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At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.Director, Technology Project Management (Annuity Modernization Program)\nLocation: This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Columbus, Ohio, Des Moines, Iowa, or Scottsdale, Arizona office 2 days per week. Remote internal associates may also be considered.\nDepartment: Nationwide Financial - Annuity Technologies\nPosition Summary\nThe Director, Technology Project Management role for the Annuity Modernization Program is responsible for leading the execution and delivery of one of Nationwide Financials’ most strategic technology transformation initiatives. This leader will oversee a complex portfolio of work focused on modernizing annuity platforms, business capabilities, and supporting technology ecosystems to enable future growth, operational efficiency, and enhanced customer and associate experiences.\nThe role requires strong leadership across technology, business, and vendor organizations to drive delivery excellence, manage transformational change, and ensure successful realization of program objectives. The Delivery Leader will serve as a key partner to senior executives, business stakeholders, and technology leaders while maintaining accountability for program outcomes, financial performance, risk management, and organizational alignment.\nKey Responsibilities\nProgram Leadership & Transformation Execution\nLead end-to-end delivery of the Annuity Modernization Program, ensuring alignment to enterprise strategy and business objectives.\n\nDrive execution of complex, multi-year transformational initiatives spanning policy administration, digital capabilities, data, integration, and operational platforms.\n\nEstablish and maintain integrated delivery plans, key milestones, dependencies, and critical path management across multiple workstreams.\n\nEnsure successful delivery of business capabilities while balancing scope, schedule, quality, risk, and financial commitments.\n\nPortfolio Governance & Delivery Oversight\nProvide leadership and governance across a portfolio of modernization initiatives and associated technology investments.\n\nDrive effective program management disciplines, including risk management, issue resolution, dependency management, and executive reporting.\n\nLead governance forums and decision-making processes to accelerate delivery and improve organizational alignment.\n\nMonitor and communicate program health, delivery performance, and value realization to executive stakeholders.\n\nStrategic Business Partnership\nPartner closely with business executives and product leaders to translate strategic priorities into executable delivery roadmaps.\n\nFacilitate alignment across technology, operations, product, and business teams to ensure successful program outcomes.\n\nInfluence prioritization decisions and investment strategies to maximize business value and customer impact.\n\nEnsure modernization efforts support long-term operational scalability, flexibility, and innovation objectives.\n\nFinancial & Vendor Management\nManage large-scale program budgets, resource plans, and investment portfolios.\n\nDrive financial accountability and transparency across modernization initiatives.\n\nLead strategic vendor relationships and oversee delivery performance across partner organizations.\n\nIdentify opportunities to optimize costs, improve delivery efficiency, and maximize return on investment.\n\nLeadership & Talent Development\nBuild, develop, and lead high-performing delivery organizations focused on accountability, collaboration, and execution excellence.\n\nCoach and mentor leaders across the program to strengthen delivery capabilities and organizational effectiveness.\n\nFoster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, transparency, and servant leadership.\n\nChampion adoption of new delivery practices, AI-enabled ways of working, and modernization strategies.\n\nExecutive Communications & Reporting\nProvide clear, concise, executive-level communications regarding program status, risks, financial performance, and strategic decisions.\n\nPrepare and present updates to senior executives, governance committees, and business leadership teams.\n\nDevelop KPIs and performance metrics that measure delivery effectiveness, operational outcomes, and value realization.\n\nQualifications & Requirements\nExperience\nProven success leading enterprise-scale modernization initiatives involving technology platform transformation and business process change.\n\nExperience overseeing multi-million-dollar programs with significant organizational impact.\n\nDemonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams across technology, business, operations, and vendor organizations.\n\nStrong background in Agile, SAFe, and hybrid delivery methodologies.\n\nLeadership Competencies\nStrategic thinking and enterprise mindset.\n\nExecutive presence with exceptional communication and influence skills.\n\nAbility to navigate ambiguity and drive alignment across competing priorities.\n\nStrong decision-making, negotiation, and stakeholder management capabilities.\n\nProven success leading organizational change and transformation initiatives.\n\nSkills\nPortfolio and program management\n\nTransformation leadership\n\nFinancial and budget management\n\nVendor and partner management\n\nRisk and dependency management\n\nExecutive communications and reporting\n\nOrganizational change management\n\nCross-functional leadership and team development\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience leading policy administration platform modernization programs.\n\nExperience delivering large-scale cloud, data, digital, or customer experience transformation initiatives.\n\nCertifications such as SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), PMP, or related leadership and delivery certifications.\n\nJob Description Summary\nIf you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!As a Delivery Leader you’ll be responsible for delivering value and outcomes. Delivery leaders are expected to have an end-to-end vantage point on delivery, manage dependencies, remove blockers, engage partners, manage financials, maximize vendor relationships, and enable an iterative delivery of value. You will need to keep pace with software delivery and organizational change methods and tools. Delivery leaders should also understand relevant Financial and Agile/Lean/DevOps tools and techniques.\nJob Description\nKey Responsibilities:\nResponsible for the End to End management of associates including but not limited to performance management, salary planning, training, development, workforce planning, hiring, and disciplinary actions; and attracts, hires, engages and develops the team through impactful recruitment, coaching and feedback.\n\nAccountable for the 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.\n\nResponsible 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.\n\nResponsible for the communication, critical issue, visibility, change management guidance to deliver business outcomes.\n\nManagers the facilitation of contract negotiations, statement of work development and ensures our vendors are making expected progress.\n\nDrives the prioritization of work, handles complex issues/risks, governs dependencies.\n\nLeads all aspects of the delivery of status/health reports to drive value delivery tracking (ex: KPIs), optimizes the flow of value and ensures demand/capacity is managed.\n\nManages and consults on complex and/or project/product financials.\n\nServes as the top professional/coach to others around delivering business outcomes, benefit realization, agile delivery, and Lean.\n\nActive profession participant through communities of practice, industry involvement and/or standards organizations.\n\nMay perform other responsibilities as assigned.\nReporting Relationships: Reports to Executive Delivery Leader or Business Solution Area Executive; responsible for 4-8 directs and in-directs.\nTypical Skills and Experiences:\n Education: Undergraduate studies (bachelor’s degree preferred) in management information systems, engineering, math, computer science, data analytics or comparable experience and education strongly preferred.\nLicense/Certification/Designation: Technology certifications or PMI, SAFE, Agile or Lean designations are encouraged.\nExperience: Ten or more years of experience in technology or related field. Five years demonstrated proficiency in delivering outcomes/projects. Three to five years of management experience is preferred. Awareness of new technologies and/or industry trends.\nKnowledge, Abilities and Skills: 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. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.\nOther criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.\nStaffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner.\nValues: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide values.\nJob Conditions:\n Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not Eligible)\nWorking Conditions: Normal office environment.\nADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.\nWe currently anticipate accepting applications until 10/30/2026. However, we encourage early submissions, as the posting may close sooner if a strong candidate slate is identified before the deadline.Benefits\nWe have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: 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. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.\nNationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.\nThis position could be filled within any of the lower 48 U.S. states.Smoke-Free Iowa Statement: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, its affiliates and subsidiaries comply with the Iowa Smokefree Air Act. Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed areas on or around company premises as well as company issued vehicles. The company offers designated smoking areas in which smoking is permitted at each individual location. 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