Sr. Manager, Platform Build & Release

Job Description

Job Description

$130,000 - $190,000 + VIP Bonus

$130,000 - $190,000 / year + Bonus

The insurance industry runs on Vertafore. We equip agencies, MGAs, and carriers with the core digital systems, specialized AI, and data-driven foundation to eliminate distribution drag across the insurance lifecycle, spanning sales, servicing, and back-office operations.

Underpinned by unmatched speed and performance power, we are the trusted backbone that’s taking the insurance industry from friction to flow with Distribution Velocity – speed, performance, and trust - to drive growth at scale.

With over 95% of the top agencies and insurers and 50% of industry compliance transactions running through Vertafore, we lead at the intersection of innovation and trust, giving insurance professionals the confidence to transform and win in the AI era.

Our reach is global, with headquarters in Denver, Colorado, and offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.

JOB SUMMARY

Vertafore is seeking a Senior Manager, Platform Build and Release who is responsible for defining and evolving the company’s build, CI/CD, and release management platforms and standards. This role ensures that engineering teams can deliver software reliably, securely, and at high velocity through well-designed pipelines, consistent tooling, and clear operational guardrails. This role works closely with application development teams, site reliability engineering, security, and operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in defining, establishing and maintaining the enterprise strategy and reference implementations for build systems, CI/CD tooling, and pipeline architectures.

• Ensure build and pipeline solutions are scalable, resilient, and maintainable across multiple teams and products.

• Drive consolidation and simplification of build and pipeline tooling where appropriate.

• Own CI/CD standards, policies, and best practices, including:

• Pipeline structure and conventions

• Artifact versioning and promotion strategies

• Security scanning and compliance integration

• Partner with Security and Architecture to embed secure-by-default and compliance-ready practices.

• Define guardrails that balance autonomy and consistency for delivery teams.

• Define standards for:

• Release orchestration and promotion across environments

• Change management and deployment approvals

• Rollback, rollback automation, and release observability

• Lead the transition toward modern release models (e.g., continuous delivery, progressive delivery) as appropriate for the business.

• Enable product and platform teams through:

• Reusable tooling, templates, and documentation

• Clear onboarding paths for build and release standards

• Consultation and architectural guidance

• Act as a trusted advisor to engineering leaders on delivery and release challenges.

• Drive adoption through influence, clarity, and measurable value, not mandate alone.

• Communicate strategy, progress, and outcomes to senior technology leadership.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, SRE, DevOps, platform engineering, or related disciplines

• 5+ years in technical leadership roles, including managing senior engineers or managers

• Deep hands-on experience with:

• Implementing and scaling CI/CD systems

• Pipeline design (Gitlab, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)

• Build systems and artifact management (Sonatype Nexus, various build frameworks)

• Release management and deployment strategies

• Infrastructure as code tools and implementations (Terraform, CDK, Cloud Formation)

• Experience will blue/green deployments, Canary Releases, A/B testing and experiment systems

• Configuration as code technologies (Chef, Puppet, Ansible)

• Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices and architectures

• Proven ability to influence across teams without direct ownership

• Strong communication skills with both technical and executive audiences

Leadership Attributes

• Systems thinker who balances standards with flexibility

• Pragmatic leader focused on outcomes over ideology

• Strong technical credibility with senior engineers

• Collaborative and service-oriented mindset

• Comfortable operating through influence and partnership

Additional Requirements and Details:

• Travel required up to 10% 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.

Is this role not an exact fit for you? Keep an eye on our Careers Page for other positions!

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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