Sr. Director Software Engineering (Investment Product System)
At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates technical expertise and leadership.
- Help manage and grow Investment Product Systems area
- Leads the strategy and development of high impact solutions in the enterprise.
- Leads talent strategy and development for division.
- Organizes talent and manage budgets for optimal results.
- Establishes business aligned goals and lead the division to meet goals.
- Delivers operational excellence through the development of organizational strategies, engineering processes (security, cloud transformation, vendor management) , and product quality standards.
- Collaborates with the business to understand business needs, strategy, customer needs and market trends
- Acts as ambassador and representative for Northwestern Mutual's technology organization in community and technology events.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
- 9-14 years software development and management professional experience required
- 3-7+ years of experience leading engineering teams including:
- Leading through multiple engineering teams and their respective leads.
- Growing engineering skill sets in others.
- Developing future engineering leaders.
- Providing direct feedback and performance reviews.
- Creating tech strategy and growing business relationships.
- Deep technical knowledge and broad understanding of the business.
- Ability to successfully communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences in varying forms and all levels of detail.
- Solid understanding of design patterns and architecture.
- Ability to influence teams, technology or business leaders on impactful issues and decisions.
Skills-Proficiency Level:
Agile Methodologies - Advanced
Automation Processes - Advanced
Cloud Technologies - Advanced
Containerization - Expert
Continuous Integrations - Advanced
Continuous Learning - Expert
Cross-Functional Partnerships - Advanced
Data Solutions - Intermediate
Deployment Strategies - Advanced
Engineering Practices - Expert
Production Monitoring - Advanced
Programming Languages - Advanced
Resource Management - Advanced
Root Cause Analysis - Advanced
Software Development - Expert
System Architecture - Advanced
Systems Architecture Design - Intermediate
Technical Communication - Advanced
Technical Design Documentation - Intermediate
Technical Solution Development - Advanced
Technology Strategy Development - Intermediate
This job is not covered by the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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