
- Job Grade
- 20
- Department
- 0969-10032 USRM - Admin Tech
- Market
- Corporate Center
- Referral Bonus Amount
- 3,500
- Minimum Salary
- USD $156,000.00/Yr.
- Maximum Salary
- USD $281,000.00/Yr.
- Typical Starting Salary
- $187,300 - $249,800
- Travel
- 10%
- Recruiter
- Roy Ruhling
- Referral Bonus Eligible?
- Yes
Description
Liberty Mutual US Retail Markets (USRM) Technology is undertaking a multi-year transformation to modernize our policy administration ecosystem by converging legacy platforms into a unified, cloud-enabled Guidewire PolicyCenter solution.
We are seeking a Director of Engineering – Policy Migration to lead one of the most critical components of this transformation: the end-to-end migration of legacy policies, data, and capabilities into our modern platform.
This leader will define and execute the engineering and data migration strategy, build and lead a high-performing organization, and partner across Product, Underwriting, Data, and Platform teams to ensure seamless, high-quality migration outcomes that enable business agility and customer value.
This role combines deep technical leadership, large-scale program execution, and organizational leadership, and is pivotal to delivering a simplified, future-ready insurance platform.
About the Role:
As Director of Engineering, you will lead both engineering execution and migration strategy while developing a world-class engineering organization.
Engineering Leadership & Organizational Development
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing engineering organization, including engineering managers and senior technical leaders.
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.
- Oversee talent strategy including hiring, coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
- Establish and scale global engineering teams, including vendor and offshore strategies aligned to capacity and cost objectives.
Policy Migration Strategy & Execution
- Define and lead the end-to-end policy and data migration strategy, including mapping, transformation, trial conversions, reconciliation, and production cutover.
- Establish data quality, validation, auditability, and reconciliation frameworks to support go/no-go decisions and regulatory compliance.
- Drive execution of conversion-at-renewal and other migration patterns, ensuring alignment to program milestones and business priorities.
- Lead cross-functional coordination across Guidewire, system integrators, platform teams, and downstream consumers to manage dependencies, risks, and delivery.
Technology Strategy & Delivery
- Shape and drive engineering strategy aligned with enterprise architecture, modern engineering practices, and cloud-native platforms.
- Lead design and implementation of scalable, resilient solutions within the Guidewire PolicyCenter ecosystem.
- Ensure adoption of best practices across software development, DevOps, security, and quality engineering.
- Balance speed-to-market with long-term scalability, reliability, and operational excellence.
Cross-Functional Leadership & Business Alignment
- Partner with Product, Underwriting, Data, Experience, and Architecture teams to deliver business value and seamless customer experiences.
- Collaborate with senior and executive leadership to align engineering priorities with enterprise strategy and modernization goals.
- Own delivery outcomes, including timelines, quality, system health, and business impact.
- Represent engineering in strategic planning, budgeting, and resource allocation discussions.
Thought Leadership & Innovation
- Serve as a thought leader in engineering and modernization, influencing architecture, platform investments, and emerging technologies (e.g., GenAI, cloud data platforms).
- Advance engineering practices and contribute to Liberty Mutual’s broader technology community.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop a high-performing engineering organization, including managers, senior engineers, and global/vendor teams.
- Own the end-to-end policy and data migration strategy, including mapping, transformation, trial conversions, reconciliation, cutover, and stabilization.
- Be accountable for delivery of migration milestones across a multi-year modernization program.
- Establish data quality, validation, auditability, and reconciliation frameworks to support regulatory and business requirements.
- Drive cross-functional execution across Guidewire, system integrators, platform teams, and downstream systems.
- Shape engineering strategy aligned with enterprise architecture, cloud platforms, and long-term modernization goals.
- Ensure adoption of best practices across software engineering, DevOps, security, and reliability.
- Partner with Product, Underwriting, Data, and Experience teams to deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Represent engineering in executive-level planning, funding, and prioritization discussions.
- Build a strong engineering culture focused on accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Serve as a thought leader influencing engineering practices and enterprise technology direction.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
- 10+ years of technology experience with 5+ years in senior leadership roles.
- Experience leading large-scale policy administration transformations in P&C insurance.
- Deep expertise in Guidewire PolicyCenter (Guidewire Cloud preferred).
- Strong experience with large-scale data migration, ETL/ELT, reconciliation, and production cutovers.
- Proven ability to lead large, globally distributed engineering teams (75–150+ engineers).
- Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures, microservices, APIs, and DevOps practices.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional programs and influence senior stakeholders.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to align technology outcomes to business strategy.
Employees may apply for a new role after completing 12 months of employment in their current position.
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