Executive Director, Software Engineering Manager

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated•Chesterfield, MO

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

You desire impactful work. You’re RGA ready RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all. Lead and manage all aspects of the IT team supporting finance, tax, and treasury which involves highly complex information technology (IT) products and/or strategic initiatives. Leads and grows managers and developers, build agile teams, provide people development and organizational development opportunities and sets up teams for success to deliver on their commitments. Champions a culture of innovation, collaboration and empowered teams and individuals. Participate in the development of policies, procedures, standards and controls. workload planning.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent experience - Required
10+ years experience in project management, programming, or systems analysis - Required
2+ years management experience and/or technical leadership in IT - Required
5+ years people management and team leadership experience - Required
Highly advanced project management skills, demonstrating ability to evaluate project objectives and scope, analyzes objectives for feasibility, and gain business understanding - Required
Highly advanced people management skills, demonstrating the ability to lead, mentor, and develop associates; including the ability to delegate key areas of responsibility - Required
Ability to quickly adapt to new methods, work under tight deadlines and stressful conditions - Required
Advanced oral and written communication skills, demonstrating the ability to convey business terminology that is meaningful and well received.
Advanced ability to liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional and technical disciplines - Required
Demonstrated ability to create and manage a budget for labor, software, cloud, and shared services - Required
Advanced ability to manage multiple projects and/or teams simultaneously - Required
Advanced persuasion and negotiating skills when working with internal/external customers - Required
Knowledge of modern programming languages.
Knowledge of Agile methodologies; IT Infrastructure - Required

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS) and/or LOMA certification - Preferred
Insurance and/or reinsurance industry knowledge - Preferred
experience with Imaging, marketing and communications software Content Management Solutions and C# a plus

Responsibilities

Lead multiple complex projects and/or technology initiatives; manage related teams, set organizational priorities, and allocate resources
Mentor associates within the department and continually develop project team competencies
Perform strategic planning and maintain alignment, of projects, with both RGA's strategic direction and application architecture
Partners with the technology product owner to create and maintain the group budget for labor, applications, and infrastructure
Liaise with other internal functions at RGA including global security, legal, procurement, audit, and internal controls to maintain system compliance with respect to global jurisdictional regulations
Collaborate with technology product owners to ensure properly defined and communicated project requests.
Maintain current knowledge of industry practices, trends, and applications.
Perform other duties as assigned.