Nationwide · 4 days ago
Consultant, Delivery Leader (IT Project Mgmt - Model Factory)
Columbus, OH
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
6+ years expNationwide is a company focused on delivering extraordinary care to its customers through innovative technology solutions. The Delivery Leader will manage enterprise data strategy initiatives, lead teams in the Advanced Analytics space, and ensure effective communication and collaboration across business and technology stakeholders.
BankingFinancial ServicesInsuranceLife Insurance
Responsibilities
Drives the End to End delivery of expected business outcomes, realization of benefits as outlined in the business case, drives incremental value, drives incremental planning, and drives dependency scope definition
Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities
Responsible for the communication, critical issues, visibility, change management guidance to deliver business outcomes
Key contributor in the facilitation of contract negotiations, statement of work development and vendor oversight toward expected goals
Drives the prioritization of deliverables, handles moderate to complex issues/risks, governs dependencies
Is responsible for the delivery of status/health reports to drive value delivery tracking (ex: KPIs), optimizes the flow of value and ensures demand/capacity is handled
Works with medium to large project/product financials
Serves as a professional to others around delivering business outcomes, benefit realization, agile delivery, and Lean
Qualification
Required
Experience managing complex information technology efforts, where multiple business and technology teams are involved
Solid grounding in waterfall and agile methodologies and ability to operate within a hybrid environment where variations of these and other methodologies are employed
Demonstrated mastery in the use of Planview and significant experience in management of all aspects of financial management of projects, including the use of DEA, actual labor file data (SCM Reporting), and agile costing
Experience leveraging tools to manage demand / capacity and an understanding of how project allocations impact demand / capacity
The ability to inspire confidence and command respect through a combination of demeanor, communication skills, and demonstrated competence in role-specific activities
The ideal candidate must be able to understand the broader business context that projects are supporting and must understand how project objectives align with organizational priorities
Strong communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills
The candidate must be able to articulate ideas clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing, to senior leadership and stakeholders
Demonstrated experience collaborating in a similar environment with SEPM, Agile Leader and Product Owner roles
Experience managing vendor work in this space, including relationship and performance management and risk and cost management for the vendor effort
The candidate must be a self-starter, to understand where to focus given many complex project efforts in flight at any given time and to be able to drive efforts through to completion
The ideal candidate will engage with stakeholders effectively, communicate project progress, address concerns, and ensure alignment with business goals
Being comfortable with digital tools and software
The candidate will facilitate meetings and working sessions and must have strong facilitation skills
Managing multiple tasks and priorities is essential
The ideal candidate will bring strong project leadership experience and the interest and ability to learn how projects are managed and delivered at Nationwide
The candidate should be adept at problem-solving and decision-making
Undergraduate studies (bachelor's degree preferred) in management information systems, engineering, math, computer science, data analytics or comparable experience and education strongly preferred
Six or more years of experience in technology or related field
Three years demonstrated proficiency in delivering outcomes/projects
Ability to make decisions and recommendations
Aptitude to influence, establish relationships and set priorities
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with all levels of associates, senior management and/or vendors
Preferred
Technology certifications or PMI, SAFE, Agile or Lean designations are encouraged
Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus
Benefits
Medical/dental/vision
Life insurance
Short and long term disability coverage
Paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
Nine paid holidays
8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
401(k) with company match
Company-paid pension plan
Business casual attire
And more.
Company
Nationwide
Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the United States.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Jim Grafmeyer
VP, Chief Enterprise Architect
Tony Fenton
Vice President Commercial Lines Underwriting & Product , CUO
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