Manager, Product Development Engineering

Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
When you join MetLife's Global Technology team, you'll be part of a forward-thinking group dedicated to shaping the future of digital solutions for customers worldwide. You'll develop, maintain and support technology applications and delivery, leveraging AI, automation, and contemporary ways of working to enhance experiences and drive business outcomes. Your work will simplify complex processes, improve tech resiliency, and ensure high-performing, seamless solutions that power life's most important moments. In this dynamic environment, you'll collaborate with talented peers across teams and functions, expanding your skills in impactful ways. Ready to push boundaries and set new industry standards? Join us and help drive the future of technology forward.
Key Responsibilities
Manage a product team that consists of multiple feature teams in the development and maintenance of an enterprise to enterprise ("E2E") IT solution. Responsible for setting, prioritizing, and accepting the work generated by an Agile team to ensure the platform meets the defined goals and vision. Establish and enforce best practices in code control, code reviews, unit testing, DevOps, and application maintenance. Help identify risks and remove barriers so that the team can move forward in development. Manage and drive audits to conclusions. 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, and training and development. Matrix management responsibility for cross functional team members aligned to product team that includes performance management. Participate in discussions that solve business challenges by leveraging technology. Manage product feature software delivery through continuous focus on software development and maintenance metrics and key performance indicators ("KPIs"). Manage user centric design and agile development life cycle. Manages resources to planned feature outcomes, with awareness of over/under utilization and ways to adjust.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or foreign education equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related field and eight (8) years of experience performing product development and engineering Agile development. Special Skills, Other Special Skills or Requirements: experience performing software product development management; and, experience performing strategic solutioning and planning.
Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position i s $164,867 to $172,200 . This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
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Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, 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!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
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