Hybrid Director, Individual Solutions Technology – Distribution and Product Lifecycle Technology

at Securian Financial

• Job title: Director, Individual Solutions Technology – Distribution and Product Lifecycle Technology
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $145,000 - $267,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Saint Paul, United States

About the role

• Director of Individual Solutions Technology in a financial services company. Leading technology strategies for distribution and product lifecycle to enhance customer and partner experiences.

Responsibilities

• The Director of Individual Solutions Distribution and Product Lifecycle Technology plays a critical leadership role in shaping and delivering the technology capabilities that enable our Individual Solutions business.
• This leader is accountable for ensuring that our channel partner distribution enablement, product development lifecycle, and risk ecosystem platforms are modern, resilient, customer-centric, and strategically aligned to drive measurable business outcomes.
• This business-focused technology leader will partner to drive commercial success in the individual life and annuity markets, advancing key business and technology strategies.
• In this role, you will champion the technology strategy that enhances end-to-end channel partner and customer experiences, accelerates product innovation, and strengthens the risk and actuarial capabilities essential to our future success.
• You will collaborate closely with product managers, business partners, architects, and engineering leaders to remove impediments, advance enterprise priorities, and ensure our platforms run safely, securely, and efficiently.
• This role requires a technology-forward, outcome-driven leader who excels at building high-performing teams, influencing across the organization, and inspiring teams to deliver meaningful value through our people, our partnerships, and our purpose to enable us to win in the Individual Solutions market.

Requirements

• Significant experience leading technology teams or platforms within insurance, financial services, or adjacent regulated industries, particularly those supporting distribution, product development, or risk capabilities.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing technical strategy across multiple teams in alignment with business outcomes and enterprise priorities.
• Expertise in modern delivery practices including Agile, DevOps automation, cloud engineering, proactive monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and facilitation skills with the ability to influence, negotiate, and build trusting relationships across business and technology teams.
• Experience leading through change with a transformational leadership mindset focused on outcomes, innovation, and empowerment.
• Strong technical acumen and the ability to guide decisions related to platform selection, integration, security, performance, and scalability.
• Track record of modernizing and simplifying technology and data environments with a capability-based view and maximizing reuse.
• Experience with both third-party or SaaS platforms and homegrown solutions, with proven understanding of how they integrate into broader ecosystems.
• Ability to manage multiple complex priorities and navigate ambiguity.
• Commitment to continuous learning and awareness of industry trends, emerging technologies, and evolving delivery practices.
• Preferred Experience partnering with actuarial, underwriting, product innovation, or distribution strategy teams.
• Knowledge of strategic planning, value-based delivery, discovery practices, and metrics-driven prioritization.

Benefits

• Paid time off: We want you to take time off for what matters most to you. Our PTO program provides flexibility for associates to take meaningful time away from work to relax, recharge and spend time doing what’s important to them. And Securian Financial rewards associates for their service by providing additional PTO the longer you stay at Securian.
• Leave programs: Securian’s flexible leave programs allow time off from work for parental leave, caregiver leave for family members, bereavement and military leave.
• Holidays: Securian provides nine company paid holidays.
• Company-funded pension plan and a 401(k) retirement plan: Share in the success of our company. Securian’s 401(k) company contribution is tied to our performance up to 10 percent of eligible earnings, with a target of 5 percent. The amount is based on company results compared to goals related to earnings, sales and service.
• Health insurance: From the first day of employment, associates and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners and children – are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Volunteer time: We know the importance of community. Through company-sponsored events, volunteer paid time off, a dollar-for-dollar matching gift program and more, we encourage you to support organizations important to you.
• Associate Resource Groups: Build connections, be yourself and develop meaningful relationships at work through associate-led ARGs. Dedicated groups focus on a variety of interests and affinities, including: Mental Wellness and Disability Pride at Securian Financial, Securian Young Professionals Network, Securian Multicultural Network, Securian Women and Allies Network, Servicemember Associate Resource Group.