Solution Consulting Technical Director

Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solution are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships.

Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success.

Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better.

We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.

Vertafore serves the top 100 Agencies in the country with our award-winning solutions. The industry is in continuous evolvement and our customers' need for modern solutions to gain valuable market share is equally evolving. We have a robust support model for these large organizations and an integral piece to this team is a technical director. This role will be looked for by the customer and Vertafore to solution goals and challenges. They bring a tenacity to dig deep, understand the situation from all levels of the organization, devise the best solution and communicate to executives on the approach. Internally they work hand in hand with the account director, can align the correct resources to execute and work with internal departments to drive solutions. Success in this role will be determined by the customer's success in fully utilizing Vertafore's technology to achieve business goals.

What to expect:

· Primary technology consultant on Vertafore's largest customers.

· Immediate credibility with C-Level audiences and technologists.

· Understand our customer's business challenges and consult on how our and partner technologies can support focused efforts.

· Be the solutionist to our customer's technology challenges

· Establishes context for the solution and defines the vision and requirements for the solution.

· Elaborates on potential options, prototype development, POC selecting the most optimal option and develops roadmaps for the selected solution.

· Communicates and documents possible solutions to stakeholders and is an internal resource to achieve successful projects.

· Suggest overall technical visions for a particular solution, recommending solutions for more effective systems that best meet the purpose of the business.

· Is an integral part of a team that drives success for the nation's largest agencies.

· Knows how to work internally to align the right resources.

Required Qualities:

· Desire to deep dive into challenges and dig to find solutions.

· C-Level communication skills and ability to lead executive meetings

· Understanding of system integration, connectivity, data structures

· Tenacity, never say die, always another way

· Extremely fast learner

· Confident, high energy, self-motivated and a true team player

Experience:

· Enterprise level consultation skills with demonstrated successful solutioning

· Insurtech and insurance industry a big plus

· Must possess a proven understanding of the corporate business world; prior experience in SaaS or Insurance is preferred

· Technology experience and related education desired

· Demonstrated strategic solution development and management of successful plans

· Experience working with senior and executive level customer contacts

· Demonstrated ability and desire to work and excel in fast-paced environment

Additional Requirements and Details:

· Travel required up to 50% of the time.

· Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds.

· Frequent repetitive hand and arm movements required to operate a computer.

· Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (working on a computer, etc.).

· Frequent sitting and/or standing.

THE VERTAFORE STORY

Over the past 50 years, Vertafore has advanced the entire insurance distribution channel with the best software solutions in the industry. Today, we're proud to say hundreds of thousands of Vertafore users rely on our solutions to write business faster, reduce costs, and fuel growth by increasing collaboration and streamlining processes. Vertafore leads the industry with secure, cloud-based mobile products that provide superior reporting and analytics, delivering actionable insight- right when customers need it most. We partner with other leading technology companies to deliver comprehensive solutions to improve the way our customers do business and serve their customers.

The Vertafore Way

Insurance is about relationships, and technology should make those relationships stronger. That's why, at Vertafore, it's our mission to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers, becoming better every day, and delivering results you can see, we provide the level of trust and security that insurance is all about.

· Bias to Action: We're united by an innate drive to take action and make a difference in the technology and insurance spaces.

· Win Together: We work together as one team, showing empathy and respect along the way.

· Show Up Curious: We work to challenge one another to push boundaries and think beyond the box.

· Say It, Do It: We honor every one of our commitments because integrity is important to us.

· Customer Success is Our Success: We cultivate authentic relationships and follow up by actively listening to their needs.

· We Love Insurance: We appreciate the impact insurance has on the world.

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Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings.

The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In addition, this document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.

Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

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