Hybrid Engineering Leader – Individual Solutions Technology

at Securian Financial

• Job title: Engineering Leader – Individual Solutions Technology
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Saint Paul, United States

About the role

• Engineering Leader inspiring and leading teams at Securian Financial. Overseeing technology for the life insurance and annuity business lines while nurturing team growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead, Inspire, and Develop People
• Build a culture grounded in curiosity, continuous learning, and innovation—encouraging experimentation, seeking feedback, and learning from mistakes.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop diverse talent by providing meaningful coaching, strategic delegation, and career-building opportunities; proactively plan for future talent needs and succession.
• Lead with empathy, authenticity, and transparency—modeling active listening, open dialogue, and resilience through change.
• Celebrate and recognize outcomes and behaviors that reinforce Securian’s Purpose and Values, continuously raising the bar for performance and impact.
• Approach every interaction with a shared mindset— we win together —to strengthen trust, accountability, and alignment across business, technology, operations, and data partners.
• Think and act strategically to anticipate evolving customer, industry, and regulatory needs; leverage the right data and insights to inform decisions and shape technology direction.
• Align execution to shared goals and strategic outcomes, ensuring technology, product, and business roadmaps are coordinated and value-driven.
• Oversee delivery of mission-critical technology solutions supporting Individual Solutions products.
• Focus on outcomes over outputs—ensuring solutions are resilient, secure, scalable, reliable, and continuously improved to meet customer, field, and regulatory needs.
• Embrace a continuous improvement mindset that builds future readiness across systems, teams, and processes.
• Encourage curiosity and challenge the status quo by exploring new ideas, customer insights, and industry trends to evolve our products, processes, and ways of working.
• Guide teams in applying modern engineering principles, strong data stewardship, and automation to enable sustainable, scalable, and high-quality delivery.

Requirements

• Proven ability to communicate clearly and authentically with associates, peers, and senior leaders.
• Recognized as a developer of talent —skilled in mentoring, coaching, and empowering high-performing teams.
• Highly organized and strategic , able to prioritize multiple initiatives in a complex, fast-paced environment.
• Strong collaborator who thrives in a matrixed organization , building partnerships across technology and business functions.
• Embraces change with resilience, optimism, and adaptability.
• Solid understanding of technology delivery —with experience in software development, agile practices, system integration, and data engineering.
• Knowledge of financial services , especially life insurance and individual annuity products, is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles, and modern engineering ecosystems is beneficial.

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