National Life Group
Associate Director, Platform Delivery, Execution and Transformations
National Life Group, Addison, Texas, United States, 75001
Associate Director, Platform Delivery, Execution and Transformations
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Come join one of America’s fastest-growing insurance companies. Since 1848, National Life Group has aimed to keep our promises, providing families with stability in good times and in bad. Throughout that history, we have provided peace of mind to those families as they plan their futures.
Our mission extends beyond the insurance and annuities policies that we offer. We strive to make the world a better place through our grants from our charitable foundation, paid volunteer time for our employees, environmentally sustainable and healthy workplaces, and events that promote the work of nonprofits in our own backyard.
We foster a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and encourage our associates to live our values: Do good. Be good. Make good.
Please note that we do not offer visa sponsorship for this position.
Role Summary Our mission is to revolutionize the way our business manages conducts critical functions via systems, and we need a visionary Leader to spearhead our platform transformations. If you’re passionate about technology and have a knack for partnering with business leadership and enjoy working in dynamic environments, we want you on our team!
The Associate Director, Platform Transformations, Applications Development partners with other IT resources and the Business Operations teams to optimize technology outcomes. Success for the Technical Leader starts with building and maintaining strong relationships with all other counterparties. A deep understanding of business and IT processes supports proposing and driving changes that deliver value for business partners at National Life Group. This role involves leading a team, collaborating with IT and business operations, and ensuring that the critical L&A systems such as New Business acquisitions, Policy Administrations systems, Investments, Finance, etc. are efficient.
This role essentially is to apply thought leadership to execute and work with business to realize a more efficient way of conducting business through new systems. Discover the current states of business processes and systems to frame future states for new business processes in new platforms.
All about transformational leadership and acting as a change agent while making a difference for our IT & Business.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Stakeholder management and collaboration: Work with business stakeholders to ensure solutions satisfy business requirements and are of the highest quality. Utilize strong emotional and social intelligence to build relationships across the enterprise. Communicate effectively, and with an appropriate level of detail, to business and IT resources.
Flexibility: Work with limited direction, usually within a complex environment, contributing to operational and transformational efforts.
Provide logical solutions: Resolve complex business and IT issues, working closely with vendors and internal teams during transformations and change implementation.
Knowledge of SDLC & IT Value Chain in Life & Annuity Business
Understand all aspects of value chains in IT, including:
UI/UX, Process Flows
Interaction of UI/UX with logical and physical entities
APIs, Batch processing
Data supply chains and integrity
Compliance and security needs
Systems configuration and change management
Minimum Qualifications
Experience in leading large-scale change and transformations in Life & Annuities Business
Delivery management, product management and change management experience during insurance transformations
Exposure to working with business process people and IT engineers, and PMO
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in project management.
Experience with insurance systems, with exposure to product set up.
Experience in insurance, particularly Life & Annuity.
Strong background in technical delivery management.
15+ years of experience in leading change in insurance industry.
Benefits
Your benefits start day one and are flexible and customizable to your and your family’s specific needs. Check out the benefits of a career at National Life!
Base Pay Range The base pay range for this position is the range National Life reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors, including prior experience and job-related knowledge; education, training and certificates; current business needs; and market factors. The final salary or hourly wages offered may be outside of this range based on other reasons and individual circumstances.
Additional Compensation and Benefits The total compensation package for this position may also include a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in National Life’s discretionary annual incentive programs, subject to the rules governing such programs. If hired, the employee will be in an "at-will" position and National Life reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
National Life is accepting applications for this role on an ongoing basis and the role remains open until filled.
Salary Pay Range: $112,500 - $165,000 USD
National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company, Montpelier, VT – founded in 1848, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, Addison, TX – chartered in 1955, and their affiliates. Each company of National Life Group is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations. Life Insurance Company of the Southwest is not an authorized insurer in New York and does not conduct insurance business in New York. Equity Services, Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC, is a Broker/Dealer and Registered Investment Adviser affiliate of National Life Insurance Company. All other entities are independent of the companies of National Life Group.
Fortune 1000 status is based on the consolidated financial results of all National Life Group companies.
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Come join one of America’s fastest-growing insurance companies. Since 1848, National Life Group has aimed to keep our promises, providing families with stability in good times and in bad. Throughout that history, we have provided peace of mind to those families as they plan their futures.
Our mission extends beyond the insurance and annuities policies that we offer. We strive to make the world a better place through our grants from our charitable foundation, paid volunteer time for our employees, environmentally sustainable and healthy workplaces, and events that promote the work of nonprofits in our own backyard.
We foster a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and encourage our associates to live our values: Do good. Be good. Make good.
Please note that we do not offer visa sponsorship for this position.
Role Summary Our mission is to revolutionize the way our business manages conducts critical functions via systems, and we need a visionary Leader to spearhead our platform transformations. If you’re passionate about technology and have a knack for partnering with business leadership and enjoy working in dynamic environments, we want you on our team!
The Associate Director, Platform Transformations, Applications Development partners with other IT resources and the Business Operations teams to optimize technology outcomes. Success for the Technical Leader starts with building and maintaining strong relationships with all other counterparties. A deep understanding of business and IT processes supports proposing and driving changes that deliver value for business partners at National Life Group. This role involves leading a team, collaborating with IT and business operations, and ensuring that the critical L&A systems such as New Business acquisitions, Policy Administrations systems, Investments, Finance, etc. are efficient.
This role essentially is to apply thought leadership to execute and work with business to realize a more efficient way of conducting business through new systems. Discover the current states of business processes and systems to frame future states for new business processes in new platforms.
All about transformational leadership and acting as a change agent while making a difference for our IT & Business.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Stakeholder management and collaboration: Work with business stakeholders to ensure solutions satisfy business requirements and are of the highest quality. Utilize strong emotional and social intelligence to build relationships across the enterprise. Communicate effectively, and with an appropriate level of detail, to business and IT resources.
Flexibility: Work with limited direction, usually within a complex environment, contributing to operational and transformational efforts.
Provide logical solutions: Resolve complex business and IT issues, working closely with vendors and internal teams during transformations and change implementation.
Knowledge of SDLC & IT Value Chain in Life & Annuity Business
Understand all aspects of value chains in IT, including:
UI/UX, Process Flows
Interaction of UI/UX with logical and physical entities
APIs, Batch processing
Data supply chains and integrity
Compliance and security needs
Systems configuration and change management
Minimum Qualifications
Experience in leading large-scale change and transformations in Life & Annuities Business
Delivery management, product management and change management experience during insurance transformations
Exposure to working with business process people and IT engineers, and PMO
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in project management.
Experience with insurance systems, with exposure to product set up.
Experience in insurance, particularly Life & Annuity.
Strong background in technical delivery management.
15+ years of experience in leading change in insurance industry.
Benefits
Your benefits start day one and are flexible and customizable to your and your family’s specific needs. Check out the benefits of a career at National Life!
Base Pay Range The base pay range for this position is the range National Life reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors, including prior experience and job-related knowledge; education, training and certificates; current business needs; and market factors. The final salary or hourly wages offered may be outside of this range based on other reasons and individual circumstances.
Additional Compensation and Benefits The total compensation package for this position may also include a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in National Life’s discretionary annual incentive programs, subject to the rules governing such programs. If hired, the employee will be in an "at-will" position and National Life reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
National Life is accepting applications for this role on an ongoing basis and the role remains open until filled.
Salary Pay Range: $112,500 - $165,000 USD
National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company, Montpelier, VT – founded in 1848, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, Addison, TX – chartered in 1955, and their affiliates. Each company of National Life Group is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations. Life Insurance Company of the Southwest is not an authorized insurer in New York and does not conduct insurance business in New York. Equity Services, Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC, is a Broker/Dealer and Registered Investment Adviser affiliate of National Life Insurance Company. All other entities are independent of the companies of National Life Group.
Fortune 1000 status is based on the consolidated financial results of all National Life Group companies.
Site Disclosure and Privacy Policy
National Life Group 1 National Life Dr Montpelier, VT 05604
#J-18808-Ljbffr