Director, Technology Product Manager (Cloud Platform)

Nationwide Mutual Insurance•Columbus, OH

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

If you’re passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive 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 is a critical role on the Core Infrastructure team focused on enabling modern application architectures to take advantage of public Cloud providers (Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)). The ideal leader has a passion for Cloud technologies, loves to learn, and is ready to make an impact. As we continue our journey on transforming application architectures, we are providing our development lines with access to the most powerful Cloud services. Ideal candidates will have experience leading teams and large infrastructure services and have a broad understanding of infrastructure and the ability to align delivery to consumer needs. This is a great opportunity to build a critical component of cloud architecture that supports all areas of the enterprise. 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! The Technology Product Manager directs a team of infrastructure engineers involved in the analysis, design, development and implementation of hardware/software. You’re primarily responsible for ensuring projects are completed on time and on budget and are integrated with other systems hardware/software. You’ll also have opportunities to generate hardware/software systems engineering policies, standards and procedures. Leading people – including determining project deployment, career development, performance management and pay determination – are key to this role. You’ll also mentor associates who are not your core team members.

Requirements

Ten years knowledge of project management concepts and techniques.
Experience leading multiple teams and assets across various technology platforms.
Extensive knowledge of budgeting and financial analysis concepts and techniques.
Ability to develop, implement and present application development strategies.
Must have the ability to manage a staff.
Must have strong analytical and decision-making skills.
Must possess interpersonal savvy and well-developed leadership ability.
Must be able to perform financial and risk analysis.
Must possess negotiation skills.
Must have strong oral and written communication skills to interact with all levels of associates, senior management and vendors.

Nice To Haves

Three years of management experience is preferred.
Technology certifications or designation are not required, but encouraged (i.e.: AWS, Azure, scripting and development languages, delivery methods, security).

Responsibilities

Lead a team of approximately 15 engineers
Support Cloud Future capability enablement (GEN AI and Serverless)
Create a roadmap for cloud product enhancements and features
Technical Excellence: Partner with vendor(s) to bring knowledge to Nationwide and keep up with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies
Administration and maintenance: Oversee day-to-day management and maintenance of cloud platforms
Operational efficiency through resiliency and reliability, improved documentation, securing cloud platform(s), strengthening observability practices, implementing proactive monitoring for our cloud services
Collaborate with stakeholders to establish a strategic vision for the cloud platform aligned with the organization’s overall business goals
Partner with Procurement and technology leaders on external vendor relationship management/negotiations on major investments in cloud spend
Identify and mitigate risks related to the platform
Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with business units, understand their needs, and translate them into platform capabilities
Directs a staff responsible for driving a competitive unit cost through efficient product lifecycle, capacity management, expense management and increasing value of the product.
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.
Accountable for their team’s knowledge and deep understanding of business domains, industry trends and how the product(s) compare and compete.
Links ideation, new product development and introduction to business outcomes.
Leads the team accountable for the first line of defense for product risk and security management.
Directs a staff that is responsible for the alignment to best practices (COP, industry, etc.).
Assigns and allocates roles, in partnership with the Technology Product Executive, based on capacity and demand (finance, vendor relationship, marketing, etc.).
Responsible for delivery availability and resiliency following established operating mechanisms and best practices.
Directs a staff who is accountable for product management across platforms (on-premise, off-premise and across premises).
Directs a staff who is accountable for product lifecycle at product level including product strategy and roadmap.
Demonstrates user empathy by partnering with User Advocates to understand and incorporate user sentiment.
Understands and manages team skill maturity in context of effective product management.
Oversees vendor management/relationships and sourcing.
Drives release cadence and business feature alignment leveraging automation to drive speed.
Leads people through guidance and support on the execution of work; responsible for the management of associates including but not limited to performance management, salary planning, training, development, workforce planning, hiring, and disciplinary actions; and attracts, hires, engages and develops the team through impactful recruitment, coaching and feedback.
Participation in strategic initiatives across Technology.
Develops and manages project budgets and deployment including the training and development of personnel.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

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