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## VP, Engineering & OperationsApplyremote type: Hybrid Workinglocations: Plano, TX, USAtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R26\_0000002478Built on meritocracy, our unique company culture rewards self-starters and those who are committed to doing what is best for our customers.**Brown & Brown** is seeking a **VP, Engineering & Operations** to join our growing team in **Plano, TX!**The Vice President, Engineering & Operations is a transformative technology executive responsible for defining and delivering the next generation of enterprise engineering, operations, cloud, and infrastructure capabilities. Reporting directly to the CITO, this leader will set a bold vision for modern technology adoption, operational excellence, and organizational maturity. The ideal candidate is a visionary who embraces new technologies and approaches to accelerate technical capability, elevate skill sets, strengthen culture, and evolve operating models. This role requires a dynamic people leader who excels at building high‐performing teams and designing organizations that scale with the business.**How You Will Contribute:*** Develop and execute multi-year engineering, operations, teammate (employee) experience, and cloud strategy aligned with enterprise goals.* Shape and evolve the operating model to improve agility, scalability, and organizational maturity.* Serve as a strategic advisor to the CITO on technology trends, organizational design, and operational transformation.* Lead workforce transformation to uplift technical skills, leadership capabilities, and team effectiveness.* Build, inspire, and develop high performing teams across cloud engineering, infrastructure, teammate experience, operations, and command center functions.* Define and lead the enterprise cloud strategy, including architecture, workload placement, modernization, and migration roadmaps.* Build and mature a FinOps capability to optimize cloud spend, improve forecasting, and drive cost efficient engineering practices.* Drive cloud performance optimization, automation, and operational efficiency across all environments.* Oversee cloud engineering, platform engineering, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.* Implement modern DevOps, SRE, automation, and continuous delivery practices.* Establish engineering standards, governance, and reusable frameworks that improve quality, speed, and reliability.* Build out the Operations & Command Center, ensuring proactive monitoring, incident response, and operational resilience.* Drive operational excellence through automation, observability, and data driven decision making.* Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability across all critical systems and services.* Build and scale AI infrastructure support for AI driven agent monitoring, automated inventory and asset intelligence, and AI enabled management and observability.* Partner with data, security, and engineering teams to ensure AI infrastructure is secure, scalable, and aligned with enterprise strategy.* Oversee enterprise infrastructure strategy across networks, compute, storage, and end user technologies.* Champion a modern, frictionless teammate (employee) experience through intuitive tools and reliable services.* Partner with HR, Security, and Business Units to ensure technology enhances productivity and engagement.**Leadership Competencies*** Bold, forward-thinking leader who challenges the status quo and embraces emerging technologies.* Ability to translate complex technology trends into actionable strategies that accelerate business value.* Empathetic, people first leader who builds trust, psychological safety, and strong team culture.* Proven ability to build high performing teams and develop future leaders.* Skilled at organizational design, talent development, and capability uplift.* Strong executive presence with the ability to influence business units and senior leadership.* Highly collaborative, adept at aligning diverse stakeholders around shared goals.* Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in complex environments.* Strong focus on measurable outcomes, continuous improvement, and operational resilience.**Technology Competencies*** Experience developing and executing cloud modernization strategies, including workload optimization, migration planning, and architectural evolution.* Demonstrated ability to implement and scale FinOps practices to drive financial accountability, cost transparency, and cloud efficiency.* Proven track record building automated, scalable cloud environments that support rapid delivery and operational excellence.* Hands on experience applying AI and automation to operational domains such as monitoring, asset intelligence, and predictive issue detection.* Ability to design and scale AI infrastructure that supports enterprise-wide adoption, security, and performance requirements.* Deep experience leading teams in modern engineering disciplines such as DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering.* Strong background implementing automation, CI/CD pipelines, and reusable engineering frameworks to accelerate delivery.* Expertise designing resilient, high availability infrastructure across networks, compute, storage, and end user technologies.* Demonstrated ability to modernize infrastructure environments with a focus on performance, security, and operational efficiency.* Experience building observability, monitoring, and proactive issue prevention capabilities into complex technology ecosystems.* Implement modern DevOps, SRE, automation, and continuous delivery practices.* Establish engineering standards, governance, and reusable frameworks that improve quality, speed, and reliability.* Build out the Operations & Command Center, ensuring proactive monitoring, incident response, and operational resilience.* Drive operational excellence through automation, observability, and data driven decision making.**Skills & Experience to be Successful:****Required:*** 15+ years of progressive experience in data, analytics, engineering, or related fields, including 5+ years in a senior executive or Chief Engineering and Operations‐level role.* Proven success building and scaling enterprise data platforms and modern data architectures.* Deep expertise in data governance, data engineering, cloud modernization strategies, and ability to implement and scale FinOps practices to drive financial accountability, cost transparency, and cloud efficiency.* Demonstrated ability to operate in a fast‐paced, outcomes‐driven environment with a strong bias for action.* Strong business acumen with a track record of enabling measurable business value through data.* Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder‐management skills.* Experience driving organizational change and building data‐driven cultures.* Strong understanding of regulatory, ethical, and security considerations related to data and AI.**Preferred:*** Experience in the insurance industry, including risk, and regulatory considerations.**Teammate Benefits & Total Well-Being**We go beyond standard benefits, focusing on the total well-being of our teammates, including:* *Health Benefits*: Medical/Rx, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance* *Financial Benefits*: ESPP; 401k; Student Loan Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement* *Mental Health & Wellness*: Free Mental Health & Enhanced Advocacy Services* *Beyond Benefits*: Paid Time Off, Holidays, Preferred Partner Discounts and more.*Not reflective of all benefits. Enrollment waiting periods or eligibility criteria may apply to certain benefits. Benefit details and offerings may vary for subsidiary entities or in specific geographic locations.* **Recruiting Vendor Disclosure Statement**Brown & Brown does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiters, recruitment vendors or employment agencies ("Recruiting Vendors"). Recruiting Vendors must have a valid written agreement and received prior written authorization from an authorized Brown & Brown representative before submitting candidates for any publicly posted role. Any unsolicited resumes submitted to Brown & Brown or its employees become the property of Brown & Brown, and no fees will be paid for such submissions. Additional information regarding this policy can be found on our careers page.**The Power To Be Yourself** As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment comprised of people from all backgrounds, with a variety of experiences and perspectives, guided by our Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (DIB) motto, “The Power to Be Yourself”. #J-18808-Ljbffr