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Sapiens

SaaS insurance software for core processes

Vice President, Field Development - Life Projects

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeIndiaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, with 20+ years of software engineering experience, including 8+ years in senior engineering leadership roles managing large, global, multi-site teams.
  • Experience leading scaled and skilled development organizations across functional and non-functional engineering functions and multiple geographies.
  • A strong track record of building and scaling AI usage in engineering and design, including AI-assisted coding, automated unit testing, documentation, and release agents.
  • Deep technical grounding in Object-Oriented Programming, relational databases, design patterns, and system design fundamentals, with credibility to engage hands-on when needed.
  • A proven track record architecting, delivering, and owning complex, high-performance, enterprise-scale components and platforms.
  • Strong command of delivery engineering governance frameworks appropriate for enterprise-scale delivery.
  • Expert-level understanding of relational databases and SQL, enterprise integration layers, and performance-critical systems at scale.
  • A strong orientation toward performance optimization and reliability, including identifying and resolving bottlenecks across applications, databases, and integrations at an organizational level.
  • Executive-level communication and influencing skills to represent engineering strategy, risk, and platform modernization progress clearly to senior leadership, clients, and the board when required.
  • People-leadership capability, including building high-performing global engineering teams, mentoring senior technical leaders, and developing future engineering executives.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and confidently in cross-functional and global environments, including engaging directly with enterprise clients on strategic technical matters.
  • Demonstrated change-management and organizational-transformation experience, with the ability to align diverse global stakeholders around a shared technical vision.
  • Strategic technical leadership with ownership and accountability for global engineering outcomes, platform health, and organizational scale.
  • Decisiveness under ambiguity, resilience under pressure, and ability to balance rigor, speed, and practicality across a large, global organization.
  • A change-oriented mindset and readiness to be hands-on when needed.
  • Readiness to travel and support global stakeholders and teams across time zones as required.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own the strategy, vision, and multi-year engineering roadmap for all P&C delivery projects.
  • Build, lead, and scale a global, multi-site engineering organization, including Technical Architects, Engineering Managers, Technical Leads, and developers.
  • Own the engineering governance framework for development on P&C projects, including standards, policies, metrics, KPIs, and executive-level reporting on engineering status, risk, and release readiness across P&C products and releases.
  • Champion Agile, SAFe, and iterative delivery practices across the delivery organization, ensuring engineering delivers iteratively and with high quality.
  • Define and govern enterprise-wide adoption of AI-augmented engineering practices, including AI-assisted code generation, defect and failure analysis, predictive development insights, and responsible-AI usage standards.
  • Drive engineering excellence across the delivery organization through coding standards, design patterns, code review discipline, technical debt reduction, non-functional requirements, and release governance.
  • Build organizational capability through hiring, organizational design, career pathing, succession planning, and development of managers and future leaders.
  • Drive continuous improvement in engineering culture and practices.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in insurance, financial services, healthcare, or other complex, regulated enterprise software domains is strongly preferred.

About the Company

Sapiens

SaaS insurance software for core processes

Sapiens provides cloud-based software for the insurance industry, offering modules for policy administration, claims management, and underwriting to help insurers run operations more efficiently. Its products are accessed as a software-as-a-service, delivering end-to-end insurance workflows through integrated modules that handle policies, claims, and risk with regular updates. The company differentiates itself through a long track record since 1982, a broad, integrated product portfolio, and a global footprint, strengthened by acquisitions like Candela and AdvantageGo to expand capabilities and regional reach, especially in Asia-Pacific. Its goal is to help insurers deliver better customer experiences by providing scalable, cloud-based software and services to support core processes.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Holon, Israel
Founded
1982

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