Job Description :
A Fortune 500 company is driving a digital transformation and looking for forward-thinking innovators to disrupt how our industry thinks about and uses technology. As one of the world''s leading employee benefits providers, we help millions of people gain affordable access to benefits that help them protect their families, their finances and their futures.
General Summary:
This Technology Delivery Manager at Colonial Life will lead up to 2 functional teams (6-7 people per team) to build, enhance, transform and/or support technology services by successfully delivering on outcomes.
The Colonial Life IT organization is responsible for Value Streams covering the Field, Client, Consumer, Product, and Shared Services organization, in support of business capability development and delivery. The focus is to ensure Stability and Development across all Value Streams, with distinction between run and grow components within the Agile delivery teams.
Strong preference for individuals with a focus around Customer Experience (UX/UI)
Qualification Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or relevant technical experience.
5+ years’ experience in an IT field or equivalent relevant work experience
Experience leading IT Teams of 6+ professionals (direct and/or indirect reports)
Understanding of Agile/Lean leadership principles; proficient in agile team development as well as awareness of team training opportunities.
Ability to effectively coach, mentor, and identify and address skills needs and gaps
Ability to think critically and challenge conventional thinking
Qualification Preferences:
Proficiency with technology stacks leveraging SQL, MS .Net, C# or Java, JavaScript, HTML, web/mobile/device development, Content Management Systems
Familiarity with DEVOPS, CI/CD, Test Automation, Cloud deployments and application development tools
Experience with Agile (Scrum & Kanban) and familiarity with Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe)
Experience with Architectural design, development and implementation that promotes improved Customer Experiences (UX, UI and Frontend Design) and Operational Effectiveness
Understanding end-to-end delivery with cross platform technology stacks (distributed/server and mainframes)
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Achieving the software/solutions/services delivery commitments of the team
Maximizing the effectiveness of the team and takes actions to increase performance and effectiveness of the team. Which includes developing, mentoring and coaching team members. The role promotes and facilitates the professional development of team members and ensures plans are in place to elevate the performance of the team.
May serve in a Scrum Master role for an agile team
For Agile teams, works with business partners and team to translate the business strategy or roadmap into backlog items
Responsible for ensuring that the agile team(s) apply best of breed software engineering practices including but not limited to – Test Driven Development, Peer Reviews, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment practices, unit and regression test automation, comprehensive approach to addressing NFR, adherence to standards, comprehensive Definition of Done, team retrospectives, etc.
Using Agile metrics and tools to understand team performance and efficiency and takes actions to improve the efficiency of the team.
Maintains up-to-date knowledge of a broad range of emerging technology trends and identifies opportunities where technology might be deployed to deliver business improvements and competitive advantage.