CNO Financial Group · 8 hours ago
Dir, Business Optimization - Applications
Carmel, IN
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$158K/yr - $237K/yr
10+ years expCNO Financial Group is a leading provider of life and health insurance, and they are seeking a Director of Business Optimization for Applications. This role will focus on managing application technology investments, overseeing vendor partnerships, and driving the modernization of CNO's technology infrastructure.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Identifying avenues for continuous improvement for services within scope of responsibility, including new approaches and processes and the eventual retirement and replacement of systems and processes that have reached the end of cost-effective functionality
Developing overall Applications future state architecture strategy, with goal of eliminating legacy applications and building the application foundation for the future, which includes sunsetting systems and archiving data
Leading application conversion efforts, process and outcomes; directing and overseeing the strategic plans and road maps for the conversion programs that have moderately high dollar investments and high risk (provide critical business functionality), and moderate to high complexity (may connect to multiple systems inside and outside CNO)
Driving the analysis, development, and implementation of application conversion solutions. This includes ensuring robust reviews and governance processes for the design and configuration of software solutions
Ensuring that conversions align with CNO’s business goals, promote standardization, and support high system availability objectives
Overseeing the quality of external teams and deliverables provided by sourcing partners, ensuring CNO is receiving appropriate value for fees paid to sourcing partners; ensures sourcing partner for Statements of Work and Work Orders are complete, and that external vendors implement a program of continuous improvement on behalf of CNO
Ensuring compliance and understanding of Core Processes that support: Demand Management, Sourcing contracts, Service Level Agreements, Sox Compliance, Internal Audit, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, System Development Life Cycle, and Vendor Management which aligns to the Foundational Strategies
Providing input into appropriate CBA's for programs where investment exceeds $500,000
Aligning the Application Architecture to the Enterprise Architectural decisions to enable growth of the IT organization in whole
Playing a role in managing business area portfolio of technologies, assessing the fit, health and effective operation of in-scope technologies
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field of study
10 years of experience leading large programs within IT Life & Health Insurance (i.e. budgets exceeding $1M)
Strong experience delivering business specific programs
Proven moderate to large scale system design and development experience
Previous experience with LifeComm, Vantage-One and mainframe is a must for this role
Have deep knowledge of multiple technology application domains with expert knowledge in Vantage-One and LifeComm and legacy applications, including mainframe and open systems
Have in-depth working knowledge of technology and insurance business processes, and remain current with emerging industry and technological trends
Possess extensive knowledge of life and health insurance products and processing to contribute effectively to operational excellence, ensuring accurate and efficient handling of insurance processes while maintaining compliance with regulatory standards and delivering exceptional service to clients
Have proven experience in Application and Data architecture, medium-scale system design and development experience
Possess strong analytic and conceptual skills and can understand long-term and short-term implications of decisions, in order to estimate the financial impact of various alternatives. Has a broad technology background with exposure to a variety of platforms, operating systems, and tools
Can communicate with appropriate context to all levels of the organization (primarily up to VP levels) and across business units; able to leverage communication skills to influence decisions
Can lead groups of people and provide key input into decisions that have a major impact on key business metrics
Can provide respective Application architecture perspective in decisions related to other architecture disciplines
Preferred
Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field of study
Program Management experience
Strong interpersonal skills, with specific emphasis on team building and facilitation
Strong Verbal and Writing skills to enable clear communication of company objective and project plans
Benefits
Medical insurance
Denta insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) retirement plan with company match
Short-term & long-term disability insurance
Paid time-off and corporate holidays
Paid parental leave
Company paid life insurance
Company
CNO Financial Group
CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO) is a holding company for a group of insurance companies operating throughout the United States
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2003-09-12IPO
Leadership Team
Gary C. Bhojwani
CEO and Director, Board of Directors
Paul H. McDonough
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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