Chief Technology Officer/ Head of Engineering, Virtual insurance
LocationTaiwan Office, Taipei, Taiwan
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
DepartmentTaiwan - ODHK Engineering
Company size11+ people
First seen1w ago
Last seen1d ago
Job Summary
We are seeking a visionary and execution-focused Chief Technology Officer / Head of Engineering to lead our end-to-end technology strategy, architecture, and engineering organization. This role is responsible for driving digital innovation, ensuring regulatory compliance, strengthening cybersecurity posture, and building a resilient, scalable, and data-driven insurance platform. The CTO will partner closely with executive leadership to align technology initiatives with business growth and customer experience goals.
Responsibilities
Technology Strategy & Leadership
•
Define and execute technology vision to transform insurance experience for B2C customers aligned with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
•
Lead digital platforms evolution across web and mobile applications.
•
Drive cloud-native architecture strategy and platform scalability.
•
Envision in AI adoption from development to user experience
•
Build and foster a high-performance engineering culture emphasizing innovation, accountability and continuous improvement.
Platform & Engineering Excellence
•
Oversee end-to-end software development lifecycle, DevOps, and CI/CD practices.
•
Ensure system reliability, performance, and scalability across customer-facing and internal platforms.
•
Optimize data architecture and warehouse strategy to enable trusted reporting and analytics.
•
Lead modernization initiatives across infrastructure, applications, and integration layers.
Data & Analytics Governance
•
Establish a unified and trusted data foundation to support reporting, regulatory submissions, and decision-making.
•
Drive improvements in ETL orchestration, data freshness, and reporting SLA performance.
•
Promote data governance, lineage, reconciliation accuracy, and audit readiness.
Security, Risk & Compliance
•
Own company cybersecurity strategy and technology governance.
•
Ensure IT governance frameworks, incident and change management controls, and audit processes are embedded in engineering practices.
•
Strengthen identity management, infrastructure and data security, and threat monitoring.
Team and Culture
•
Oversee engineering operations, FE, BE, QA, SRE, IS and Data teams to ensure high availability and business continuity.
•
Establish engineering best practices, scalable architecture standards, and digital products development discipline.
•
Foster a culture of experimentation, accountability, and measurable impact.
•
Collaborate cross-functionally with GTM, Product, Operations, Finance, Risk and Compliance teams.
•
Serve as a strategic advisor to the executive leadership on technology risk and innovation.
•
Mentor and develop technical leaders within the organization.
Requirements
•
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information technology, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
•
15+ years of progressive leadership experience in technology, preferably within insurance, fintech, or financial services.
•
Proven experience leading digital transformation and AI adoption is prefered
•
Experience in leading techonology team in regulated environment is a plus
•
Deep understanding of IT governance, cybersecurity and regulatory compliance frameworks.
•
Track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations.
•
Passionate for innovation and building technology that meaningfully transforms customer experience and insurance operations.
•
Excellent communication skill with capabilities and patience to understand and balance interests of different stakeholders and at the same time a people manager who is willing to spend time to hold heart-to-heart conversation to coach and grow the team