Arbella Insurance Group · 2 months ago
Director Application Development
Quincy, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$190K/yr - $230K/yr
10+ years expArbella Insurance Group is seeking a Director of Application Development to be an integral member of their IT Leadership Team. This role involves overseeing the management of business-facing portfolios and driving the success of the application development process across the organization.
Insurance
Responsibilities
Partnering with IT Management, the Director of Strategic Programs, and IT Sr. Staff, is responsible for the development and delivery of software solutions to support Arbella’s Business Objectives
Manages a team of Application Portfolio Managers containing Managers, Developers and Business Analysts responsible for building, maintaining, and upgrading Arbella software applications
Direct the development and implementation of software solutions across all business portfolios
Establish standards for requirements, design, construction, testing and implementation of software applications
Practice regular reviews of application lifecycle currency and building plans to address risk
Partners with IT Sr. Staff to build 3-year plans and budgets that align with Arbella Business Plans
Aids IT Sr. Staff in the review of executive level presentations and reporting
Partners with IT and Legal in execution, negotiation, and renewal of complex vendor contracts for software subscriptions, support, and staff augmentation
Work across IT teams to ensure alignment of application portfolio priorities and resources with project/program timelines
Establish strong relationships with executive and senior leadership partners across Arbella business groups to understand their businesses and advise them on technological solutions and options for delivery
Partner closely with all members of the IT Leadership Team on portfolio, strategic and operational initiatives, driving results and proactively communicating on progress and direction of key IT projects
Develop and manage talent that is supportive of a culture that is energized, engaged, future focused and highly motivated to deliver best-in-class solutions
A strong focus on Diversity & Inclusion is necessary
Qualification
Required
10+ years of progressive experience in an IT leadership role, including project management, QA, and application development
Demonstrated success as a senior IT and business leader
Proven ability to recruit, retain and develop high performing teams with high employee engagement and job satisfaction
Experience in application development tools, life cycle and QA best practices, as well as project delivery methodologies including agile, PMF, as well as test automation and QA best practices
Strong technical acumen and an understanding of developer languages, application technologies and systems architecture concepts
Strong relationship management, strategy development, project management, problem solving and change management skills
Ability to manage multiple vendor relationships, to ensure the best financial return and value on initial investment and continued maintenance
Proven thought leadership and ability to leverage deep knowledge of relevant technologies, trends, architectures, and vendors and service providers
Experience in developing multi-million-dollar departmental and organizational budgets and effectively planning and managing activities within the established constraints of such approved budgets
Ability to facilitate and lead change at all organizational levels and drive continuous improvement
Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Hands-on, strategic thinker and proven leader with the ability to drive organizational change
Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science or a related field
Preferred
Master's degree in one of these fields or Business Management preferred
Company
Arbella Insurance Group
Voted a Boston Business Journal Best Place to Work since 2009! Founded in 1988 in Quincy, Massachusetts, Arbella provides affordable car, home, and business insurance in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and business insurance in New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.04M2013-11-01Series Unknown· $0.04M
Leadership Team
Chris Hall
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Janet Corcoran
Executive VP and COO
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