Specialist, Delivery Coordinator

Nationwide•Columbus, OH

11h•Hybrid

About The Position

Nationwide's Technology team, a Fortune 100 company, is seeking a Delivery Coordinator to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results. This role is within Document Solutions, part of Technology Enterprise Solutions (TES), and focuses on providing coordination, support, and assistance to Application Product Managers, Delivery Leaders, and Business Solution Leaders. Key areas of focus include intake, resource and demand management, and financial management. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with enterprise portfolio management tools like Planview and Jira, strong organizational and negotiation skills, and a solid understanding of portfolio planning processes to optimize visibility, predictability, and alignment across technical and business teams. Nationwide fosters an agile work environment and a collaborative culture, prioritizing extraordinary customer care.

Requirements

Undergraduate studies (bachelor’s degree preferred) in management information systems, engineering, math, computer science, data analytics or comparable experience and education strongly preferred.
Four years of experience in technology or related field.
Two years of experience in delivery.
Ability to make decisions and recommendations.
Aptitude to influence, establish relationships and set priorities.
Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with all levels of associates, senior management and/or vendors.
Hands-on experience managing and tracking work within enterprise portfolio management tools, specifically Planview and Jira.
Strong organization and negotiation skills.
Understanding of portfolio planning processes and flows—such as intake, prioritization, funding alignment, capacity/demand planning, and lifecycle governance—and be able to optimize these processes to drive visibility, predictability, and alignment across technical and business teams.

Nice To Haves

Planview
Jira
SharePoint
Portfolio Planning
Technology certifications or PMI, SAFE, Agile or Lean designations are encouraged.
Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Responsibilities

Enables the delivery of outcomes to realize the business case, lead dependency scope definition during planning, and lead intake processes.
Partners in the preparation and maintenance of financial estimates, business cases and data analysis.
Leads project intake, prioritization, demand management, review of issues, risks and dependencies.
Applies secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
Prepares delivery status/health reports, Planview data/reports, value delivery tracking (ex: KPIs), and manage demand/capacity elements.
Crafts program/portfolio and other financials, analyze variances, and provide financial reporting.
Collaborates in the preparation of resource capacity aligned with planning roadmap(s), Assist leaders with resource allocations and assignments using standard tools.
Providing appropriate information to ensure staffing levels are aligned to all demand impacting the area.
Finds opportunities to improve processes, automation and inefficiencies.
Prepares regular communications and provides visibility of business cases/outcomes.
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