Join Our Team as a Manager, Software Engineering Product Manager!
We're on the hunt for a Manager, Software Engineering Product Manager (SEPM) who is a supportive leader with a heart for people. This role will be directly aligned with our Life Admin system (OIPA), leading the team responsible for ensuring a secure, high-performing environment and building the best integration layer to meet upstream and downstream consumer needs.
Our Ideal Candidate:
Creative Thought Leader: Sees the bigger picture, is value-driven, and outcome-focused
Tenacious and Motivational: Excited by the relentless pursuit of excellence
Agile Experience: Required experience working with Agile lines; experience with a product-centric agile delivery model is a plus
What You'll Do:
Tackle Challenges: Dive into issues headfirst and enjoy making things better for our teams, partners, and members
Motivate the Team: Encourage team members as they align with the mission. Collaborate closely with the Product Owner, Agile Leader, Architect, and Tech Lead for all plan, build, and run activities
Map the Future: Provide thought leadership and organization for workforce planning and application roadmaps, guiding us into the future
Why You'll Love It Here:
Exciting Challenges: We are a top 4 Life Insurance company and we plan on growing! Our expanding Life Insurance business means you’ll never run out of interesting problems to solve and provides ample opportunity for professional growth. Our pivot to Product Centricity makes each role even more valuable as we define a new way of working with our business partners
Opportunity for Innovation: We blend "tried-and-true" technologies with exciting new ones. The SEPM will play a key role in ensuring smooth transitions and innovative solutions
Collaborative Team: Join a team that values creativity, collaboration, and continuous learning
Compensation Grade: G5
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Job Description Summary
If you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!As a Software Engineering Product Manager, you’ll be accountable for a suite of in house or third party applications. You'll lead teams of technology professionals to enable business outcomes and provide reliable customer-centric solutions and experiences.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
Partners with leaders to ensure a viable total cost of ownership and ongoing health and wellness of applications.
Assists in the development and implementation of application suite roadmaps through the evaluation of business needs, competitive landscape, technology currency and information security considerations.
Manages risk mitigation controls and provides support for internal and external audits.
Supports the engineering build of the application suite and non technical efforts for the products.
Represents voice of the customer, acts in a forward-facing role to business partners as an active member of a portfolio management team in the advocation of business case development, planning, financial management and evaluation of portfolio.
Hire and develop talent, provide consistent coaching and feedback.
Responsible for delivery availability and resiliency following established operating mechanisms and best practices.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Reporting Relationships: Reports to Technology Director or above. Leads a team of 5 or more technology professionals.
Typical Skills and Experiences:
Education: Undergraduate studies in management information systems, engineering, math, computer science or comparable experience and education preferred.
Experience: Six years of experience in application suite management with four years or more leading numerous teams across multiple technologies. Proven experience in empowering and building an engaged team.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Detailed understanding and knowledge of the systems development life cycle and modern methodologies, practices, tools, and techniques. Solid understanding of concepts and techniques in project delivery, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis. Ability to develop and implement roadmap strategies. Proven decision-making and problem-solving skills. Coaching and career development of team. Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge is a plus.
Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.
Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resources Business Partner.
Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.
Job Conditions:
Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)
Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Associates may have on-call responsibility after normal working hours and/or on weekends.
ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.
Benefits
We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.
Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.