Senior Director, Engineering

Brief Description

Hexure builds the platforms that power insurance sales and distribution for the industry’s leading carriers, broker-dealers, and distributors. Our products — FireLight, ForeSight, Vive, and IXN — sit at the intersection of complex financial products and the technology that makes them transactable at scale.

We’re seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to own delivery execution, operational excellence, and organizational leadership across multiple domains within the engineering organization. This role is accountable for translating company strategy and technology vision into scalable execution, predictable delivery, and high-quality outcomes across multiple portfolios and geographies.

Reporting to the VP of Engineering and partnering closely with the CTO’s office, Product, and Architecture leadership, this role is central to scaling Hexure’s engineering organization following its acquisition by iCapital.

About Us

Join a team where we encourage creativity and innovation, champion teamwork and are committed to being the best. In this environment we strive to provide our clients best-in-class solutions that transform business processes and empower sales across all insurance, retirement and investment products.

Hexure, started with a simple goal: transform the insurance and financial services industry through powerful end-to-end sales solutions. For more than 25 years, carriers and distributors have depended on our commitment to innovation, speed to market delivery and deep domain expertise. Our solutions have been implemented within industry-leading insurance carriers and distribution firms. And our track record of empowering client success speaks for itself.

Together as a team, we strive to provide our clients best-in-class solutions that transform business processes and empower sales across all insurance, retirement and investment products. We endeavor to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better solutions for our clients.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Generous benefit packages - We offer our employees competitive health insurance options, including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as long term and short-term disability insurance.
• Pre-tax savings programs including flexible spending accounts, and a 401K that is competitively matched!
• Lifestyle Spending Account. This provides an employee the flexibility to spend benefit dollars on the things that matter most to them.
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO). Work-life balance is a key part of our company culture here at Hexure, and we know that our employees do their best work when they can take the time they need to rest and recharge.
• Office Closures – Inclusion and Diversity are integral to enhancing our culture. In support of this, we offer 10 companywide office closures and encourage all employees to use flexible PTO to celebrate religious or cultural holidays, employee birthdays, or other state or federal holidays that bring personal meaning.
• In addition to all the standard PTO options, Hexure proudly offers a generous and progressive paid Modern Family Leave policy.
• Professional Development - Hexure supports you and your professional development with a LinkedIn learning account.
• We also have employee anniversary perks, health, and wellness programs, and much more!
• Most benefits are effective on date of hire!
  
  

Deliverables And Performance Measures

Enterprise Engineering Execution & Delivery

• Own delivery outcomes across multiple engineering portfolios, spanning product development, platform modernization, and shared services
• Translate product roadmaps and architecture strategy into multi-quarter delivery plans with aligned capacity and sequencing
• Establish organizational standards for delivery predictability, execution rigor, and accountability
• Proactively manage risk across initiatives, escalating issues early with clear mitigation plans
• Ensure teams are structured, staffed, and resourced appropriately, including oversight of offshore and nearshore partners
  
  

Metrics, Quality & Operational Excellence

• Define and evolve the engineering operating model, metrics, and health indicators used for executive decision-making
• Own platform-level quality, reliability, and stability outcomes for a multi-tenant SaaS environment
• Drive CI/CD, DevOps maturity, automation, and release confidence across the organization
• Ensure consistent engineering standards, architecture guardrails, and definition-of-done practices
• Partner with Security and Enterprise Technology on incident management, compliance, and platform risk reduction
  
  

Senior Leadership & Organizational Development

• Lead, coach, and develop Directors, Senior Managers, and Engineering Managers
• Own performance management, succession planning, and compensation input across your organization
• Build leadership bench strength and ready-now successors to support scale
• Shape and reinforce a cohesive engineering culture across geographies
• Serve as a senior leader in recruiting and closing top engineering leadership talent
  
  

Strategic & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Drive and co-own multi-year platform modernization initiatives such as Hexure 3.0 / HexureIR
• Influence roadmap feasibility, sequencing, and investment tradeoffs with Product and Architecture leadership
• Champion AI-first engineering practices and practical adoption across teams
• Represent Engineering leadership in executive reviews and client-facing escalations as needed
• Contribute to annual planning, including headcount strategy, org design, and capacity modeling
  
  

What Will Make You Successful

• 12 years of software engineering experience with 6 years in senior leadership roles managing managers or directors
• Proven success leading large, distributed engineering organizations delivering complex SaaS platforms
• Deep expertise in agile delivery systems and scaling operating models
• Strong background in modern engineering operations, cloud platforms, CI/CD, and production reliability
• Executive-level communication and ability to operate across strategic and execution layers
• Experience managing offshore and nearshore teams and third-party vendors
• Experience in regulated industries such as insurance or financial services is a plus
  
  

Core Values

• Courage: At Hexure we bravely tackle challenging tasks by speaking up and taking the first step. We are looking for candidates who are not afraid to take on new tasks and ask for help when needed.
• Accountable: We take ownership of our impact on colleagues, customers and community. We are looking for candidates who understand the impact of their words, work, and actions, striving to ensure that goals and objectives are met with integrity, while leveraging their influence to enhance the lives of colleagues and customers.
• Resilient: We swiftly recover from setbacks by maintaining a solution-oriented mindset, staying focused and continuously seeking improvement. We are searching for candidates who exhibit strong resilience, showing the ability to bounce back quickly from adversity, embrace challenges with a positive attitude, and consistently drive towards overcoming obstacles.
• Inquisitive: At Hexure we seek innovative solutions and constantly challenge the status quo. We are seeking candidates who demonstrate a natural curiosity, actively ask questions, pursue new knowledge, and eagerly explore uncharted territories to drive innovation
• Nimble: We are flexible and adaptable. We are seeking candidates who can quickly adjust to changing circumstances, embrace new challenges with ease, and effectively navigate dynamic environments
• Growth: At Hexure we commit to nurturing the growth and development of our employees, business and communities. We are seeking candidates who will match our enthusiasm for continued growth.
  
  

Where We See This Role Going

• VP, Engineering
  
  

Expected Hours Of Work

This is a full-time position with regular work hours Monday through Friday. Employees in this role will work n the office Monday-Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee incumbent in this position. Employee will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties as requested.

A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the skills, aptitudes and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills or abilities.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.