Manager, Software Engineering Product Manager

Software Engineering Product Manager

If you're passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide's Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, "on your side" goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we're looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

This people-leader position serves as Software Engineering Product Manager (SEPM) for the Nationwide Financial (NF) Data Warehouse platform within the Integrated Digital Services (IDS) Business Solution Area.

The IDS BSA provides shared technology services for Nationwide Financial lines of business, including Annuities, Life Insurance, and Retirements Solutions. The NF data Warehouse provides Nationwide Financial data to enable Sales Reporting, Compensation, and data feeds to multiple downstream and external systems, including data integration and management across Annuities, Life, Retirement Solutions, and Corporate Solutions. It is the central hub for many of Nationwide's shared Financial Services data assets. The core data warehouse is housed on Snowflake in AWS, with inputs and outputs across NF products, Sales, Finance, and other related systems.

This leader role is accountable for all aspects of technology solution delivery including plan, build, and run functions for the application suites, including leadership for about 10 direct reports, several agile delivery lines, and offshore support from MSA (for Run support) and MCA (Managed Capacity for Build / maintenance) teams. The SEPM accountabilities include partnering on technology and business roadmaps and capability/feature delivery; leading a team of technology associates and contractors; managing supplier relationships and contracts; and maintaining secure, resilient, user-friendly applications for use by our business partners. Many NF business initiatives require supporting enhancements in the NF Data Warehouse platform, from new products and partnerships to transformational programs like Annuity Modernization and Life Simplify.

Integration today is primarily Informatica PowerCenter ETL, and a focus area will be modernizing our data acquisition, access, and integration patterns to appropriate leverage native capabilities (Snowflake data sharing, SnowPipes, etc.), APIs, event streams, Python, etc. to meet data needs in the most effective and efficient ways possible. Focus will continue on improving the resiliency and performance of critical NF data flows to meet the needs of our internal and external data consumers, as well as providing quality data into new analytic use cases and models.

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and experience:

• Strong technical acumen including data integration technologies and data management and strong operations, with a focus on security, resiliency, and automation
• Modern technology architectures including cloud, automation, containerization, APIs, etc.
• Strong people leadership experience with building and leading high performing teams
• Business domain knowledge in Financial Services (products, channels, etc.) is very beneficial.
• Ability to craft technology roadmaps in the context of business growth and strategy, and to modernize while maintaining the existing critical operations
• Effective collaboration and communication skills
• Passionate about driving continuous improvement and innovation to enable business outcomes

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.