Director, Product Development Engineering

Description and Requirements
Role Value Proposition
Responsible for the design, development and maintenance of software development solutions within a defined system, platform or product, based on a set of standards and processes which establish consistency acrost the enterprise data, reduce risk and promote efficiencies in support of the organization's goals and objectives. This family can be used for
both roles that require a complete technology stack of capabilities as well as roles that require to work on a single technology stack, application or platform.
Key Responsibilities
• Directs multiple product teams in the development and maintenance of an E2E IT solution. Overseeing Solution Architecture and/or Product/Application Architecture.
• Implementation of technology roadmap.
• Responsible for setting, prioritizing, and accepting the work generated by multiple Agile teams in order to ensure the platform meets the defined goals and vision.
• Technical leader, responsible for guiding the team to make solid technical decisions to meet the product capability needs aligned to the customer.
• Enables teams to remove barriers and resolve conflicts so that the team can move forward in development. Implements audit controls, application security best practice and architecture designs that address currency, to plan through potential risks associated with product and/or processes.
• Ensure vendor performance and deliverables meet contract specifications
• Full people management responsibility for direct product team including hiring, firing, promotions, performance, career and compensation management, & training & development.
• Matrix management responsibility for cross functional team members aligned to product team that includes performance management.
• Maintain awareness of trends and issues in area of technical expertise, evaluate new technologies or technology opportunities, and provide analysis of their potential impact to advance the business. High level understanding of the business' way of working and contributes to solutions that solve challenges by leveraging technology.
• Lead multiple product teams software delivery through continuous focus on software development and maintenance metrics and KPIs.
• Implement user centric design and agile development life cycle.
• Develops high level resources to planned feature outcomes, with awareness of over /under utilization and ways to adjust.
• Tracks usage of platforms across business units, and defines costs per business unit accordingly
Education:
Bachelor's degree (Any Stream) or diploma with a minimum of 15 years of education
Experience (Role Requirement): 10+ Years
Technical Skill:
• Agile Practices
• Application Design/Architecture
• Cloud Native Technologies
• Relationship/Stakeholder Management
• Team Management/Engagement
• Product/Business/Industry Knowledge
• DevSecOps, CI/CD
• Secure design and coding practices
• Applicable Development Language
Other Critical Requirements Like Voice/Non-Voice for Insurance
- SAFe Scrum Master
• DevSecOps, CI/CD
• Application Design/Architecture
• Cloud Native Technologies
• Secure design and coding practices
• Applicable Development Language
• Product/Business/Industry Knowledge
• Relationship/ Stakeholder Management
• Team Management/Engagement
Agile Practices
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
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