Manager, Software Engineering (Finance & Investments Technology

Nationwide Mutual Insurance•Columbus, OH

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Want to own some of the most important and consequential applications that maintain and increase the financial strength of Nationwide? Want to be in a place actively funding and prioritizing endeavors to modernize their entire systems landscape? Want to develop and maintain a strong team at the leading edge of Nationwide SRE practices? If so, we want to meet you! This unique Software Engineering Product Manager position is accountable for the Real Estate and Alternatives Asset Management application bundle in FIT (Finance & Investments Technology) BSA, which is one of the most important and visible application sets for our Institutional Investing function under our Chief Investments Officer. It includes a wide variety of applications, including a market leading external facing custom website instrumental to managing our real estate investments portfolio and a SalesForce implementation that facilitates our new deal pipeline for alternative investments. Nationwide Investments as a whole manages all the invested assets of Nationwide, supporting our property and casualty and financial services companies, as well as sub-advising certain fixed income mutual funds and third-party accounts with total Assets Under Management well in excess of $100 billion. This is a very important and visible role with consistent opportunities to make a difference for our most important and critical business functions underpinning the financial strength of our entire enterprise! Strong relationship and stakeholder management skills, team/talent development, and leadership rooted in turning key Agile concepts and practices into tangible, frequent delivery for business partners is required. 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.

Requirements

Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills.
Ability to interface with multiple levels of business partners, while influencing without authority.
Background in managing multiple IT assets across various technology stacks, working with IRM and I&O partners.
Familiar with SRE and Agile practices.
Familiar with operational and build metrics.
Strong learning agility and ability to learn on the fly.
Ability to deal with ambiguity and make decisions with incomplete information.
Ability to deliver on tight delivery timeframes.
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.
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.

Nice To Haves

Insurance/financial services industry knowledge is a plus.

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.

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