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Vice President, Product Development Vertafore, Inc.
Executive leader to drive product development strategy and lead daily operations for development teams in the US and India. The ideal candidate is someone who has grown dynamic teams and is very comfortable tackling highly complex technical and architectural challenges, while sustaining a regular product release cycle. Must have extensive experience building enterprise class Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products and platforms, while leveraging the latest technology and software design principlesRole and Responsibilities
Drive efficient and effective agile software development practices and processes.
Define priorities and create focus on areas that create customer value.
Build, motivate, and transform teams, while setting high standards.
Set challenging goals, while infusing teams with sense of purpose and urgency in attainment of those goals.
Recruit and retain top talent.
Align and partner with Product Management and other key stakeholders.
Function with a high degree of integrity and credibility.
Professional and Technical Competencies
Strong executive presence and leadership capability.
Proven track record of optimizing processes, organizing activities, and engaging people, while juggling multiple concurrent and competing priorities.
Java / Oracle experience and SOA experience as core technology background required.
Well versed in SOA, open-source technologies, architecture and software design, agile methodologies, SaaS, PaaS, product development life cycle.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to function on all levels, including executive, peer group, technical and customers.
Capable of, and comfortable, dealing with conflict while driving for concrete resolution.
Thrive in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing business priorities.
Experience
Minimum of 15 years of experience in design and development of enterprise class products, including a minimum of 6 years in a management position.
Recent and significant experience as a VP or Senior Director of Development with responsibility for developing software solutions delivered in a SaaS environment, responsible for delivering a 7/24/365 product and frequent, regular on-time releases.
Must have extensive experience developing multi-tenant SaaS software.
Education
BS degree in related technical discipline.
Vertafore PLM is a fast-growing, profitable and highly successful software and services company headquartered in East Lansing, Michigan blocks from Michigan State University. Over the last 10 years, PLM has become the market leader in delivering web-based specialty services to the insurance industry. Our customers include hundreds of insurance companies, including most of the top 100 carriers in the US, and thousands of agencies. PLM?s achievements have been recognized by Ernst & Young, Michigan 50 Companies to Watch and Insurance Networking News.
Vertafore Company Overview
Vertafore, Inc. is a leading provider of software and information to the insurance industry including independent agents, brokers, MGAs, carriers and reinsurers. For more than 30 years, Vertafore has leveraged a unique industry presence to deliver meaningful solutions?powerful technology, critical information and robust insights to help organizations effectively respond to business challenges and capture new opportunities. Vertafore solutions have helped more than 17,000 customers and 500,000 end users gain a competitive advantage to accelerate their business performance.
Currently, over 1,200 employees nationwide, with continued growth plans well into the future. Our corporate headquarters are in Bothell, WA with offices nationwide. We offer competitive compensation and benefit packages along with 18 days PTO/10 paid holidays, free parking and company sport teams and much more. A big advocate of training, development and promoting from within, we have a vested interest in our employees.
Vertafore is privately held by TPG Capital, the global buyout group of TPG, a leading private investment firm with a long-standing global presence. Founded in 1992, TPG Capital has $48 billion of assets under management and has extensive experience with global public and private investments executed through leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, spinouts, growth investments, joint ventures and restructurings.
| Location: | East Lansing, MI United States |
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Vertafore, Inc.
Investors: JMI EquityAll Jobs: at Vertafore, Inc.
| Web Site: | www.vertafore.com |
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| Headquarters: | 00000 United States |
| Industry: | Financial Services |
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