Manager, Technology Engineer Manager

Nationwide Mutual Insurance • Columbus, OH

11d • 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. This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Columbus, Ohio office 2 days per week on Mondays & Wednesdays. The Network Core and Cloud team is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Campus Network Services team. This team is responsible for the connectivity powering our corporate offices, remote sites, and critical user experiences. This role is ideal for a leader who can pair technical depth with operational rigor, people leadership, and a passion for modern ways of working. Scope A team of 10–12 experienced network engineers responsible for campus LAN, WLAN, remote office connectivity, and lifecycle management. A large, complex IT asset portfolio requiring precise stewardship around accuracy, lifecycle planning, fixed‑asset controls, and financial governance. The team’s transition into Scaled Agile for Enterprise (SAFe)—helping engineers embrace iterative delivery, lean portfolio practices, and continuous improvement. Close partnership with Product, Architecture, Finance, and Operations to ensure we deliver highly reliable, compliant, and scalable network services. 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 Engineering Manager manages a staff of infrastructure engineers who analyze, design, develop and implement hardware/software. You’ll determine hardware/software systems requirements; lead systems hardware/software design; plan projects; and establish priorities. You’ll also coordinate with other managers to integrate projects with other systems hardware/software. As a people leader, you have responsibility for project deployment, career development, performance management and pay determination. You also may have the opportunity to mentor associates on other teams.

Requirements

• Experience leading technical teams in enterprise networking (campus, LAN/WLAN, site connectivity) or similar technical domain.
• Strong understanding of Lean, Agile fundamentals, and/or SAFe—with a desire to help others mature in these practices.
• Familiarity with managerial finance (forecasting, depreciation, CapEx planning, asset controls).
• Comfort operating within structured ITSM environments and balancing stability with innovation.
• A creative mindset—curious, open to new approaches, and eager to help a team evolve.
• Eight years knowledge of operational management concepts and techniques.
• Experience leading multiple teams and assets across various technology platforms.
• Three years of management experience is preferred.
• Experience with concepts and solutions: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and package solutions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of project management concepts and techniques.
• 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

• Technology certifications or designation are not required, but encouraged (i.e.: AWS, Azure, scripting and development languages, delivery methods, security).

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic planning, forecasting, and budgeting for campus network services, including EDP, depreciation schedules, and asset lifecycle plans.
• Develop people: coach engineers, create growth paths, and shape a healthy, high‑trust engineering culture.
• Implement Lean management practices to simplify workflow, expose waste, and improve flow efficiency.
• Strengthen ITSM alignment through ITIL fundamentals, asset accuracy, change quality, and incident/problem readiness.
• Serve as a thought partner in our broader network modernization portfolio across datacenter, WAN, cloud, and colo environments.
• Manages a staff that delivers on build and operational (build and run) components for the product(s) aligned to a technology area, such as but not limited to, consulting, managing and development of new products, upgrade/patching efforts, annual budgeting, efficiency efforts, etc. and the function responsible for driving a competitive unit cost through efficient product lifecycle.
• 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.
• Leads a team accountable for product delivery and the first line of defense for risk and security management.
• Assigns and allocates roles, in partnership with the Technology Product Executive, based on capacity and demand (finance, marketing, etc.).
• Responsible for the design, development, modification and implementation of products and processes to aid in the overall product lifecycle and operational metrics.
• Manages a staff who is accountable for product management across platforms (on-premise, off-premise and across premises) by providing engineering support for products/processes to improve productivity and reduce cost.
• 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, in collaboration with Technology Product Manager.
• Drives release cadence and business feature alignment leveraging automation to drive speed and actively drives continuous process improvement activities including Lean, process/product innovation, quality, cost reduction and other initiatives.
• Leads people through guidance and support on the execution of work; 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.
• Participates in strategic initiatives/planning for core products including products that cross Technologies.
• Develops and manages project budgets and deployment, including 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager