Sammons Financial Group Companies · 19 hours ago
Manager, IT
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$94K/yr - $196K/yr
5+ years expSammons Financial Group Companies is seeking a Manager for their IT department who will oversee and coordinate solution design and project execution. The role involves providing leadership for IT initiatives, managing operational support, and ensuring alignment with business needs.
FinanceFinancial ServicesRetirement
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Collaborate with IT leaders to provide leadership for planning, developing, and implementation and production support of information technology initiatives across all areas of the organization
Partner with business decision makers to ensure scoping, requirements and design of technology solutions and ongoing support is in alignment with needs
Collaborate directly with the IT leadership team to design, develop, implement, and support cost-effective technology solutions to business problems
Exercise leadership influence and direction with her/his team to develop, optimize and manage application and/or infrastructure to attain all IT service level agreements for the user community within the organization
Make recommendations regarding ideas on building a strong IT capability through people, process and technology changes
Contribute ideas to future state technology roadmap definitions and makes recommendations to ensure effective investments are made to enable scale, quality, and maintenance and overall cost effectiveness
Manage a strong operational support team, tools and processes to ensure quality, availability and performance targets are achieved
Effectively manage detailed technical resources, forecast expertise needs of internal and external resources to support project requirements; contribute to planning of strategic skill mix decisions as needed
Responsible for training and developing individuals in the Team Leader role (if applicable) on employee development and handling of Corrective Action situations; responsible for employee development and handling of Corrective Action situations if no Team Leader on staff
Responsible for training and developing individuals in the Team Leader role (if applicable) on conducting appropriate and quality performance evaluations; responsible for training Team Leader on the Performance Management system; responsible conducting appropriate and quality performance evaluations if no Team Leader on staff
Direct teams, projects and individuals and both participate and provide leadership guidance in the troubleshooting and analysis of operational problems, support issues and production defects, in order to seek prompt and permanent resolutions
Assist in the management of vendors on an operational/project level
Ensure effective technology support and maintenance strategies are in places and actions are taken to address gaps and measure outcomes
Support and contribute to success of the overall technology transformation through committed quality delivery and continuous improvement
Develop and maintain Model Audit Rule compliant procedures for all departmental processing; establish, maintain, and ensure departmental compliance with Record Information Management (RIM) requirements
Lead by example, coaching and mentoring to help individuals and teams develop and grow, helping to ensure overall organizational success
Budget and manage financial plans as directed
Commitment to embrace Sammons Financial Group Companies shared values (Accountability, Connection, Openness, Respect and Integrity)
As stated within the Company Attendance and Punctuality policy, regular attendance is required and expected in order to meet the business service levels and workflow demands
Participate in other initiatives and/or projects as necessary
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated consistent leadership effectiveness in technology planning, operations, implementation delivery and development
Working knowledge of business processes, management, budgeting, and business office operations and end to end integration models; Must be aware of industry recognized best practices
Knowledge of systems management, hardware platforms, enterprise software applications, and outsourced systems, vendor management, including management of offshore/near shore resources with some awareness of technology and related business trends; Experience and ability in managing systems complexity with positive outcomes
Demonstrated, proven understanding and track record of high quality project management and execution
Working knowledge of applicable industry laws and regulations as they relate to IT
Established leadership track record of effective people management skills and practices
Understands negotiating and influencing leadership skills
Demonstrated ability to present and adapt ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language
Due to the financial nature and level of accountability of this position, a credit and criminal background check is required
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree in the field of Computer Science, Information Systems, or Business Administration or equivalent work experience
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Business Administration with technology as a core component or equivalent work experiences
Minimum 5 years' applicable experience leading and/or directing a representative IT planning, application development, support and/or infrastructure organization
Benefits
Health, Dental, Vision, Company Paid Retirement, PTO and Holiday Pay.
Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is a 100% company-funded retirement plan, so you can save for retirement without contributing a penny of your own paycheck.
Healthy balance between work and personal lives. Friday afternoons off all year long, competitive PTO, and generous number of paid holidays.
Our incentive program for defined goals subject to eligibility and performance. Monetary rewards are based on individual and/or overall company performance.
Colleagues who support one another, model our core values, and drive our healthy, high-performing culture.
Company
Sammons Financial Group Companies
Sammons® Financial Group Companies (collectively, Sammons Financial Group) provide today’s most sought after life insurance, annuity, and retirement products.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Esfand Dinshaw
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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