Director, Claims Solutions
- Coaction Specialty Insurance Group
- Morristown, New Jersey
- Full Time
At Coaction, we're a unique mix of leaders, achievers, thinkers, and team players with a high-performance mindset and a diverse skillset. We bring our industry expertise together to continually push the boundaries of what insurance can be for our clients.
Role Overview
The IT Director, Claims Solutions, is responsible for owning and delivering all technology solutions supporting the Claims organization. This role provides strategic and handson leadership across claims technology, integrations, vendor platforms including AI solutions for Claims ensuring reliable, scalable, and compliant technology delivery aligned with business outcomes while partnering closely with Claims Operations, Compliance, Finance, and external vendors.
This is a hands-on player-coach role focused on delivery excellence, engineering rigor, and building internal capability.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Leadership
Define and execute the Claims IT delivery strategy aligned with enterprise IT and Claims business objectives
Serve as the primary technology partner to Claims leadership
Lead, mentor, and manage IT delivery team consisting of business analysts, developers, testers (employees and consultants) and vendors
Establish delivery governance, resource planning, and financial oversight for claims IT initiatives
Claims Systems Ownership
Own endtoend delivery of Claims Solutions including integrations to internal and external platforms
Translate product requirements into technical delivery plans
Lead solution design and implementation
Ensure system stability, performance, security, data quality, and regulatory compliance
Drive roadmap planning, enhancements, upgrades, and vendor coordination
Delivery & Execution
Oversee project and program delivery using Agile and hybrid methodologies
Ensure ontime, onbudget delivery of enhancements, regulatory changes, and strategic initiatives
Manage system integrations across enterprise platforms and TPA systems
Establish and monitor KPIs, SLAs, and operational metrics
Business Partnership
Translate Claims operational needs into technical solutions
Support specialty insurance lines (e.g., E&S, Property, Professional Liability or other specialty products)
Partner with Compliance and Risk teams to support regulatory, audit, and data privacy requirements
Enable AI based solutions, automation and straightthrough processing where appropriate
Vendor & Stakeholder Management
Manage vendor relationships with external partners for integrations, SI partners, and hosting providers
Negotiate contracts, manage service levels, and control delivery costs
Coordinate with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data, and Infrastructure teams
Required Experience
Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business, or related field
10+ years of progressive IT experience, with 5+ years in leadership roles
Demonstrated experience delivering Claims IT systems within the US P&C insurance industry
Strong handson or delivery leadership experience with:
Claims management systems (Experience in Claims Assure will be great!)
Third party vendors such as Legal X, Exam works, Verisk, LexisNexis, Penley, FIS, Kubra, etc
Proven ability to lead complex system integrations and largescale initiatives
Strong understanding of P&C insurance claims lifecycle and regulatory requirements
Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams.
Experience delivering solutions using internal staff and external partners.
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Demonstrated success building new technical capabilities internally.
Preferred Experience
Experience in P&C insurance
Working knowledge of Property & Casualty Claims and Policy life cycle
Familiarity with cloud platforms, APIs, data integration, and reporting/analytics (claims)
Familiarity and or experience in Claims based AI solutions will be great to have
Experience driving automation, vendor modernization, or system transformation
Strong financial management and vendor negotiation skills
Strong technical leadership and delivery discipline
Ability to lead mixed teams (employees + consultants)
Effective communication and stakeholder management
Salary range specific to for this role : $140,000 - $190,000 + discretionary incentive bonus + benefits depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. The offered rate of compensation will be based on individual education, experience, and qualifications. In addition, employees are eligible for standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and retirement.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Coaction is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Coaction's policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coaction also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.
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