Are you a passionate iOS Lead? Do you want to work on a state-of-the-art application with modern design, architecture and tools in a truly agile environment? Come join our growing, enthusiastic and talented Mobile development team! Vanguard is heavily investing and committing to build a world-class mobile experience for our clients, and we are hiring top talent to build our new iOS and Android native apps. You will be joining a fun, collaborative and inclusive cross-functional team where individuals strong on aptitude and attitude have an opportunity to grow their professional careers through working with some of the most advanced technology, development practices. Responsibilities: Partner with architects to implement high-performance mobile applications Research and summarize adjacent technology trends to provide guidance Mentor the team on the "how" of better use of existing platform components and performance best practices Highly collaborative, a fast learner and willing to work wherever you're needed on the team Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithms Able to effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand Able to work with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to prioritize work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt Leads system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing mobile native applications. Translates stories into design & code. Develops well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests Research and employs contemporary software development techniques to ensure quality and improve velocity of the team Elevates code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule. Provides follow-up Production support. Submits change control requests and documents Leads in design, code, and test inspections throughout life cycle to identify issues. Participates in other meetings, such as those for use case creation Contributes to develop and maintain an inclusive and highly collaborative environment for the team To be successful in this role, you should have : Experience with Native application development Proficiency in one or more relevant programming languages (e.g. Swift/Objective-C, JavaScript) Ability to learn new technologies quickly and demonstrate a hands-on understanding Strong understanding of design patterns, integration patterns/practice, Data modeling principles and best practices A good track record of project delivery for large cross-team projects Strong communication skills and the ability to connect with engineers, managers, PMs, customers Experience with Cloud Development Platforms, Mobile/Web development frameworks, and micro-service architecture Preferred Skills : Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithms Latest iOS SDK / XCode Swift 5 CI/CD Pipeline (GitHub Actions / Fastlane) Git (GitHub) Honeycomb Splunk Qualifications: Degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred or relevant experience 10+ years of software development experience 5+ years as a mobile developer Important Factors: Work must be performed in the U.S. Hybrid model of work; Tuesday-Thursday in office Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position Special Factors Sponsorship Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position. About Vanguard At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission. To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion Vanguard's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is central to our ability to deliver on our mission. We aspire to create a work environment that is inclusive, equitable, and diverse-one that enables our employees, whom we call crew, to thrive and bring their best selves to work every day on behalf of our clients. Cultivating DEI lifts our entire organization, and everyone shares accountability for our progress-from our senior leaders who lay the foundation and set the example for inclusive behaviors to crew who are growing in their personal DEI learning experiences. Together, we're on a mission. We are fueled by the value of diverse voices and connected through friendships and a culture of care-for our clients, our communities, and each other. Vanguard's DEI journey has no finish line. Our commitment is enduring, and we remain focused on the path ahead. To learn more about Vanguard goals and progress toward DEI, download our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report . How We Work Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
04/27/2025
Full time
Are you a passionate iOS Lead? Do you want to work on a state-of-the-art application with modern design, architecture and tools in a truly agile environment? Come join our growing, enthusiastic and talented Mobile development team! Vanguard is heavily investing and committing to build a world-class mobile experience for our clients, and we are hiring top talent to build our new iOS and Android native apps. You will be joining a fun, collaborative and inclusive cross-functional team where individuals strong on aptitude and attitude have an opportunity to grow their professional careers through working with some of the most advanced technology, development practices. Responsibilities: Partner with architects to implement high-performance mobile applications Research and summarize adjacent technology trends to provide guidance Mentor the team on the "how" of better use of existing platform components and performance best practices Highly collaborative, a fast learner and willing to work wherever you're needed on the team Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithms Able to effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand Able to work with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to prioritize work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt Leads system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing mobile native applications. Translates stories into design & code. Develops well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests Research and employs contemporary software development techniques to ensure quality and improve velocity of the team Elevates code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule. Provides follow-up Production support. Submits change control requests and documents Leads in design, code, and test inspections throughout life cycle to identify issues. Participates in other meetings, such as those for use case creation Contributes to develop and maintain an inclusive and highly collaborative environment for the team To be successful in this role, you should have : Experience with Native application development Proficiency in one or more relevant programming languages (e.g. Swift/Objective-C, JavaScript) Ability to learn new technologies quickly and demonstrate a hands-on understanding Strong understanding of design patterns, integration patterns/practice, Data modeling principles and best practices A good track record of project delivery for large cross-team projects Strong communication skills and the ability to connect with engineers, managers, PMs, customers Experience with Cloud Development Platforms, Mobile/Web development frameworks, and micro-service architecture Preferred Skills : Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithms Latest iOS SDK / XCode Swift 5 CI/CD Pipeline (GitHub Actions / Fastlane) Git (GitHub) Honeycomb Splunk Qualifications: Degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred or relevant experience 10+ years of software development experience 5+ years as a mobile developer Important Factors: Work must be performed in the U.S. Hybrid model of work; Tuesday-Thursday in office Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position Special Factors Sponsorship Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position. About Vanguard At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission. To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion Vanguard's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is central to our ability to deliver on our mission. We aspire to create a work environment that is inclusive, equitable, and diverse-one that enables our employees, whom we call crew, to thrive and bring their best selves to work every day on behalf of our clients. Cultivating DEI lifts our entire organization, and everyone shares accountability for our progress-from our senior leaders who lay the foundation and set the example for inclusive behaviors to crew who are growing in their personal DEI learning experiences. Together, we're on a mission. We are fueled by the value of diverse voices and connected through friendships and a culture of care-for our clients, our communities, and each other. Vanguard's DEI journey has no finish line. Our commitment is enduring, and we remain focused on the path ahead. To learn more about Vanguard goals and progress toward DEI, download our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report . How We Work Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
Are you a passionate Android Lead? Do you want to work on a state-of-the-art application with modern design, architecture and tools in a truly agile environment? Come join our growing, enthusiastic and talented Mobile development team! Vanguard is heavily investing and committing to build a world-class mobile experience for our clients, and we are hiring top talent to build our new iOS and Android native apps. You will be joining a fun, collaborative and inclusive cross-functional team where individuals strong on aptitude and attitude have an opportunity to grow their professional careers through working with some of the most advanced technology, development practices. Responsibilities: Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, and testable code. Able to effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand. Effective at laying out a technical vision for your product. Able to work with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to prioritize work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt. Participates in system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing mobile native applications. Translates stories into design & code. Develops well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests. Elevates code into the test, and production environments on schedule. Provides follow-up Production support. Submits change control requests and documents. Follows Agile software development methodology. To be successful in this role, you should have: Experience with Native application development Proficiency in one or more relevant programming languages (e.g. Kotlin / Java ) Ability to learn new technologies quickly and demonstrate a hands-on understanding Understanding of design patterns, integration patterns/practice, Data modeling principles and best practices A good track record of project delivery for large cross-team projects Strong communication skills and the ability to connect with engineers, managers, PMs, customers Preferred Skills: Experience with latest Android SDK / Android Studio Dagger RXJava Retrofit / OKHttp Jetpack Compose MVVM Git Coroutines Hilt Espresso Qualifications: Degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred or relevant experience 10+ years of software development experience 5+ years as a mobile developer Important Factors: Work must be performed in the U.S. Hybrid model of work; Tuesday-Thursday in office Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position Special Factors Sponsorship Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position. About Vanguard At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission. To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion Vanguard's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is central to our ability to deliver on our mission. We aspire to create a work environment that is inclusive, equitable, and diverse-one that enables our employees, whom we call crew, to thrive and bring their best selves to work every day on behalf of our clients. Cultivating DEI lifts our entire organization, and everyone shares accountability for our progress-from our senior leaders who lay the foundation and set the example for inclusive behaviors to crew who are growing in their personal DEI learning experiences. Together, we're on a mission. We are fueled by the value of diverse voices and connected through friendships and a culture of care-for our clients, our communities, and each other. Vanguard's DEI journey has no finish line. Our commitment is enduring, and we remain focused on the path ahead. To learn more about Vanguard goals and progress toward DEI, download our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report . How We Work Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
04/27/2025
Full time
Are you a passionate Android Lead? Do you want to work on a state-of-the-art application with modern design, architecture and tools in a truly agile environment? Come join our growing, enthusiastic and talented Mobile development team! Vanguard is heavily investing and committing to build a world-class mobile experience for our clients, and we are hiring top talent to build our new iOS and Android native apps. You will be joining a fun, collaborative and inclusive cross-functional team where individuals strong on aptitude and attitude have an opportunity to grow their professional careers through working with some of the most advanced technology, development practices. Responsibilities: Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, and testable code. Able to effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand. Effective at laying out a technical vision for your product. Able to work with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to prioritize work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt. Participates in system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing mobile native applications. Translates stories into design & code. Develops well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests. Elevates code into the test, and production environments on schedule. Provides follow-up Production support. Submits change control requests and documents. Follows Agile software development methodology. To be successful in this role, you should have: Experience with Native application development Proficiency in one or more relevant programming languages (e.g. Kotlin / Java ) Ability to learn new technologies quickly and demonstrate a hands-on understanding Understanding of design patterns, integration patterns/practice, Data modeling principles and best practices A good track record of project delivery for large cross-team projects Strong communication skills and the ability to connect with engineers, managers, PMs, customers Preferred Skills: Experience with latest Android SDK / Android Studio Dagger RXJava Retrofit / OKHttp Jetpack Compose MVVM Git Coroutines Hilt Espresso Qualifications: Degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred or relevant experience 10+ years of software development experience 5+ years as a mobile developer Important Factors: Work must be performed in the U.S. Hybrid model of work; Tuesday-Thursday in office Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position Special Factors Sponsorship Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position. About Vanguard At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission. To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion Vanguard's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is central to our ability to deliver on our mission. We aspire to create a work environment that is inclusive, equitable, and diverse-one that enables our employees, whom we call crew, to thrive and bring their best selves to work every day on behalf of our clients. Cultivating DEI lifts our entire organization, and everyone shares accountability for our progress-from our senior leaders who lay the foundation and set the example for inclusive behaviors to crew who are growing in their personal DEI learning experiences. Together, we're on a mission. We are fueled by the value of diverse voices and connected through friendships and a culture of care-for our clients, our communities, and each other. Vanguard's DEI journey has no finish line. Our commitment is enduring, and we remain focused on the path ahead. To learn more about Vanguard goals and progress toward DEI, download our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report . How We Work Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
Are you a passionate Android Engineer? Do you want to work on a state-of-the-art application with modern design, architecture and tools in a truly agile environment? Come join our growing, enthusiastic and talented Mobile development team! Vanguard is heavily investing and committing to build a world-class mobile experience for our clients, and we are hiring top talent to build our new iOS and Android native apps. You will be joining a fun, collaborative and inclusive cross-functional team where individuals strong on aptitude and attitude have an opportunity to grow their professional careers through working with some of the most advanced technology, development practices. Responsibilities: Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, and testable code. Able to effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand. Able to work with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to prioritize work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt. Participates in system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing mobile native applications. Translates stories into design & code. Develops well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests. Elevates code into the test, and production environments on schedule. Provides follow-up Production support. Submits change control requests and documents. Follows Agile software development methodology. To be successful in this role, you should have : Experience with Native application development Proficiency in one or more relevant programming languages (e.g. Kotlin / Java ) Ability to learn new technologies quickly and demonstrate a hands-on understanding Understanding of design patterns, integration patterns/practice, Data modeling principles and best practices A good track record of project delivery for large cross-team projects Strong communication skills and the ability to connect with engineers, managers, PMs, customers Preferred Skills : Experience with latest Android SDK / Android Studio Dagger RXJava Retrofit / OKHttp Jetpack Compose MVVM Git Coroutines Hilt Espresso Qualifications: Degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred or relevant experience 5+ years of software development experience 3+ years as a mobile developer Important Factors: Work must be performed in the U.S. Hybrid model of work; Tuesday-Thursday in office Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position Special Factors Sponsorship Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position. About Vanguard At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission. To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best. How We Work Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
04/27/2025
Full time
Are you a passionate Android Engineer? Do you want to work on a state-of-the-art application with modern design, architecture and tools in a truly agile environment? Come join our growing, enthusiastic and talented Mobile development team! Vanguard is heavily investing and committing to build a world-class mobile experience for our clients, and we are hiring top talent to build our new iOS and Android native apps. You will be joining a fun, collaborative and inclusive cross-functional team where individuals strong on aptitude and attitude have an opportunity to grow their professional careers through working with some of the most advanced technology, development practices. Responsibilities: Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, and testable code. Able to effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand. Able to work with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to prioritize work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt. Participates in system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing mobile native applications. Translates stories into design & code. Develops well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests. Elevates code into the test, and production environments on schedule. Provides follow-up Production support. Submits change control requests and documents. Follows Agile software development methodology. To be successful in this role, you should have : Experience with Native application development Proficiency in one or more relevant programming languages (e.g. Kotlin / Java ) Ability to learn new technologies quickly and demonstrate a hands-on understanding Understanding of design patterns, integration patterns/practice, Data modeling principles and best practices A good track record of project delivery for large cross-team projects Strong communication skills and the ability to connect with engineers, managers, PMs, customers Preferred Skills : Experience with latest Android SDK / Android Studio Dagger RXJava Retrofit / OKHttp Jetpack Compose MVVM Git Coroutines Hilt Espresso Qualifications: Degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred or relevant experience 5+ years of software development experience 3+ years as a mobile developer Important Factors: Work must be performed in the U.S. Hybrid model of work; Tuesday-Thursday in office Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position Special Factors Sponsorship Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position. About Vanguard At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission. To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best. How We Work Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
Summary Build the tools and experiences that empower our advisors and help our clients achieve those dreams. Work with a talented team of engineers, designers, data scientists and financial experts to define product vision, strategy and deliver experiences to enable clients to achieve financial security. Primary Duties & Responsibilities Product Vision & Strategy: Develop and implement the product vision and strategy for data schemas and interfaces in Aurora Postgres. Backlog Management: Create, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog to ensure the team is working on the most impactful items. Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with stakeholders, including application teams, to gather requirements, understand needs, and ensure alignment on objectives. Data Design: Conceptualize and contribute with data team on financial planning data (Entity relationship Diagram) to be structured in the database to support application features, ensuring data is organized for optimal user experience and functionality. Knowledge of how to manage the Client lifecycle within the application and datastore. Data Schema Implementation: Participate in the implementation of data schemas in Aurora Postgres, ensuring they meet business requirements and industry standards. Data Flow Determination: Analyze and design data flows to ensure efficient data movement and integration across systems. Data Security: Awareness of data governance and compliance regulations specific to the financial planning sector. Understanding of the key principles of data security as they relate to user trust and regulatory compliance, data retention & privacy. Enabling the team to advocate for necessary security measures in product development. Interface Exposure: Define and expose interfaces for application teams to consume data, ensuring they are user-friendly and meet security standards. Documentation: Ensure comprehensive documentation of data schemas, data flows, and interfaces to support ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting. Quality Assurance: Collaborate with QA teams to ensure the accuracy and quality of data schemas and interfaces. Performance: Work with the team to establish KPIs and success metrics for the product deliverables. Ensure that the team collects relevant data to measure performance. Continuous Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve the product management processes and practices within the team. Qualifications Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Master's degree preferred. Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in product management, with a focus on data schemas, data flows, and interfaces. Technical Skills: Strong understanding of relational databases, specifically Aurora Postgres. Experience with data modeling, schema design, and SQL. Basic understanding of Data Integration Patterns and Tooling including ELT/ETL, EII, Replication, Event Streaming, and Virtualization to support batch and real-time data needs. Knowledge of API design and development. Agile Methodology: Proven experience working in a Scrum/Agile environment. Familiar with principles of product development flow. Product owner certification preferred. Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Leadership: Ability to lead and inspire a cross-functional team. Compensation Range: Pay Range - Start: $102,060.00 Pay Range - End: $189,540.00 Geographic Specific Pay Structure: 210 - Structure 110: 112,280.00 USD - 208,520.00 USD 210 - Structure 115: 117,390.00 USD - 218,010.00 USD We believe in fairness and transparency. It's why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. The standard pay structure is listed but if you're living in California, New York City or other eligible location, geographic specific pay structures, compensation and benefits could be applicable, click here to learn more. Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do. Get started now! Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives. FIND YOUR FUTURE We're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging. Flexible work schedules Concierge service Comprehensive benefits Employee resource groups PandoLogic. Category:Marketing & Biz Dev,
04/25/2025
Full time
Summary Build the tools and experiences that empower our advisors and help our clients achieve those dreams. Work with a talented team of engineers, designers, data scientists and financial experts to define product vision, strategy and deliver experiences to enable clients to achieve financial security. Primary Duties & Responsibilities Product Vision & Strategy: Develop and implement the product vision and strategy for data schemas and interfaces in Aurora Postgres. Backlog Management: Create, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog to ensure the team is working on the most impactful items. Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with stakeholders, including application teams, to gather requirements, understand needs, and ensure alignment on objectives. Data Design: Conceptualize and contribute with data team on financial planning data (Entity relationship Diagram) to be structured in the database to support application features, ensuring data is organized for optimal user experience and functionality. Knowledge of how to manage the Client lifecycle within the application and datastore. Data Schema Implementation: Participate in the implementation of data schemas in Aurora Postgres, ensuring they meet business requirements and industry standards. Data Flow Determination: Analyze and design data flows to ensure efficient data movement and integration across systems. Data Security: Awareness of data governance and compliance regulations specific to the financial planning sector. Understanding of the key principles of data security as they relate to user trust and regulatory compliance, data retention & privacy. Enabling the team to advocate for necessary security measures in product development. Interface Exposure: Define and expose interfaces for application teams to consume data, ensuring they are user-friendly and meet security standards. Documentation: Ensure comprehensive documentation of data schemas, data flows, and interfaces to support ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting. Quality Assurance: Collaborate with QA teams to ensure the accuracy and quality of data schemas and interfaces. Performance: Work with the team to establish KPIs and success metrics for the product deliverables. Ensure that the team collects relevant data to measure performance. Continuous Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve the product management processes and practices within the team. Qualifications Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Master's degree preferred. Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in product management, with a focus on data schemas, data flows, and interfaces. Technical Skills: Strong understanding of relational databases, specifically Aurora Postgres. Experience with data modeling, schema design, and SQL. Basic understanding of Data Integration Patterns and Tooling including ELT/ETL, EII, Replication, Event Streaming, and Virtualization to support batch and real-time data needs. Knowledge of API design and development. Agile Methodology: Proven experience working in a Scrum/Agile environment. Familiar with principles of product development flow. Product owner certification preferred. Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Leadership: Ability to lead and inspire a cross-functional team. Compensation Range: Pay Range - Start: $102,060.00 Pay Range - End: $189,540.00 Geographic Specific Pay Structure: 210 - Structure 110: 112,280.00 USD - 208,520.00 USD 210 - Structure 115: 117,390.00 USD - 218,010.00 USD We believe in fairness and transparency. It's why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. The standard pay structure is listed but if you're living in California, New York City or other eligible location, geographic specific pay structures, compensation and benefits could be applicable, click here to learn more. Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do. Get started now! Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives. FIND YOUR FUTURE We're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging. Flexible work schedules Concierge service Comprehensive benefits Employee resource groups PandoLogic. Category:Marketing & Biz Dev,
Job Description: The Software Engineer at Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Milwaukee, WI will create and support software applications for corporate and field users. Apply engineering best practices to analyze and develop software solutions. Develop software using established development and continuous integration practices. Collaborate with teams to design, develop, and deploy software changes to various team-supported applications. Utilize established monitoring and automation processes. Conduct thorough code evaluation to ensure compliance with established coding standards and best practices. Build front-end and back-end applications (microservice and database). Follow Agile scum software development lifecycle with daily scrum, planning, and Sprint retro sessions. Participate in bi-weekly refinement meetings. Utilize development skills including REACT, NodeJS, Java, Terraform, and Postgres SQL. Use software tools such as GitLab, Postman, DBeaver, and Kube Config Manager. Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues that may arise during development and deployment of software projects. Provide recommendations to increase efficiency to current established development and continuous integration practices. Utilize monitoring tools including Dynatrace and Kibana (ELK) and database tools including DBeaver. Design, build, and maintain batch jobs. Build scalable projects from ground up. Develop automation testing using Jest snapshot test and Junit. Collaborate in design discussions with cross functional teams on RestfulAPI backend service and database. Work on providing B2B engineering solutions to integrate external applications into internal applications. Prioritize initiatives and ensure solutions are met based on business needs and requirements. Lead projects or project steps within larger project. Telecommuting permitted. Salary $109,779- $189,540 per year. Minimum Requirements: Master's degree in Computer Science or related field plus 1 year (or a bachelor's degree plus 5 years) of experience as a software engineer or related occupation. Experience must include 1 year with each of the following: (1) continuous integration and deployment concepts and tools including SonarQube and Git; (2) Java, JavaScript, and Python; (3) AWS; (4) PostgreSQL; (5) Jira; (6) database tools including DBeaver; (7) supporting applications and identifying required process improvements and automations; and (8) writing SQL queries, building data extraction processes, and creating APIs to perform data analysis, data integrations, and reporting. Interested candidates send resume to . Reference code 421 in the subject line. We believe in fairness and transparency. It's why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. If noted, this is standard pay structure for this position. Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do. Get started now! Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives. If you work or would be working in California, Colorado, New York City, Washington or outside of a Corporate location, please click here for additional information pertaining to compensation and benefits. FIND YOUR FUTURE We're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging. Flexible work schedules Concierge service Comprehensive benefits Employee resource groups PandoLogic. Category:Technology,
04/24/2025
Full time
Job Description: The Software Engineer at Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Milwaukee, WI will create and support software applications for corporate and field users. Apply engineering best practices to analyze and develop software solutions. Develop software using established development and continuous integration practices. Collaborate with teams to design, develop, and deploy software changes to various team-supported applications. Utilize established monitoring and automation processes. Conduct thorough code evaluation to ensure compliance with established coding standards and best practices. Build front-end and back-end applications (microservice and database). Follow Agile scum software development lifecycle with daily scrum, planning, and Sprint retro sessions. Participate in bi-weekly refinement meetings. Utilize development skills including REACT, NodeJS, Java, Terraform, and Postgres SQL. Use software tools such as GitLab, Postman, DBeaver, and Kube Config Manager. Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues that may arise during development and deployment of software projects. Provide recommendations to increase efficiency to current established development and continuous integration practices. Utilize monitoring tools including Dynatrace and Kibana (ELK) and database tools including DBeaver. Design, build, and maintain batch jobs. Build scalable projects from ground up. Develop automation testing using Jest snapshot test and Junit. Collaborate in design discussions with cross functional teams on RestfulAPI backend service and database. Work on providing B2B engineering solutions to integrate external applications into internal applications. Prioritize initiatives and ensure solutions are met based on business needs and requirements. Lead projects or project steps within larger project. Telecommuting permitted. Salary $109,779- $189,540 per year. Minimum Requirements: Master's degree in Computer Science or related field plus 1 year (or a bachelor's degree plus 5 years) of experience as a software engineer or related occupation. Experience must include 1 year with each of the following: (1) continuous integration and deployment concepts and tools including SonarQube and Git; (2) Java, JavaScript, and Python; (3) AWS; (4) PostgreSQL; (5) Jira; (6) database tools including DBeaver; (7) supporting applications and identifying required process improvements and automations; and (8) writing SQL queries, building data extraction processes, and creating APIs to perform data analysis, data integrations, and reporting. Interested candidates send resume to . Reference code 421 in the subject line. We believe in fairness and transparency. It's why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. If noted, this is standard pay structure for this position. Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do. Get started now! Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives. If you work or would be working in California, Colorado, New York City, Washington or outside of a Corporate location, please click here for additional information pertaining to compensation and benefits. FIND YOUR FUTURE We're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging. Flexible work schedules Concierge service Comprehensive benefits Employee resource groups PandoLogic. Category:Technology,
Purpose of Job We are seeking a talented Director of Money Management. This position is mapped Hybrid, so you should live within commuting distance of any of the USAA offices in: Charlotte, NC, San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, Tampa, FL, Colorado Springs, CO, or Phoenix, AZ office. The Director of Money Management will lead a team responsible for maintaining and enhancing the Bank's capabilities with respect to how members view, understand and grow their money. The team will have direct accountability for the Bank's personal financial management (PFM) capabilities, financial wellness insights, savings tools, and Deposit statements. This director will partner closely across Deposits, Payments, Digital, Data, and IT partners to build and deliver a money management roadmap that further differentiates USAA and provides industry-leading value to the membership. The director will also evaluate third party partnerships and corporate development opportunities to expedite USAA's money management roadmap. Performing the role of a Bank Agile Product Manager, the director will lead a team who is responsible for delivering solutions for product(s) using Agile methodologies that will enable the business to achieve business results and customer value. Partners with and engages senior leaders/stakeholders to ensure product being delivered is aligning to the Bank's objectives and the overall business strategy. Applies strong business and/or technical acumen to enable the team(s) within the Bank to achieve their goals. Makes funding allocation decisions to drive end-user value. Ensures all work is completed within all regulatory and compliance policies and processes. Job Requirements About USAA USAA knows what it means to serve. We facilitate the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. This singular mission requires a dedication to innovative thinking at every level. We embrace a robust veteran workforce and encourage veterans and veteran spouses to apply. Tasks: Leads an agile team(s) assigned to developing solutions for implementing the Bank's business objectives aligned to the department and company strategy. Responsible for creating and implementing policies and processes for delivering agile methodologies that will meet business results and are aligned to strategic business objectives and required outcomes. Accountable for Team-of-Teams level Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), as well as team-level OKRs; empowers teams within the Bank to deliver business outcomes against their OKRs. Manages project assignments and prioritization of work for Agile teams. Oversees deliverables to ensure they are progressing in a timely manner and are aligned to objectives. Makes data driven decisions as needed related to funding and resource allocation. Leads positive team dynamics, encourages collaboration and drives achievement of goals and OKRs. Ensure assigned Bank projects are completed within financial regulatory and compliance policies and that risk issues identified are mitigated as required. Applies expert knowledge and removes escalated impediments to the team's success and assists in conflict resolution, issue and dependency management. Coordinates, coaches, supports and guide leaders and teams in Agile principles, values and practices. Maintains stakeholders informed of project status to include Senior Leaders. Builds consensus with alliances across the organization. Assesses, utilizes, and partners with external resources and partners to meet agreed upon expectations. Shares information about the portfolio's output and direction with other Team of Team Leads and stakeholders to ensure alignment across the organization. Builds and oversees a team dedicated to excellence through recruiting, developing, retaining, coaching, guiding, performance management and managerial activities. Has full management responsibility for some members of the Agile team, e.g., Product Owner from their own business area, including responsibilities for hiring, firing, development and providing input on compensation decisions. Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree. Minimum Requirements: 8 years' experience in product development, process improvement, project delivery, or business/requirements analysis experience within a financial services organization. 3 years of direct team leadership experience or leading large matrixed, cross-functional teams. Experience in marketing, strategy, digital, process, or user experience design within a financial organization. Agile Scrum best practices and experienced being a product owner for a scrum team Knowledge and experience of multiple technical software delivery methodologies such as Agile, and SAFe. Experience analyzing business requirements, process flows and use cases to identify opportunities to streamline business processes in accordance with risk management framework and regulatory requirements. Knowledge and demonstrated use of Process Engineering methodologies. Experience in analyzing business requirements to drive decisions and streamline business processes in accordance with risk management framework and regulatory requirements. Comprehensive experience in applicable banking regulatory and compliance policies. Preferred: Master's degree, or MBA preferred 5+ years' experience with personal financial management, financial wellness, or money management tools 5+ years' relevant Deposits or Payments experience with growing levels of responsibility developing strategy, experiential products, and leading teams, using data driven tools to optimize member experience and P&L performance Significant experience with digital banking systems/platforms and FinTech partnerships Experience driving modern technology stacks (e.g., APIs, Micro Services, Cloud). Demonstrated experience visioning strategy for short to medium term product roadmaps as well as building, running, and delivering the resulting plans to market. Experience with Human Centered Design approaches to build desirable, feasible, and sustainable experiences that meet customer needs and are financially viable. Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market position. The salary range for this position is: $135,200 to 243,500. Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance or at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors. Geographical Differential: Geographic pay differential is additional pay provided to eligible employees working in locations where market pay levels are above the national average. Shift premium will be addressed on an individual basis for applicable roles that are consistently scheduled for non-core hours. Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals. To see details on our outstanding benefits, visit USAA Total Rewards. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
09/07/2022
Full time
Purpose of Job We are seeking a talented Director of Money Management. This position is mapped Hybrid, so you should live within commuting distance of any of the USAA offices in: Charlotte, NC, San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, Tampa, FL, Colorado Springs, CO, or Phoenix, AZ office. The Director of Money Management will lead a team responsible for maintaining and enhancing the Bank's capabilities with respect to how members view, understand and grow their money. The team will have direct accountability for the Bank's personal financial management (PFM) capabilities, financial wellness insights, savings tools, and Deposit statements. This director will partner closely across Deposits, Payments, Digital, Data, and IT partners to build and deliver a money management roadmap that further differentiates USAA and provides industry-leading value to the membership. The director will also evaluate third party partnerships and corporate development opportunities to expedite USAA's money management roadmap. Performing the role of a Bank Agile Product Manager, the director will lead a team who is responsible for delivering solutions for product(s) using Agile methodologies that will enable the business to achieve business results and customer value. Partners with and engages senior leaders/stakeholders to ensure product being delivered is aligning to the Bank's objectives and the overall business strategy. Applies strong business and/or technical acumen to enable the team(s) within the Bank to achieve their goals. Makes funding allocation decisions to drive end-user value. Ensures all work is completed within all regulatory and compliance policies and processes. Job Requirements About USAA USAA knows what it means to serve. We facilitate the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. This singular mission requires a dedication to innovative thinking at every level. We embrace a robust veteran workforce and encourage veterans and veteran spouses to apply. Tasks: Leads an agile team(s) assigned to developing solutions for implementing the Bank's business objectives aligned to the department and company strategy. Responsible for creating and implementing policies and processes for delivering agile methodologies that will meet business results and are aligned to strategic business objectives and required outcomes. Accountable for Team-of-Teams level Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), as well as team-level OKRs; empowers teams within the Bank to deliver business outcomes against their OKRs. Manages project assignments and prioritization of work for Agile teams. Oversees deliverables to ensure they are progressing in a timely manner and are aligned to objectives. Makes data driven decisions as needed related to funding and resource allocation. Leads positive team dynamics, encourages collaboration and drives achievement of goals and OKRs. Ensure assigned Bank projects are completed within financial regulatory and compliance policies and that risk issues identified are mitigated as required. Applies expert knowledge and removes escalated impediments to the team's success and assists in conflict resolution, issue and dependency management. Coordinates, coaches, supports and guide leaders and teams in Agile principles, values and practices. Maintains stakeholders informed of project status to include Senior Leaders. Builds consensus with alliances across the organization. Assesses, utilizes, and partners with external resources and partners to meet agreed upon expectations. Shares information about the portfolio's output and direction with other Team of Team Leads and stakeholders to ensure alignment across the organization. Builds and oversees a team dedicated to excellence through recruiting, developing, retaining, coaching, guiding, performance management and managerial activities. Has full management responsibility for some members of the Agile team, e.g., Product Owner from their own business area, including responsibilities for hiring, firing, development and providing input on compensation decisions. Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree. Minimum Requirements: 8 years' experience in product development, process improvement, project delivery, or business/requirements analysis experience within a financial services organization. 3 years of direct team leadership experience or leading large matrixed, cross-functional teams. Experience in marketing, strategy, digital, process, or user experience design within a financial organization. Agile Scrum best practices and experienced being a product owner for a scrum team Knowledge and experience of multiple technical software delivery methodologies such as Agile, and SAFe. Experience analyzing business requirements, process flows and use cases to identify opportunities to streamline business processes in accordance with risk management framework and regulatory requirements. Knowledge and demonstrated use of Process Engineering methodologies. Experience in analyzing business requirements to drive decisions and streamline business processes in accordance with risk management framework and regulatory requirements. Comprehensive experience in applicable banking regulatory and compliance policies. Preferred: Master's degree, or MBA preferred 5+ years' experience with personal financial management, financial wellness, or money management tools 5+ years' relevant Deposits or Payments experience with growing levels of responsibility developing strategy, experiential products, and leading teams, using data driven tools to optimize member experience and P&L performance Significant experience with digital banking systems/platforms and FinTech partnerships Experience driving modern technology stacks (e.g., APIs, Micro Services, Cloud). Demonstrated experience visioning strategy for short to medium term product roadmaps as well as building, running, and delivering the resulting plans to market. Experience with Human Centered Design approaches to build desirable, feasible, and sustainable experiences that meet customer needs and are financially viable. Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market position. The salary range for this position is: $135,200 to 243,500. Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance or at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors. Geographical Differential: Geographic pay differential is additional pay provided to eligible employees working in locations where market pay levels are above the national average. Shift premium will be addressed on an individual basis for applicable roles that are consistently scheduled for non-core hours. Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals. To see details on our outstanding benefits, visit USAA Total Rewards. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
NPAworldwide Recruitment Network
Parsippany, New Jersey
Job description: The Senior Business Analyst is an integral member of the Digital Transformation Team. Working in partnership with Business and Technology Teams, the Senior Business Analyst is responsible for understanding business and customer needs and shaping digital solutions to meet those needs. As a key member of the Digital Transformation Team, the Senior Business Analyst will be responsible for understanding and documenting current state processes and pain points; partnering with the business to define future state processes and experiences; writing relevant user stories and acceptance criteria; and partnering across the organization to deliver digital solutions. Overall, the Senior Business Analyst will help us build new ways to do business with our customers. Our Client is transforming the way it does business. They are implementing leading customer relationship management, marketing, service and sales technologies. Come join us on this exciting journey! Key Responsibilities Lead requirement elicitation and JAD sessions to gather, document and align on business requirements with business and IT partners. Evaluate business processes to interpret requirements and uncover opportunities for improvement. Document detailed current and future state process flow diagrams. Create user interface designs and wireframes to mimic actual user experience on a digital platform. Ensure design and technical solutions meet business/product needs and requirements. Hands on experience gathering requirements for web applications, external customer facing portals and overall user experience design. Experience working with UX designers in prototyping and usability testing. Prepare requirement level estimates, work break down structure and requirement management plan for waterfall projects. Document and own business requirements (BRD), non-functional requirements and use cases. Document user stories, detailed acceptance criteria, definition of done for Agile projects. Work with developers to successfully implement design into products. Experience working with Managed Services Providers in an onshore-offshore model. Understand and analyze data to gather/extract requirements. Work closely with QA testers to ensure successful planning of test strategy and test case execution. Provide SME support and clarify requirement related queries to development and QA teams. Triage and analyze QA and UAT issues/defects. Collaborate with project manager/scrum master throughout the project lifecycle to ensure successful delivery. Partner with business stakeholders to define and document business cases for new initiatives. Manage competing priorities. Serve as a liaison between stakeholders and users. Perform any other related duties as required or assigned. Qualifications: Bachelors degree in business or related field Minimum of 6-8 years of hands on experience in Business Analysis. Minimum of 2 years experience in writing user experience requirements and driving/facilitating design sprints. Extensive experience in IT. Hands on experience as a BA for external customer facing applications. Hands on experience in Digital Transformation projects. Hands on experience in Agile and Waterfall projects. Familiarity in project delivery lifecycle (PDLC) practices. Strong knowledge of full SDLC and SLC. Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills. The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Creative and analytical problem solver. Proficiency in creating detailed BA artifacts and giving presentations. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio. Proficiency in UX design and wireframing tools. Experience using Agile development tools such as ServiceNow and/or JIRA. Proven track record of following through on commitments. Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills. Proven ability to lead and support successful projects. Professional demeanor and ability to interact comfortably with all levels of staff, vendors and third parties. Experience in cross-organizational collaboration and integration. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 8+ years of experience in Business Analysis. Masters degree in business or related field. Experience as a BA for E-Commerce applications, mobile banking applications and/or online account opening platforms. Retail and Commercial banking (Deposits and Loans) domain experience. Experience on any Fiserv core banking applications. Why is This a Great Opportunity: Rapidly growing, rock solid Financial institution with tremendous career growth opportunity. Not to mention that the staff and management teams are some of the nicest most professional folks we've come across in a long time! PLEASE NOTE!!! The client would like to have you come into the office several days a month type arrangement Salary Type : Annual Salary Salary Min : 110000 Salary Max : 125000 Currency Type : US Dollars
09/07/2022
Full time
Job description: The Senior Business Analyst is an integral member of the Digital Transformation Team. Working in partnership with Business and Technology Teams, the Senior Business Analyst is responsible for understanding business and customer needs and shaping digital solutions to meet those needs. As a key member of the Digital Transformation Team, the Senior Business Analyst will be responsible for understanding and documenting current state processes and pain points; partnering with the business to define future state processes and experiences; writing relevant user stories and acceptance criteria; and partnering across the organization to deliver digital solutions. Overall, the Senior Business Analyst will help us build new ways to do business with our customers. Our Client is transforming the way it does business. They are implementing leading customer relationship management, marketing, service and sales technologies. Come join us on this exciting journey! Key Responsibilities Lead requirement elicitation and JAD sessions to gather, document and align on business requirements with business and IT partners. Evaluate business processes to interpret requirements and uncover opportunities for improvement. Document detailed current and future state process flow diagrams. Create user interface designs and wireframes to mimic actual user experience on a digital platform. Ensure design and technical solutions meet business/product needs and requirements. Hands on experience gathering requirements for web applications, external customer facing portals and overall user experience design. Experience working with UX designers in prototyping and usability testing. Prepare requirement level estimates, work break down structure and requirement management plan for waterfall projects. Document and own business requirements (BRD), non-functional requirements and use cases. Document user stories, detailed acceptance criteria, definition of done for Agile projects. Work with developers to successfully implement design into products. Experience working with Managed Services Providers in an onshore-offshore model. Understand and analyze data to gather/extract requirements. Work closely with QA testers to ensure successful planning of test strategy and test case execution. Provide SME support and clarify requirement related queries to development and QA teams. Triage and analyze QA and UAT issues/defects. Collaborate with project manager/scrum master throughout the project lifecycle to ensure successful delivery. Partner with business stakeholders to define and document business cases for new initiatives. Manage competing priorities. Serve as a liaison between stakeholders and users. Perform any other related duties as required or assigned. Qualifications: Bachelors degree in business or related field Minimum of 6-8 years of hands on experience in Business Analysis. Minimum of 2 years experience in writing user experience requirements and driving/facilitating design sprints. Extensive experience in IT. Hands on experience as a BA for external customer facing applications. Hands on experience in Digital Transformation projects. Hands on experience in Agile and Waterfall projects. Familiarity in project delivery lifecycle (PDLC) practices. Strong knowledge of full SDLC and SLC. Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills. The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Creative and analytical problem solver. Proficiency in creating detailed BA artifacts and giving presentations. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio. Proficiency in UX design and wireframing tools. Experience using Agile development tools such as ServiceNow and/or JIRA. Proven track record of following through on commitments. Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills. Proven ability to lead and support successful projects. Professional demeanor and ability to interact comfortably with all levels of staff, vendors and third parties. Experience in cross-organizational collaboration and integration. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 8+ years of experience in Business Analysis. Masters degree in business or related field. Experience as a BA for E-Commerce applications, mobile banking applications and/or online account opening platforms. Retail and Commercial banking (Deposits and Loans) domain experience. Experience on any Fiserv core banking applications. Why is This a Great Opportunity: Rapidly growing, rock solid Financial institution with tremendous career growth opportunity. Not to mention that the staff and management teams are some of the nicest most professional folks we've come across in a long time! PLEASE NOTE!!! The client would like to have you come into the office several days a month type arrangement Salary Type : Annual Salary Salary Min : 110000 Salary Max : 125000 Currency Type : US Dollars
Company Description: At Fannie Mae, futures are made. The inspiring work we do makes an affordable home a reality and a difference in the lives of Americans. Every day offers compelling opportunities to modernize the nation's housing finance system while being part of an inclusive team using new, emerging technologies. Here, you will help lead our industry forward, enhance your technical expertise, and make your career. Job Description: In this compelling leadership position, you will scale up and mature a team of Site Reliability Engineers (SREs). You will be responsible for building and executing a vision to implement best practices and best-of-breed tooling for monitoring, deployments, and automated remediation's that development teams will rely on to build and run highly available, resilient services in the cloud. You will be tasked with evangelizing and socializing the Site Reliability Engineering discipline across the enterprise, serve as a change agent for driving service prioritization and help promote a culture of continuous improvement measured by operational metrics and KPIs. You will apply your expertise in software and systems engineering to ensure that our mission critical systems meet the appropriate performance needs of our users. In this role, you will be expected to strategize portfolio / program reliability by working with cross-functional IT organizations and build roadmaps to drive reliability into the product, enable the enterprise to standardize and adopt application reliability metrics and improve application health. THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKEThe Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Director role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:* Collaborate with key stakeholders across Engineering, Architecture and InfoSec teams on initiatives and capabilities related to the operational health, security, growth, usability, and design of our applications.* Set strategy and develop roadmap for team aimed towards reducing the operational overhead of keeping Fannie Mae applications healthy, secure, and available for our customers.* Collaborate across domains to drive ownership of production systems, enable faster decision making and transparent observability into system health.* Drive service reliability by developing tooling that enables metric visibility using SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs.* Advocate for and drive the implementation of reliable design patterns.* Promote simplicity in solving complex problems across our technology footprint.* Lead and focus teams on root cause analysis, pattern identification and continuous improvement in order to optimize application performance, resiliency and reliability.Qualifications: Required Experience:* 8-10+ years of relevant professional experience* Experience setting strategic vision for an enterprise wide practice or capability, communicating and selling the vision to leadership, stakeholders and the team* Exemplary leadership and communication abilities (both verbal and written) are a must; this role will partner closely with business and technology executives in a highly matrixed structure* Influencing skills to include negotiation, persuasion of others, meeting facilitation, and conflict resolution;* Experience as a leader managing other leaders/managers* Experience with hands on top level systems reliability engineering and providing senior level technical direction on enterprise level projects.* Experience collaborating cross-functionally on availability / performance issues in order to identify root-cause, determine areas for improvement, and drive those actions to closure through effective solutions;* Collective capabilities for leadership, including leading teams, giving feedback, facilitating meetings, coaching & mentoring, promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing.* experience managing teams* Adept at managing project plans, resources, and people to ensure successful project completion in a Agile / Scrum environment* Demonstrated experience leading engineering and operational teams responsible for supporting and deploying Enterprise scale cloud services and products* Proven track record of improving reliability, availability, incident management and performance of cloud services* Proven experience managing software development lifecycle platforms and tools and/or designing, building, servicing, and driving ongoing improvement of service infrastructure systems* Experience in activities like architecture reviews, code reviews, creating platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, etc.* Experience designing and developing highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability, and high availability;* Strong understanding and knowledge of Java / J2EE technologies and frameworks including UI / JavaScript frameworks, Spring Boot / Spring Cloud Frameworks, REST, Microservices, server-side frameworks; * Understanding of containerization concepts including Docker & Kubernetes.* Understanding of Continuous Delivery and Integration frameworks including deployment automation and configuration management components and familiarity with DevOps / CICD tools like Jenkins, Jules etc.* Familiarity with process automation practices and tools such as Blue Prism, Selenium, Ansible playbooks and Python or PowerShell scripting* Deep understanding of and experience in implementing resiliency design patterns frameworks and validations.* Experience in implementing Chaos Engineering concepts and familiarity with tools such Gremlin and Chaos Monkey* Experience defining, measuring, and improving Reliability Metrics (SLO/SLI), Observability (Monitoring, Logging-Tracing solutions), Operations Processes (Incident, Problem Management), and Operations Toil Reduction through Automation;* Experience driving the development of dashboards from application and infrastructure health perspectives using tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog, SignalFx etc. to provide a single pane view of all critical business and operational information to relevant stakeholders;Desired Experience:* Bachelor degree or equivalent; Master degree preferred* Candidates located in or around the Reston, VA or Plano, TX preferred* Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, Splunk Certified Developer, Dynatrace, Sun Certified Java Programmer, etc.Additional Information: Job REF ID: REF5873AThe future is what you make it to be. Discover compelling opportunities at Fanniemae.com/careers.Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer, which means we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, personal appearance, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the application process, email us at .
02/26/2022
Full time
Company Description: At Fannie Mae, futures are made. The inspiring work we do makes an affordable home a reality and a difference in the lives of Americans. Every day offers compelling opportunities to modernize the nation's housing finance system while being part of an inclusive team using new, emerging technologies. Here, you will help lead our industry forward, enhance your technical expertise, and make your career. Job Description: In this compelling leadership position, you will scale up and mature a team of Site Reliability Engineers (SREs). You will be responsible for building and executing a vision to implement best practices and best-of-breed tooling for monitoring, deployments, and automated remediation's that development teams will rely on to build and run highly available, resilient services in the cloud. You will be tasked with evangelizing and socializing the Site Reliability Engineering discipline across the enterprise, serve as a change agent for driving service prioritization and help promote a culture of continuous improvement measured by operational metrics and KPIs. You will apply your expertise in software and systems engineering to ensure that our mission critical systems meet the appropriate performance needs of our users. In this role, you will be expected to strategize portfolio / program reliability by working with cross-functional IT organizations and build roadmaps to drive reliability into the product, enable the enterprise to standardize and adopt application reliability metrics and improve application health. THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKEThe Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Director role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:* Collaborate with key stakeholders across Engineering, Architecture and InfoSec teams on initiatives and capabilities related to the operational health, security, growth, usability, and design of our applications.* Set strategy and develop roadmap for team aimed towards reducing the operational overhead of keeping Fannie Mae applications healthy, secure, and available for our customers.* Collaborate across domains to drive ownership of production systems, enable faster decision making and transparent observability into system health.* Drive service reliability by developing tooling that enables metric visibility using SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs.* Advocate for and drive the implementation of reliable design patterns.* Promote simplicity in solving complex problems across our technology footprint.* Lead and focus teams on root cause analysis, pattern identification and continuous improvement in order to optimize application performance, resiliency and reliability.Qualifications: Required Experience:* 8-10+ years of relevant professional experience* Experience setting strategic vision for an enterprise wide practice or capability, communicating and selling the vision to leadership, stakeholders and the team* Exemplary leadership and communication abilities (both verbal and written) are a must; this role will partner closely with business and technology executives in a highly matrixed structure* Influencing skills to include negotiation, persuasion of others, meeting facilitation, and conflict resolution;* Experience as a leader managing other leaders/managers* Experience with hands on top level systems reliability engineering and providing senior level technical direction on enterprise level projects.* Experience collaborating cross-functionally on availability / performance issues in order to identify root-cause, determine areas for improvement, and drive those actions to closure through effective solutions;* Collective capabilities for leadership, including leading teams, giving feedback, facilitating meetings, coaching & mentoring, promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing.* experience managing teams* Adept at managing project plans, resources, and people to ensure successful project completion in a Agile / Scrum environment* Demonstrated experience leading engineering and operational teams responsible for supporting and deploying Enterprise scale cloud services and products* Proven track record of improving reliability, availability, incident management and performance of cloud services* Proven experience managing software development lifecycle platforms and tools and/or designing, building, servicing, and driving ongoing improvement of service infrastructure systems* Experience in activities like architecture reviews, code reviews, creating platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, etc.* Experience designing and developing highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability, and high availability;* Strong understanding and knowledge of Java / J2EE technologies and frameworks including UI / JavaScript frameworks, Spring Boot / Spring Cloud Frameworks, REST, Microservices, server-side frameworks; * Understanding of containerization concepts including Docker & Kubernetes.* Understanding of Continuous Delivery and Integration frameworks including deployment automation and configuration management components and familiarity with DevOps / CICD tools like Jenkins, Jules etc.* Familiarity with process automation practices and tools such as Blue Prism, Selenium, Ansible playbooks and Python or PowerShell scripting* Deep understanding of and experience in implementing resiliency design patterns frameworks and validations.* Experience in implementing Chaos Engineering concepts and familiarity with tools such Gremlin and Chaos Monkey* Experience defining, measuring, and improving Reliability Metrics (SLO/SLI), Observability (Monitoring, Logging-Tracing solutions), Operations Processes (Incident, Problem Management), and Operations Toil Reduction through Automation;* Experience driving the development of dashboards from application and infrastructure health perspectives using tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog, SignalFx etc. to provide a single pane view of all critical business and operational information to relevant stakeholders;Desired Experience:* Bachelor degree or equivalent; Master degree preferred* Candidates located in or around the Reston, VA or Plano, TX preferred* Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, Splunk Certified Developer, Dynatrace, Sun Certified Java Programmer, etc.Additional Information: Job REF ID: REF5873AThe future is what you make it to be. Discover compelling opportunities at Fanniemae.com/careers.Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer, which means we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, personal appearance, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the application process, email us at .
Company Description: At Fannie Mae, futures are made. The inspiring work we do makes an affordable home a reality and a difference in the lives of Americans. Every day offers compelling opportunities to impact the future of the housing industry while being part of an inclusive team thriving in an energizing, flexible environment. Here, you will help lead our industry forward and make your career. Job Description: In this compelling leadership position, you will be responsible for building a best-in-class online experience for customers, one that deepens engagement and generates sustained visit growth. You will define and lead a digital first strategy for users, driving the future online experience for core customer facing channels to better address the needs of homeowners, homebuyers, renters and housing partners. You will oversee a team to build, develop and design functionality for digital products and experiences, as well as manage the implementation and ongoing enhancement of existing digital products and experiences. This is a key leadership role within Fannie Mae's Marketing and Communications organization. THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKEThe Marketing and Communications - Digital Customer Experience and Product Management - Senior Director role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:* Oversee the design strategy for new digital products and experiences * Oversee and drive the implementation process for new digital products and experiences leveraging Agile methodology* Partner closely with technology, business teams and marketing to draft and maintain near and long-term digital product roadmap * Direct product improvement efforts* Provide strategic guidance on product lifecycle maintenance * Define and implement a digital product vision that is in alignment with business objectives* Act as the voice of the customer, with a deep understanding of customer journeys, user personas, pain points to constantly refine the digital experience, aligned with customer needs* Own the digital customer experience for all externally facing digital channels, including flagship website(s) and direct to consumer mobile appQualifications: THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAMMinimum Required Experiences * 8 years related experience* Bachelor's degree* Prior experience leading a product management function* Familiarity with Product Development practices including developing product roadmaps, translating design requirements, prototyping, etc. * Familiarity in working with Agile/Scrum technology teams* Experience in designing and developing consumer facing mobile apps and web experiences* 3-6 years of design related experience; strong understanding of design thinking and/or modern design principles* Prior people management experience with strong leadership skills* Strong verbal and written communication skills* Excellent analytical, evaluative and problem-solving skills* Proven relationship management and partnering skills including managing and engaging stakeholders, internal customers, etc.Desired Experiences * Master's degree preferred* Familiarity with UX/Site Design - content, wireframing, prototyping, testing, information architecture, workflows, usability* Experience and fluency with tools such as: Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator and similar design industry tools* Experience with accessibility and inclusive design* Ability to translate observed opportunities into immersive user experiences through prototyping tools, such as Invision / Figma* Experience defining and executing 'test and learn' process* Strong familiarity with design research methods* Positive team player attitude and ability to motivateAdditional Information: REF9718UIn response to COVID-19, Fannie Mae has adapted our workplace and hiring processes to better safeguard our employees, candidates, and new hires. We understand that this is an unprecedented situation and Fannie Mae is committed to creating protocols for these processes that are agile and conform with federal, state, and local health administration guidance. While the company's operating status for on-site work is currently voluntary, the majority of Fannie Mae's workforce is remote until further notice. We continue to conduct all interviews and onboarding virtually. In addition, all employees who wish to come on site must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and enter their vaccination information into a confidential HR system before arriving at the facility, unless they have an approved accommodation. Click here to go directly to information about accommodations.The future is what you make it to be. Discover compelling opportunities at careers.fanniemae.com.Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer, which means we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, personal appearance, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the application process, email us at .
02/26/2022
Full time
Company Description: At Fannie Mae, futures are made. The inspiring work we do makes an affordable home a reality and a difference in the lives of Americans. Every day offers compelling opportunities to impact the future of the housing industry while being part of an inclusive team thriving in an energizing, flexible environment. Here, you will help lead our industry forward and make your career. Job Description: In this compelling leadership position, you will be responsible for building a best-in-class online experience for customers, one that deepens engagement and generates sustained visit growth. You will define and lead a digital first strategy for users, driving the future online experience for core customer facing channels to better address the needs of homeowners, homebuyers, renters and housing partners. You will oversee a team to build, develop and design functionality for digital products and experiences, as well as manage the implementation and ongoing enhancement of existing digital products and experiences. This is a key leadership role within Fannie Mae's Marketing and Communications organization. THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKEThe Marketing and Communications - Digital Customer Experience and Product Management - Senior Director role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:* Oversee the design strategy for new digital products and experiences * Oversee and drive the implementation process for new digital products and experiences leveraging Agile methodology* Partner closely with technology, business teams and marketing to draft and maintain near and long-term digital product roadmap * Direct product improvement efforts* Provide strategic guidance on product lifecycle maintenance * Define and implement a digital product vision that is in alignment with business objectives* Act as the voice of the customer, with a deep understanding of customer journeys, user personas, pain points to constantly refine the digital experience, aligned with customer needs* Own the digital customer experience for all externally facing digital channels, including flagship website(s) and direct to consumer mobile appQualifications: THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAMMinimum Required Experiences * 8 years related experience* Bachelor's degree* Prior experience leading a product management function* Familiarity with Product Development practices including developing product roadmaps, translating design requirements, prototyping, etc. * Familiarity in working with Agile/Scrum technology teams* Experience in designing and developing consumer facing mobile apps and web experiences* 3-6 years of design related experience; strong understanding of design thinking and/or modern design principles* Prior people management experience with strong leadership skills* Strong verbal and written communication skills* Excellent analytical, evaluative and problem-solving skills* Proven relationship management and partnering skills including managing and engaging stakeholders, internal customers, etc.Desired Experiences * Master's degree preferred* Familiarity with UX/Site Design - content, wireframing, prototyping, testing, information architecture, workflows, usability* Experience and fluency with tools such as: Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator and similar design industry tools* Experience with accessibility and inclusive design* Ability to translate observed opportunities into immersive user experiences through prototyping tools, such as Invision / Figma* Experience defining and executing 'test and learn' process* Strong familiarity with design research methods* Positive team player attitude and ability to motivateAdditional Information: REF9718UIn response to COVID-19, Fannie Mae has adapted our workplace and hiring processes to better safeguard our employees, candidates, and new hires. We understand that this is an unprecedented situation and Fannie Mae is committed to creating protocols for these processes that are agile and conform with federal, state, and local health administration guidance. While the company's operating status for on-site work is currently voluntary, the majority of Fannie Mae's workforce is remote until further notice. We continue to conduct all interviews and onboarding virtually. In addition, all employees who wish to come on site must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and enter their vaccination information into a confidential HR system before arriving at the facility, unless they have an approved accommodation. Click here to go directly to information about accommodations.The future is what you make it to be. Discover compelling opportunities at careers.fanniemae.com.Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer, which means we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, personal appearance, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the application process, email us at .
What is Appian?It's a low-code application platform that lets business people build powerful enterprise web and mobile apps with flexible, visual models instead of clunky custom code. At Appian, we're not only about building awesome software, but also about growing our culture of passion, energy, and innovation; great people, great software! . Summary: Master of quality techniques and tools. Ensure high quality and timely delivery of Appian software to customers. Champion of understanding changes from the customer perspective and ensuring quality is an integral part of the team decision process. Strives to understand complex system interactions and dependencies that can cause quality issues and ensures engineers account for them in their design and testing. Analyzes mistakes and helps ensure they do not recur. First level line management role. Responsible for HR management of a small number of Quality Engineers. Aids in attracting, retaining and growing Quality Engineering staff. Responsibilities: : Line manager for up to three Quality Engineering personnel. Responsible for training, coaching, continuous performance feedback and career guidance. Continually test knowledge of area of responsibility and escalate needs, challenges, status, successes, etc. of reporting employees. Involved in QE recruiting process. Provide valuable requirements analysis feedback, ensuring they provide effective input into Engineering activities. Work with other scrum team members to define and review Acceptance Criteria. Master of test design techniques. Manually test and troubleshoot new features from a multitude of dimensions: systems integration, GUI, Compatibility, User Acceptance Testing, Functionality, Database, and Regression Test Features across web, Android and iOS platforms. Write automated test code using tools like Java, Python and Selenium. Ability to apply test automation design and techniques. Support existing features by performing regression testing when bugs are resolved. Perform analysis, research, and troubleshooting of software defects and aid in the documentation of defects and anomalies. Strong skills in leading Incident postmortems and determining leaked defect root causes. Build, maintain and improve test artifacts for rapid and efficient reuse by the Test Engineering team. Participate in critical release activities for all platforms. Ensure complete and timely reporting of all work products. Preferred Experience Level: : 7+ years of relevant experience (e.g., Quality, Test, Performance, or Software Engineer). Experience as a lead, mentor or manager strongly desired. Education: : B.S. in Computer Science or related field; advanced degree preferred. About Us: Appian helps organizations build apps and workflows rapidly, with a low-code automation platform. Combining people, technologies, and data in a single workflow, Appian can help companies maximize their resources and improve business results. Many of the world's largest organizations use Appian applications to improve customer experience, achieve operational excellence, and simplify global risk management and compliance. Our employees create opportunities to drive hands-on impact both with our customers and throughout the organization, which creates an environment where meaningful work is met with career growth and opportunity. As a result, we are proud to have been recognized as aWashington Post Top Workplacefor seven consecutive years. Simply put, we are changing the way businesses operate and our employees are to thank for Appian's success. Appian Corporation is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Further, Appian will not discriminate against applicants for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing their pay or, in certain circumstances, the pay of their coworker,Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. #LI-MB1.
11/10/2021
Full time
What is Appian?It's a low-code application platform that lets business people build powerful enterprise web and mobile apps with flexible, visual models instead of clunky custom code. At Appian, we're not only about building awesome software, but also about growing our culture of passion, energy, and innovation; great people, great software! . Summary: Master of quality techniques and tools. Ensure high quality and timely delivery of Appian software to customers. Champion of understanding changes from the customer perspective and ensuring quality is an integral part of the team decision process. Strives to understand complex system interactions and dependencies that can cause quality issues and ensures engineers account for them in their design and testing. Analyzes mistakes and helps ensure they do not recur. First level line management role. Responsible for HR management of a small number of Quality Engineers. Aids in attracting, retaining and growing Quality Engineering staff. Responsibilities: : Line manager for up to three Quality Engineering personnel. Responsible for training, coaching, continuous performance feedback and career guidance. Continually test knowledge of area of responsibility and escalate needs, challenges, status, successes, etc. of reporting employees. Involved in QE recruiting process. Provide valuable requirements analysis feedback, ensuring they provide effective input into Engineering activities. Work with other scrum team members to define and review Acceptance Criteria. Master of test design techniques. Manually test and troubleshoot new features from a multitude of dimensions: systems integration, GUI, Compatibility, User Acceptance Testing, Functionality, Database, and Regression Test Features across web, Android and iOS platforms. Write automated test code using tools like Java, Python and Selenium. Ability to apply test automation design and techniques. Support existing features by performing regression testing when bugs are resolved. Perform analysis, research, and troubleshooting of software defects and aid in the documentation of defects and anomalies. Strong skills in leading Incident postmortems and determining leaked defect root causes. Build, maintain and improve test artifacts for rapid and efficient reuse by the Test Engineering team. Participate in critical release activities for all platforms. Ensure complete and timely reporting of all work products. Preferred Experience Level: : 7+ years of relevant experience (e.g., Quality, Test, Performance, or Software Engineer). Experience as a lead, mentor or manager strongly desired. Education: : B.S. in Computer Science or related field; advanced degree preferred. About Us: Appian helps organizations build apps and workflows rapidly, with a low-code automation platform. Combining people, technologies, and data in a single workflow, Appian can help companies maximize their resources and improve business results. Many of the world's largest organizations use Appian applications to improve customer experience, achieve operational excellence, and simplify global risk management and compliance. Our employees create opportunities to drive hands-on impact both with our customers and throughout the organization, which creates an environment where meaningful work is met with career growth and opportunity. As a result, we are proud to have been recognized as aWashington Post Top Workplacefor seven consecutive years. Simply put, we are changing the way businesses operate and our employees are to thank for Appian's success. Appian Corporation is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Further, Appian will not discriminate against applicants for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing their pay or, in certain circumstances, the pay of their coworker,Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. #LI-MB1.
Overview: Business Analyst I - Inpatient Custom Development ***Employer will NOT sponsor work visas for this position now or in the future and is not interested in corp.-to-corp. business arrangements at this time.*** Select Medical is one of the largest operators of critical illness recovery hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation centers and occupational health centers in the United States, with more than 50,000 colleagues caring for nearly 80,000 patients every day across our care continuum. Select Medical and its parent company, Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE: SEM), are based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and honored to be recognized as one of America's Best-In-State (Pennsylvania) Employers 2020 by Forbes. Responsibilities: The Business Analyst is responsible for delivering quality custom developed application solutions. The role requires an understanding of business processes and goals, and the ability to translate business requirements to solutions for a rapidly growing organization. The ideal candidate is a team-oriented individual that enjoys collaborating with other team members, possesses excellent communication and documentation skills, is highly organized and skilled in the use of Agile methodologies. Responsibilities Completion of assigned tasks to implement application software and maintain existing applications Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements for custom developed solutions Work with other business analysts and product owners to groom the product backlog, ensuring that requirements contain correct details and are ready for estimation; present new Product Backlog Items to the team for estimation Test application functionality with the ability to develop and complete test cases; coordinate and complete testing of releases within defined deadlines Create new and maintain existing documentation for system processes and procedures Provide excellent customer service to support production applications Manage, review, and prioritize work in coordination with Project Manager/Scrum Master to assure alignment on schedule and deliverables Adopt Scrum practices and drive continuous process improvement Qualifications: Qualifications Required: BS or BA in information systems, business administration or related field or equivalent education and experience 3+ years of experience in Business Analysis and ensuring successful integration and/or implementation of applications Experience in definition and documentation of requirements for system processes and procedures Preferred: Able to independently manage and prioritize workload and expectations Ability to collaborate with team and business operators Great customer service skills Analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to overcome initial barriers Ability to effectively multi-task and adapt to changing business priorities Ability to clearly and effectively communicate new application concepts to other IT members Superior teamwork, time management and organizational skills Knowledge and experience in standard methodologies for the completion of tasks within an Agile environment Experience working with Team Foundation Server (TFS) and ServiceNow Additional Data: Select Medical is committed to having a workforce that reflects diversity at all levels and is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment, and employees are treated during employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Select Medical strives to provide our employees with a solid work-life balance, as we understand that happy employees have both fulfilling careers and fulfilling lives beyond our doors. An extensive and thorough paid orientation program. Paid Time Off (PTO) and Extended Illness Days (EID). Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance; Life insurance; Prescription coverage. A 401(k) retirement plan with company match. No Required Weekends This position has a flexible remote work structure.
11/10/2021
Full time
Overview: Business Analyst I - Inpatient Custom Development ***Employer will NOT sponsor work visas for this position now or in the future and is not interested in corp.-to-corp. business arrangements at this time.*** Select Medical is one of the largest operators of critical illness recovery hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation centers and occupational health centers in the United States, with more than 50,000 colleagues caring for nearly 80,000 patients every day across our care continuum. Select Medical and its parent company, Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE: SEM), are based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and honored to be recognized as one of America's Best-In-State (Pennsylvania) Employers 2020 by Forbes. Responsibilities: The Business Analyst is responsible for delivering quality custom developed application solutions. The role requires an understanding of business processes and goals, and the ability to translate business requirements to solutions for a rapidly growing organization. The ideal candidate is a team-oriented individual that enjoys collaborating with other team members, possesses excellent communication and documentation skills, is highly organized and skilled in the use of Agile methodologies. Responsibilities Completion of assigned tasks to implement application software and maintain existing applications Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements for custom developed solutions Work with other business analysts and product owners to groom the product backlog, ensuring that requirements contain correct details and are ready for estimation; present new Product Backlog Items to the team for estimation Test application functionality with the ability to develop and complete test cases; coordinate and complete testing of releases within defined deadlines Create new and maintain existing documentation for system processes and procedures Provide excellent customer service to support production applications Manage, review, and prioritize work in coordination with Project Manager/Scrum Master to assure alignment on schedule and deliverables Adopt Scrum practices and drive continuous process improvement Qualifications: Qualifications Required: BS or BA in information systems, business administration or related field or equivalent education and experience 3+ years of experience in Business Analysis and ensuring successful integration and/or implementation of applications Experience in definition and documentation of requirements for system processes and procedures Preferred: Able to independently manage and prioritize workload and expectations Ability to collaborate with team and business operators Great customer service skills Analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to overcome initial barriers Ability to effectively multi-task and adapt to changing business priorities Ability to clearly and effectively communicate new application concepts to other IT members Superior teamwork, time management and organizational skills Knowledge and experience in standard methodologies for the completion of tasks within an Agile environment Experience working with Team Foundation Server (TFS) and ServiceNow Additional Data: Select Medical is committed to having a workforce that reflects diversity at all levels and is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment, and employees are treated during employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Select Medical strives to provide our employees with a solid work-life balance, as we understand that happy employees have both fulfilling careers and fulfilling lives beyond our doors. An extensive and thorough paid orientation program. Paid Time Off (PTO) and Extended Illness Days (EID). Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance; Life insurance; Prescription coverage. A 401(k) retirement plan with company match. No Required Weekends This position has a flexible remote work structure.
WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Scrum Master, you will: *Partner with Product Owner to prioritize work through the backlog and manage other scrum artifacts* * Reviewing sprint progress to ensure the latest work status is captured and updated as appropriate * Ensuring teams manage work and priorities effectively, all team members are engaged, and all work is captured in the backlog *Enable Squads to realize their mission and objectives and deliver on their OKRs/KPIs* * Driving members to anticipate and resolve potential blockers (e.g., resource constraints), and ensuring impediments and blockers are removed or escalated as needed * Ensuring that Squads and Tribes are interacting with dependent stakeholders effectively * Maintaining and updating squad process metrics and artifacts to ensure all squad members - including the Product Owner - communicate to stakeholders accurately and transparently both internally and externally * Measuring squad output over time - e.g. creating burn-down charts *Identify continuous improvement opportunities and best practices to progress the work of the squad* * Engaging and partnering with Agile Coaches and Agile CoE to help identify and deliver against training needs to support Agile practices * Observing and engaging with individual Squad members to identify opportunities to improve Agile performance and effectiveness, bringing a continuous improvement and "MVP" mindset to the Squad's work *Work with squads to embed and reinforce Agile practices and behaviors and ensure their maturity * * Working with senior leadership to facilitate and lead Agile ways of working within the squads * Facilitating Agile sprint ceremonies as appropriate including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint reviews, Sprint Retrospectives and backlog refinement * Providing thought leadership and constructive feedback to team members to help drive Agile maturity, knowledge and effective communication * Partnering with PO and Agile Coach in coaching the squad to identify practical ways to drive their progress and maturity *Enable the Organization's new ways of working and embed Agile principles in the day to day * * Modelling behaviors to support the organization's transformation to a new way of working * Assessing squad members and stakeholders in adopting agile ways of working * Actively curate a culture supportive of continued learning, transparency and empowerment * Collaborating with other leaders in the Digital Products organization and the Agile Center of Excellence (e.g. Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters) to further drive organizational change YOU'RE GOOD AT * Living agile culture and values and spreading your passion for them among other teams * Supporting people, regardless of seniority, to adjust to and embrace scrum ways of working * Sharing and transmitting passion and in-depth knowledge about Agile principles and are excited to embed them across the organization * Applying innovative and creative thinking to solve complex problems and get things done * Bringing a data-driven approach to decision making, both in day-to-day management and in making strategic trade-offs * Problem solving difficult and complex problems, typically within ambiguous and non-structured settings, and transforming obstacles into big opportunities * Discerning what is and what is not, influencing others to follow the correct path, even if they want to experiment "different scrum" * Developing relationships, engaging and influencing stakeholders broadly, including senior leaders, to direct business outcomes * Communicating with empathy and influencing others broadly within your area of responsibility * Being an agile role model: you work collaboratively, you show courage, you take responsibility, you have confidence, you speak out, you are creative, and you simplify * Interacting with others with excellent people management skills: listening, motivating, observing, giving and receiving feedback helps individuals and teams grow YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS) * Total 6+ years' relevant Agile experience (e.g.,Scrum Master, \\ \\ Agile Coach/ Mentor) in 1 or more organizations * Agile Certifications, preferably Scrum.org (PSM I + PSM II) or Scrum Alliance (Certified Scrum Master) * Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field preferred * Deep understanding of agile software delivery, the path to production and other operational aspects * Deep knowledge of other Agile frameworks (Crystal, XP, DevOps etc.) * Extensive Experience with JIRA / Confluence or other software to manage agile programs * Practical knowledge of various coaching tools in team management * Good understanding of technology enabled business transformation, Digital transformation, Organizational transformation, delivering enterprise-level IT and Digital projects * Exceptional communications and stakeholder management skills * Experience in the functional area related to your tribe above is a plus * Experience in consulting is a plus YOU'LL WORK WITH * Different product squads within BCG to help in the development of digital products * Product Owners, to teach them how agile works and to make the most of this new framework * Other Scrum Masters within BCG, to share best practices and ensure alignment between teams and a culture * Agile Coaches, with whom you will share passion about Agile ways of working and with whom you will shape promote business agility (within your teams and in the whole company) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BCG's Digital Products organization is a cross-functional internal organization with strong leadership alignment designed to enable the realization of the benefits of our digital transformation. The organization is set to transform our products, experiences, processes, technology, and ways of working to deliver our clients unrivalled experience of exceptional service, value and flexibility. We are looking for a person to provide the passion and the drive to coach and enable teams and groups to deliver high quality business and customer centric outcomes within our Digital Products organization. The Scrum Master is change agent that can work with people and teams to help them improve and deliver their best work. You will work with Product Owners and be a key player in managing the work of multiple Squads by maintaining the backlog, facilitating Agile ceremonies and making sure your Squads are practicing true Agile working practices. You will work directly in Squads to advise and oversee performance against KPIs, adherence to Agile practices and opportunities for continuous improvement to help the team work better and smarter. You will be a champion for Agile culture and behaviors, promoting "new ways of working" and Agile principles and practices both at the program level and in your squads. *YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO* * Embed and foster Agile ways of working at the Squad level by enabling effective teaming, and address dependencies and impediments impacting the Squad's work * Proactively advise, facilitate, and coach your Squads * Draw on substantial experience working with or as part of Agile teams and be viewed as a subject matter expert on core Agile methodologies and ways of working across the Tribe * Draw on best practices and develop creative solutions to address challenges facing Squad * Strategic understanding of how Squad priorities and output impact Tribe, function, and enterprise success; in depth understanding of relevant organizational processes, context, procedures, and systems; and strong understanding of core business and tech concepts driving the Squad's work * Use experience and training to proactively and independently address challenges facing Squad, with limited support from Agile Coach * Use data, observation, and analytical skills to proactively identify opportunities for continuous improvement in Squad teaming and delivery, develop proposed solutions, and share knowledge and best practices across Squads * Devise creative and viable solutions to complex challenges facing Squad, including impediments and inefficiencies with ambiguous causes (e.g., identifying causes of perpetual delays), leveraging the Agile Coach as needed * Develop relationships of trust with Squad members, Product Owner, and other key stakeholders (e.g., Chapter Leads, other Scrum Masters) to advance the Squad's work * Proactively and effectively communicate, persuade, influence, and negotiate on behalf of Squad in dealing with Tribe stakeholders to address interdependencies and impediments * Ability to navigate the wider organization to solve blockers and impediments to enable the Squad's ways of work * Have developed exceptionally high emotional intelligence and people skills to be able to understand group dynamics and not be afraid to raise issues and drive change to remove impediments from Squads * Mentor and guide Scrum masters as needed * Own core accountabilities and decisions * Refine existing and develop new processes to support the team * Coach individual Squad members to drive continuous improvement and support new ways of working * Drive change within Squad and be a top contributor to the Squad's success Requirements: Boston Consulting Group
11/10/2021
Full time
WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Scrum Master, you will: *Partner with Product Owner to prioritize work through the backlog and manage other scrum artifacts* * Reviewing sprint progress to ensure the latest work status is captured and updated as appropriate * Ensuring teams manage work and priorities effectively, all team members are engaged, and all work is captured in the backlog *Enable Squads to realize their mission and objectives and deliver on their OKRs/KPIs* * Driving members to anticipate and resolve potential blockers (e.g., resource constraints), and ensuring impediments and blockers are removed or escalated as needed * Ensuring that Squads and Tribes are interacting with dependent stakeholders effectively * Maintaining and updating squad process metrics and artifacts to ensure all squad members - including the Product Owner - communicate to stakeholders accurately and transparently both internally and externally * Measuring squad output over time - e.g. creating burn-down charts *Identify continuous improvement opportunities and best practices to progress the work of the squad* * Engaging and partnering with Agile Coaches and Agile CoE to help identify and deliver against training needs to support Agile practices * Observing and engaging with individual Squad members to identify opportunities to improve Agile performance and effectiveness, bringing a continuous improvement and "MVP" mindset to the Squad's work *Work with squads to embed and reinforce Agile practices and behaviors and ensure their maturity * * Working with senior leadership to facilitate and lead Agile ways of working within the squads * Facilitating Agile sprint ceremonies as appropriate including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint reviews, Sprint Retrospectives and backlog refinement * Providing thought leadership and constructive feedback to team members to help drive Agile maturity, knowledge and effective communication * Partnering with PO and Agile Coach in coaching the squad to identify practical ways to drive their progress and maturity *Enable the Organization's new ways of working and embed Agile principles in the day to day * * Modelling behaviors to support the organization's transformation to a new way of working * Assessing squad members and stakeholders in adopting agile ways of working * Actively curate a culture supportive of continued learning, transparency and empowerment * Collaborating with other leaders in the Digital Products organization and the Agile Center of Excellence (e.g. Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters) to further drive organizational change YOU'RE GOOD AT * Living agile culture and values and spreading your passion for them among other teams * Supporting people, regardless of seniority, to adjust to and embrace scrum ways of working * Sharing and transmitting passion and in-depth knowledge about Agile principles and are excited to embed them across the organization * Applying innovative and creative thinking to solve complex problems and get things done * Bringing a data-driven approach to decision making, both in day-to-day management and in making strategic trade-offs * Problem solving difficult and complex problems, typically within ambiguous and non-structured settings, and transforming obstacles into big opportunities * Discerning what is and what is not, influencing others to follow the correct path, even if they want to experiment "different scrum" * Developing relationships, engaging and influencing stakeholders broadly, including senior leaders, to direct business outcomes * Communicating with empathy and influencing others broadly within your area of responsibility * Being an agile role model: you work collaboratively, you show courage, you take responsibility, you have confidence, you speak out, you are creative, and you simplify * Interacting with others with excellent people management skills: listening, motivating, observing, giving and receiving feedback helps individuals and teams grow YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS) * Total 6+ years' relevant Agile experience (e.g.,Scrum Master, \\ \\ Agile Coach/ Mentor) in 1 or more organizations * Agile Certifications, preferably Scrum.org (PSM I + PSM II) or Scrum Alliance (Certified Scrum Master) * Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field preferred * Deep understanding of agile software delivery, the path to production and other operational aspects * Deep knowledge of other Agile frameworks (Crystal, XP, DevOps etc.) * Extensive Experience with JIRA / Confluence or other software to manage agile programs * Practical knowledge of various coaching tools in team management * Good understanding of technology enabled business transformation, Digital transformation, Organizational transformation, delivering enterprise-level IT and Digital projects * Exceptional communications and stakeholder management skills * Experience in the functional area related to your tribe above is a plus * Experience in consulting is a plus YOU'LL WORK WITH * Different product squads within BCG to help in the development of digital products * Product Owners, to teach them how agile works and to make the most of this new framework * Other Scrum Masters within BCG, to share best practices and ensure alignment between teams and a culture * Agile Coaches, with whom you will share passion about Agile ways of working and with whom you will shape promote business agility (within your teams and in the whole company) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BCG's Digital Products organization is a cross-functional internal organization with strong leadership alignment designed to enable the realization of the benefits of our digital transformation. The organization is set to transform our products, experiences, processes, technology, and ways of working to deliver our clients unrivalled experience of exceptional service, value and flexibility. We are looking for a person to provide the passion and the drive to coach and enable teams and groups to deliver high quality business and customer centric outcomes within our Digital Products organization. The Scrum Master is change agent that can work with people and teams to help them improve and deliver their best work. You will work with Product Owners and be a key player in managing the work of multiple Squads by maintaining the backlog, facilitating Agile ceremonies and making sure your Squads are practicing true Agile working practices. You will work directly in Squads to advise and oversee performance against KPIs, adherence to Agile practices and opportunities for continuous improvement to help the team work better and smarter. You will be a champion for Agile culture and behaviors, promoting "new ways of working" and Agile principles and practices both at the program level and in your squads. *YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO* * Embed and foster Agile ways of working at the Squad level by enabling effective teaming, and address dependencies and impediments impacting the Squad's work * Proactively advise, facilitate, and coach your Squads * Draw on substantial experience working with or as part of Agile teams and be viewed as a subject matter expert on core Agile methodologies and ways of working across the Tribe * Draw on best practices and develop creative solutions to address challenges facing Squad * Strategic understanding of how Squad priorities and output impact Tribe, function, and enterprise success; in depth understanding of relevant organizational processes, context, procedures, and systems; and strong understanding of core business and tech concepts driving the Squad's work * Use experience and training to proactively and independently address challenges facing Squad, with limited support from Agile Coach * Use data, observation, and analytical skills to proactively identify opportunities for continuous improvement in Squad teaming and delivery, develop proposed solutions, and share knowledge and best practices across Squads * Devise creative and viable solutions to complex challenges facing Squad, including impediments and inefficiencies with ambiguous causes (e.g., identifying causes of perpetual delays), leveraging the Agile Coach as needed * Develop relationships of trust with Squad members, Product Owner, and other key stakeholders (e.g., Chapter Leads, other Scrum Masters) to advance the Squad's work * Proactively and effectively communicate, persuade, influence, and negotiate on behalf of Squad in dealing with Tribe stakeholders to address interdependencies and impediments * Ability to navigate the wider organization to solve blockers and impediments to enable the Squad's ways of work * Have developed exceptionally high emotional intelligence and people skills to be able to understand group dynamics and not be afraid to raise issues and drive change to remove impediments from Squads * Mentor and guide Scrum masters as needed * Own core accountabilities and decisions * Refine existing and develop new processes to support the team * Coach individual Squad members to drive continuous improvement and support new ways of working * Drive change within Squad and be a top contributor to the Squad's success Requirements: Boston Consulting Group
The Investor and Investment Solutions (IIS) organization is expanding its product management team and currently hiring a Senior Product Analyst to join a team responsible for driving the lifecycle management and execution of LPL's advisor and internal-facing investment products, platforms, as well as technology tools and capabilities. This role must exude a passion for product management in a manner that results in the utmost satisfaction of our Advisors and their clients. The ideal candidate will understand the needs of our advisors and be comfortable driving outcomes across broad cross-functional teams. The role will be responsible for supporting our growing focus on delivering integrated technology experiences and efficient workflows, with an emphasis on driving adoption and engagement of the same. This position requires strong analytical skills, the ability to manage multiple bodies of rapidly evolving work simultaneously, and demonstrate the ability to creatively define, develop, and execute plans to solve highly complex matters. This position will have the opportunity to partner with cross-functional stakeholders and executives across multiple business areas in the firm to: Actively participate in prioritization and implementation of new processes and digital adoption strategies Provide thought-leadership analysis to frame and plan enhancements to the advisor experience Prioritize product features and guide development solutions to achieve the key short-term and long-term goals indicated in the overall product strategy Support the implementation of new offerings through participation in and evaluation of prototypes and pilots A successful candidate will demonstrate strategic and creative thinking skills, a strong ability to turn analytics into compelling insights, and be capable of concise oral and written communication. Essential Functions: Leverage the organization to develop and execute detailed, tactical plans to enhance the advisor experience, especially with respect to digital adoption Working closely with cross-functional team to develop feature set priorities to execute and achieve the overall strategic program vision Synthesize internal and industry data into themes and patterns to provide insights and data-driven recommendations Building cross-functional relationships to establish a collaborative environment at all levels of the organization to create a more collaborative team Achieve alignment by communicating decisions and outcomes to various levels throughout the organization Creating presentations for senior members of the organization Complete ad-hoc assignments that assist in development and implementation of strategies and new processes Providing research, analysis, project management and project support on a variety of strategic initiatives Qualifications: BA/MBA degree preferred 2-5+ years professional experience Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to present materials to the highest levels in the organization, and the ability to frame complex issues Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to evaluate business opportunities within the context of a larger organization and its objectives Entrepreneurial perspective, self-starter, ability to work with minimal supervision Exceptional problem solving and critical thinking skills Project management/multi-tasking skills across different projects Results oriented and outcome based Background in client-facing experience, financial services, scrum master, and/or R&D a plus Why LPL? At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nation's leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential. We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients. Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. We are committed to supporting workplace equality, and we embrace the different perspectives and backgrounds of our employees. We also care for our communities, and we encourage our employees to do the same. This creates an environment in which you can do your best work. Want to hear from our employees on what it's like to work at LPL? Watch this ! We take social responsibility seriously. Learn more here Want to see info on our benefits? Learn more here Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life's aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE. Information on Interviews: LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an lfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant's bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL's Human Resources Solutions Center at .
11/10/2021
Full time
The Investor and Investment Solutions (IIS) organization is expanding its product management team and currently hiring a Senior Product Analyst to join a team responsible for driving the lifecycle management and execution of LPL's advisor and internal-facing investment products, platforms, as well as technology tools and capabilities. This role must exude a passion for product management in a manner that results in the utmost satisfaction of our Advisors and their clients. The ideal candidate will understand the needs of our advisors and be comfortable driving outcomes across broad cross-functional teams. The role will be responsible for supporting our growing focus on delivering integrated technology experiences and efficient workflows, with an emphasis on driving adoption and engagement of the same. This position requires strong analytical skills, the ability to manage multiple bodies of rapidly evolving work simultaneously, and demonstrate the ability to creatively define, develop, and execute plans to solve highly complex matters. This position will have the opportunity to partner with cross-functional stakeholders and executives across multiple business areas in the firm to: Actively participate in prioritization and implementation of new processes and digital adoption strategies Provide thought-leadership analysis to frame and plan enhancements to the advisor experience Prioritize product features and guide development solutions to achieve the key short-term and long-term goals indicated in the overall product strategy Support the implementation of new offerings through participation in and evaluation of prototypes and pilots A successful candidate will demonstrate strategic and creative thinking skills, a strong ability to turn analytics into compelling insights, and be capable of concise oral and written communication. Essential Functions: Leverage the organization to develop and execute detailed, tactical plans to enhance the advisor experience, especially with respect to digital adoption Working closely with cross-functional team to develop feature set priorities to execute and achieve the overall strategic program vision Synthesize internal and industry data into themes and patterns to provide insights and data-driven recommendations Building cross-functional relationships to establish a collaborative environment at all levels of the organization to create a more collaborative team Achieve alignment by communicating decisions and outcomes to various levels throughout the organization Creating presentations for senior members of the organization Complete ad-hoc assignments that assist in development and implementation of strategies and new processes Providing research, analysis, project management and project support on a variety of strategic initiatives Qualifications: BA/MBA degree preferred 2-5+ years professional experience Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to present materials to the highest levels in the organization, and the ability to frame complex issues Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to evaluate business opportunities within the context of a larger organization and its objectives Entrepreneurial perspective, self-starter, ability to work with minimal supervision Exceptional problem solving and critical thinking skills Project management/multi-tasking skills across different projects Results oriented and outcome based Background in client-facing experience, financial services, scrum master, and/or R&D a plus Why LPL? At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nation's leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential. We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients. Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. We are committed to supporting workplace equality, and we embrace the different perspectives and backgrounds of our employees. We also care for our communities, and we encourage our employees to do the same. This creates an environment in which you can do your best work. Want to hear from our employees on what it's like to work at LPL? Watch this ! We take social responsibility seriously. Learn more here Want to see info on our benefits? Learn more here Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life's aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE. Information on Interviews: LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an lfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant's bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL's Human Resources Solutions Center at .
WHAT YOU'LL DO The Scrum Master is change agent that can work with people and teams to help them improve and deliver their best work. You will work with Product Owners and be a key player in managing the work of multiple Squads by maintaining the backlog, facilitating Agile ceremonies and making sure your Squads are practicing true Agile working practices. You will work directly in Squads to advise and oversee performance against KPIs, adherence to Agile practices and opportunities for continuous improvement to help the team work better and smarter. You will be a champion for Agile culture and behaviors, promoting "new ways of working" and Agile principles and practices both at the program level and in your squads. As a Scrum Master, you will: * *Partner with Product Owner to prioritize work through the backlog and manage other scrum artifacts* * Reviewing sprint progress to ensure the latest work status is captured and updated as appropriate. * Ensuring teams manage work and priorities effectively, all team members are engaged, and all work is captured in the backlog. * *Enable Squads to realize their mission and objectives and deliver on their OKRs/KPIs* * Driving members to anticipate and resolve potential blockers (e.g., resource constraints), and ensuring impediments and blockers are removed or escalated as needed. * Ensuring that Squads and Tribes are interacting with dependent stakeholders effectively. * Maintaining and updating squad process metrics and artifacts to ensure all squad members - including the Product Owner - communicate to stakeholders accurately and transparently both internally and externally. * Measuring squad output over time - e.g. creating burn-down charts. * *Identify continuous improvement opportunities and best practices to progress the work of the squad* * Engaging and partnering with Agile Coaches and Agile CoE to help identify and deliver against training needs to support Agile practices. * Observing and engaging with individual Squad members to identify opportunities to improve Agile performance and effectiveness, bringing a continuous improvement and "MVP" mindset to the Squad's work. * Work with squads to embed and reinforce Agile practices and behaviors and ensure their maturity. * Working with senior leadership to facilitate and lead Agile ways of working within the squads. * Facilitating Agile sprint ceremonies as appropriate including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint reviews, Sprint Retrospectives and backlog refinement. * Providing thought leadership and constructive feedback to team members to help drive Agile maturity, knowledge and effective communication. * Partnering with PO and Agile Coach in coaching the squad to identify practical ways to drive their progress and maturity. * *Enable the Organization's new ways of working and embed Agile principles in the day to day* * Modelling behaviors to support the organization's transformation to a new way of working. * Assessing squad members and stakeholders in adopting agile ways of working. * Actively curate a culture supportive of continued learning, transparency and empowerment. * Collaborating with other leaders in the Digital Products organization and the Agile Center of Excellence (e.g. Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters) to further drive organizational change. YOU'RE GOOD AT * Living agile culture and values and spreading your passion for them among other teams * Supporting people, regardless of seniority, to adjust to and embrace scrum ways of working * Sharing and transmitting passion and in-depth knowledge about Agile principles and are excited to embed them across the organization * Applying innovative and creative thinking to solve complex problems and get things done * Bringing a data-driven approach to decision making, both in day-to-day management and in making strategic trade-offs * Problem solving difficult and complex problems, typically within ambiguous and non-structured settings, and transforming obstacles into big opportunities * Discerning what is and what is not, influencing others to follow the correct path, even if they want to experiment "different scrum" * Developing relationships, engaging and influencing stakeholders broadly, including senior leaders, to direct business outcomes * Communicating with empathy and influencing others broadly within your area of responsibility * Being an agile role model: you work collaboratively, you show courage, you take responsibility, you have confidence, you speak out, you are creative, and you simplify * Interacting with others with excellent people management skills: listening, motivating, observing, giving and receiving feedback helps individuals and teams grow *YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO* * Embed and foster Agile ways of working at the Squad level by enabling effective teaming, and address dependencies and impediments impacting the Squad's work * Proactively advise, facilitate, and coach your Squads * Draw on substantial experience working with or as part of Agile teams and be viewed as a subject matter expert on core Agile methodologies and ways of working across the Tribe * Draw on best practices and develop creative solutions to address challenges facing Squad * Strategic understanding of how Squad priorities and output impact Tribe, function, and enterprise success; in depth understanding of relevant organizational processes, context, procedures, and systems; and strong understanding of core business and tech concepts driving the Squad's work * Use experience and training to proactively and independently address challenges facing Squad, with limited support from Agile Coach * Use data, observation, and analytical skills to proactively identify opportunities for continuous improvement in Squad teaming and delivery, develop proposed solutions, and share knowledge and best practices across Squads * Devise creative and viable solutions to complex challenges facing Squad, including impediments and inefficiencies with ambiguous causes (e.g., identifying causes of perpetual delays), leveraging the Agile Coach as needed * Develop relationships of trust with Squad members, Product Owner, and other key stakeholders (e.g., Chapter Leads, other Scrum Masters) to advance the Squad's work * Proactively and effectively communicate, persuade, influence, and negotiate on behalf of Squad in dealing with Tribe stakeholders to address interdependencies and impediments * Ability to navigate the wider organization to solve blockers and impediments to enable the Squad's ways of work * Have developed exceptionally high emotional intelligence and people skills to be able to understand group dynamics and not be afraid to raise issues and drive change to remove impediments from Squads * Mentor and guide Scrum masters as needed * Own core accountabilities and decisions * Refine existing and develop new processes to support the team * Coach individual Squad members to drive continuous improvement and support new ways of workingDrive change within Squad and be a top contributor to the Squad's success YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS) * Total 6+ years' relevant Agile experience (e.g., Scrum Master/ Agile Coach/ Mentor) in 1 or more organizations * Agile Certifications, preferably Scrum.org (PSM I + PSM II) or Scrum Alliance (Certified Scrum Master) * Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field preferred * Deep understanding of agile software delivery, the path to production and other operational aspects * Deep knowledge of other Agile frameworks (Crystal, XP, DevOps etc.) * Extensive Experience with JIRA / Confluence or other software to manage agile programs * Practical knowledge of various coaching tools in team management * Good understanding of technology enabled business transformation, Digital transformation, Organizational transformation, delivering enterprise-level IT and Digital projects * Exceptional communications and stakeholder management skills * Experience in the functional area related to your tribe above is a plus * Experience in consulting is a plus YOU'LL WORK WITH * Different product squads within BCG to help in the development of digital products * Product Owners, to teach them how agile works and to make the most of this new framework * Other Scrum Masters within BCG, to share best practices and ensure alignment between teams and a culture * Agile Coaches, with whom you will share passion about Agile ways of working and with whom you will shape promote business agility (within your teams and in the whole company) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Effective November 1, 2021, all new US hires must be fully vaccinated* or subject to a religious or medical exemption. *two weeks after receiving the final dose of a WHO-approved COVID19 vaccine Requirements: Boston Consulting Group
11/10/2021
Full time
WHAT YOU'LL DO The Scrum Master is change agent that can work with people and teams to help them improve and deliver their best work. You will work with Product Owners and be a key player in managing the work of multiple Squads by maintaining the backlog, facilitating Agile ceremonies and making sure your Squads are practicing true Agile working practices. You will work directly in Squads to advise and oversee performance against KPIs, adherence to Agile practices and opportunities for continuous improvement to help the team work better and smarter. You will be a champion for Agile culture and behaviors, promoting "new ways of working" and Agile principles and practices both at the program level and in your squads. As a Scrum Master, you will: * *Partner with Product Owner to prioritize work through the backlog and manage other scrum artifacts* * Reviewing sprint progress to ensure the latest work status is captured and updated as appropriate. * Ensuring teams manage work and priorities effectively, all team members are engaged, and all work is captured in the backlog. * *Enable Squads to realize their mission and objectives and deliver on their OKRs/KPIs* * Driving members to anticipate and resolve potential blockers (e.g., resource constraints), and ensuring impediments and blockers are removed or escalated as needed. * Ensuring that Squads and Tribes are interacting with dependent stakeholders effectively. * Maintaining and updating squad process metrics and artifacts to ensure all squad members - including the Product Owner - communicate to stakeholders accurately and transparently both internally and externally. * Measuring squad output over time - e.g. creating burn-down charts. * *Identify continuous improvement opportunities and best practices to progress the work of the squad* * Engaging and partnering with Agile Coaches and Agile CoE to help identify and deliver against training needs to support Agile practices. * Observing and engaging with individual Squad members to identify opportunities to improve Agile performance and effectiveness, bringing a continuous improvement and "MVP" mindset to the Squad's work. * Work with squads to embed and reinforce Agile practices and behaviors and ensure their maturity. * Working with senior leadership to facilitate and lead Agile ways of working within the squads. * Facilitating Agile sprint ceremonies as appropriate including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint reviews, Sprint Retrospectives and backlog refinement. * Providing thought leadership and constructive feedback to team members to help drive Agile maturity, knowledge and effective communication. * Partnering with PO and Agile Coach in coaching the squad to identify practical ways to drive their progress and maturity. * *Enable the Organization's new ways of working and embed Agile principles in the day to day* * Modelling behaviors to support the organization's transformation to a new way of working. * Assessing squad members and stakeholders in adopting agile ways of working. * Actively curate a culture supportive of continued learning, transparency and empowerment. * Collaborating with other leaders in the Digital Products organization and the Agile Center of Excellence (e.g. Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters) to further drive organizational change. YOU'RE GOOD AT * Living agile culture and values and spreading your passion for them among other teams * Supporting people, regardless of seniority, to adjust to and embrace scrum ways of working * Sharing and transmitting passion and in-depth knowledge about Agile principles and are excited to embed them across the organization * Applying innovative and creative thinking to solve complex problems and get things done * Bringing a data-driven approach to decision making, both in day-to-day management and in making strategic trade-offs * Problem solving difficult and complex problems, typically within ambiguous and non-structured settings, and transforming obstacles into big opportunities * Discerning what is and what is not, influencing others to follow the correct path, even if they want to experiment "different scrum" * Developing relationships, engaging and influencing stakeholders broadly, including senior leaders, to direct business outcomes * Communicating with empathy and influencing others broadly within your area of responsibility * Being an agile role model: you work collaboratively, you show courage, you take responsibility, you have confidence, you speak out, you are creative, and you simplify * Interacting with others with excellent people management skills: listening, motivating, observing, giving and receiving feedback helps individuals and teams grow *YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO* * Embed and foster Agile ways of working at the Squad level by enabling effective teaming, and address dependencies and impediments impacting the Squad's work * Proactively advise, facilitate, and coach your Squads * Draw on substantial experience working with or as part of Agile teams and be viewed as a subject matter expert on core Agile methodologies and ways of working across the Tribe * Draw on best practices and develop creative solutions to address challenges facing Squad * Strategic understanding of how Squad priorities and output impact Tribe, function, and enterprise success; in depth understanding of relevant organizational processes, context, procedures, and systems; and strong understanding of core business and tech concepts driving the Squad's work * Use experience and training to proactively and independently address challenges facing Squad, with limited support from Agile Coach * Use data, observation, and analytical skills to proactively identify opportunities for continuous improvement in Squad teaming and delivery, develop proposed solutions, and share knowledge and best practices across Squads * Devise creative and viable solutions to complex challenges facing Squad, including impediments and inefficiencies with ambiguous causes (e.g., identifying causes of perpetual delays), leveraging the Agile Coach as needed * Develop relationships of trust with Squad members, Product Owner, and other key stakeholders (e.g., Chapter Leads, other Scrum Masters) to advance the Squad's work * Proactively and effectively communicate, persuade, influence, and negotiate on behalf of Squad in dealing with Tribe stakeholders to address interdependencies and impediments * Ability to navigate the wider organization to solve blockers and impediments to enable the Squad's ways of work * Have developed exceptionally high emotional intelligence and people skills to be able to understand group dynamics and not be afraid to raise issues and drive change to remove impediments from Squads * Mentor and guide Scrum masters as needed * Own core accountabilities and decisions * Refine existing and develop new processes to support the team * Coach individual Squad members to drive continuous improvement and support new ways of workingDrive change within Squad and be a top contributor to the Squad's success YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS) * Total 6+ years' relevant Agile experience (e.g., Scrum Master/ Agile Coach/ Mentor) in 1 or more organizations * Agile Certifications, preferably Scrum.org (PSM I + PSM II) or Scrum Alliance (Certified Scrum Master) * Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field preferred * Deep understanding of agile software delivery, the path to production and other operational aspects * Deep knowledge of other Agile frameworks (Crystal, XP, DevOps etc.) * Extensive Experience with JIRA / Confluence or other software to manage agile programs * Practical knowledge of various coaching tools in team management * Good understanding of technology enabled business transformation, Digital transformation, Organizational transformation, delivering enterprise-level IT and Digital projects * Exceptional communications and stakeholder management skills * Experience in the functional area related to your tribe above is a plus * Experience in consulting is a plus YOU'LL WORK WITH * Different product squads within BCG to help in the development of digital products * Product Owners, to teach them how agile works and to make the most of this new framework * Other Scrum Masters within BCG, to share best practices and ensure alignment between teams and a culture * Agile Coaches, with whom you will share passion about Agile ways of working and with whom you will shape promote business agility (within your teams and in the whole company) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Effective November 1, 2021, all new US hires must be fully vaccinated* or subject to a religious or medical exemption. *two weeks after receiving the final dose of a WHO-approved COVID19 vaccine Requirements: Boston Consulting Group
The Investor and Investment Solutions (IIS) organization is expanding its product management team and currently hiring a Senior Product Analyst to join a team responsible for driving the lifecycle management and execution of LPL's advisor and internal-facing investment products, platforms, as well as technology tools and capabilities. This role must exude a passion for product management in a manner that results in the utmost satisfaction of our Advisors and their clients. The ideal candidate will understand the needs of our advisors and be comfortable driving outcomes across broad cross-functional teams. The role will be responsible for supporting our growing focus on delivering integrated technology experiences and efficient workflows, with an emphasis on driving adoption and engagement of the same. This position requires strong analytical skills, the ability to manage multiple bodies of rapidly evolving work simultaneously, and demonstrate the ability to creatively define, develop, and execute plans to solve highly complex matters. This position will have the opportunity to partner with cross-functional stakeholders and executives across multiple business areas in the firm to: Actively participate in prioritization and implementation of new processes and digital adoption strategies Provide thought-leadership analysis to frame and plan enhancements to the advisor experience Prioritize product features and guide development solutions to achieve the key short-term and long-term goals indicated in the overall product strategy Support the implementation of new offerings through participation in and evaluation of prototypes and pilots A successful candidate will demonstrate strategic and creative thinking skills, a strong ability to turn analytics into compelling insights, and be capable of concise oral and written communication. Essential Functions: Leverage the organization to develop and execute detailed, tactical plans to enhance the advisor experience, especially with respect to digital adoption Working closely with cross-functional team to develop feature set priorities to execute and achieve the overall strategic program vision Synthesize internal and industry data into themes and patterns to provide insights and data-driven recommendations Building cross-functional relationships to establish a collaborative environment at all levels of the organization to create a more collaborative team Achieve alignment by communicating decisions and outcomes to various levels throughout the organization Creating presentations for senior members of the organization Complete ad-hoc assignments that assist in development and implementation of strategies and new processes Providing research, analysis, project management and project support on a variety of strategic initiatives Qualifications: BA/MBA degree preferred 2-5+ years professional experience Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to present materials to the highest levels in the organization, and the ability to frame complex issues Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to evaluate business opportunities within the context of a larger organization and its objectives Entrepreneurial perspective, self-starter, ability to work with minimal supervision Exceptional problem solving and critical thinking skills Project management/multi-tasking skills across different projects Results oriented and outcome based Background in client-facing experience, financial services, scrum master, and/or R&D a plus Why LPL? At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nation's leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential. We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients. Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. We are committed to supporting workplace equality, and we embrace the different perspectives and backgrounds of our employees. We also care for our communities, and we encourage our employees to do the same. This creates an environment in which you can do your best work. Want to hear from our employees on what it's like to work at LPL? Watch this ! We take social responsibility seriously. Learn more here Want to see info on our benefits? Learn more here Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life's aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE. Information on Interviews: LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an lfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant's bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL's Human Resources Solutions Center at .
11/08/2021
Full time
The Investor and Investment Solutions (IIS) organization is expanding its product management team and currently hiring a Senior Product Analyst to join a team responsible for driving the lifecycle management and execution of LPL's advisor and internal-facing investment products, platforms, as well as technology tools and capabilities. This role must exude a passion for product management in a manner that results in the utmost satisfaction of our Advisors and their clients. The ideal candidate will understand the needs of our advisors and be comfortable driving outcomes across broad cross-functional teams. The role will be responsible for supporting our growing focus on delivering integrated technology experiences and efficient workflows, with an emphasis on driving adoption and engagement of the same. This position requires strong analytical skills, the ability to manage multiple bodies of rapidly evolving work simultaneously, and demonstrate the ability to creatively define, develop, and execute plans to solve highly complex matters. This position will have the opportunity to partner with cross-functional stakeholders and executives across multiple business areas in the firm to: Actively participate in prioritization and implementation of new processes and digital adoption strategies Provide thought-leadership analysis to frame and plan enhancements to the advisor experience Prioritize product features and guide development solutions to achieve the key short-term and long-term goals indicated in the overall product strategy Support the implementation of new offerings through participation in and evaluation of prototypes and pilots A successful candidate will demonstrate strategic and creative thinking skills, a strong ability to turn analytics into compelling insights, and be capable of concise oral and written communication. Essential Functions: Leverage the organization to develop and execute detailed, tactical plans to enhance the advisor experience, especially with respect to digital adoption Working closely with cross-functional team to develop feature set priorities to execute and achieve the overall strategic program vision Synthesize internal and industry data into themes and patterns to provide insights and data-driven recommendations Building cross-functional relationships to establish a collaborative environment at all levels of the organization to create a more collaborative team Achieve alignment by communicating decisions and outcomes to various levels throughout the organization Creating presentations for senior members of the organization Complete ad-hoc assignments that assist in development and implementation of strategies and new processes Providing research, analysis, project management and project support on a variety of strategic initiatives Qualifications: BA/MBA degree preferred 2-5+ years professional experience Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to present materials to the highest levels in the organization, and the ability to frame complex issues Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to evaluate business opportunities within the context of a larger organization and its objectives Entrepreneurial perspective, self-starter, ability to work with minimal supervision Exceptional problem solving and critical thinking skills Project management/multi-tasking skills across different projects Results oriented and outcome based Background in client-facing experience, financial services, scrum master, and/or R&D a plus Why LPL? At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nation's leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential. We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients. Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. We are committed to supporting workplace equality, and we embrace the different perspectives and backgrounds of our employees. We also care for our communities, and we encourage our employees to do the same. This creates an environment in which you can do your best work. Want to hear from our employees on what it's like to work at LPL? Watch this ! We take social responsibility seriously. Learn more here Want to see info on our benefits? Learn more here Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life's aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE. Information on Interviews: LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an lfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant's bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL's Human Resources Solutions Center at .
The Investor and Investment Solutions (IIS) organization is expanding its product management team and currently hiring a Senior Product Analyst to join a team responsible for driving the lifecycle management and execution of LPL's advisor and internal-facing investment products, platforms, as well as technology tools and capabilities. This role must exude a passion for product management in a manner that results in the utmost satisfaction of our Advisors and their clients. The ideal candidate will understand the needs of our advisors and be comfortable driving outcomes across broad cross-functional teams. The role will be responsible for supporting our growing focus on delivering integrated technology experiences and efficient workflows, with an emphasis on driving adoption and engagement of the same. This position requires strong analytical skills, the ability to manage multiple bodies of rapidly evolving work simultaneously, and demonstrate the ability to creatively define, develop, and execute plans to solve highly complex matters. This position will have the opportunity to partner with cross-functional stakeholders and executives across multiple business areas in the firm to: Actively participate in prioritization and implementation of new processes and digital adoption strategies Provide thought-leadership analysis to frame and plan enhancements to the advisor experience Prioritize product features and guide development solutions to achieve the key short-term and long-term goals indicated in the overall product strategy Support the implementation of new offerings through participation in and evaluation of prototypes and pilots A successful candidate will demonstrate strategic and creative thinking skills, a strong ability to turn analytics into compelling insights, and be capable of concise oral and written communication. Essential Functions: Leverage the organization to develop and execute detailed, tactical plans to enhance the advisor experience, especially with respect to digital adoption Working closely with cross-functional team to develop feature set priorities to execute and achieve the overall strategic program vision Synthesize internal and industry data into themes and patterns to provide insights and data-driven recommendations Building cross-functional relationships to establish a collaborative environment at all levels of the organization to create a more collaborative team Achieve alignment by communicating decisions and outcomes to various levels throughout the organization Creating presentations for senior members of the organization Complete ad-hoc assignments that assist in development and implementation of strategies and new processes Providing research, analysis, project management and project support on a variety of strategic initiatives Qualifications: BA/MBA degree preferred 2-5+ years professional experience Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to present materials to the highest levels in the organization, and the ability to frame complex issues Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to evaluate business opportunities within the context of a larger organization and its objectives Entrepreneurial perspective, self-starter, ability to work with minimal supervision Exceptional problem solving and critical thinking skills Project management/multi-tasking skills across different projects Results oriented and outcome based Background in client-facing experience, financial services, scrum master, and/or R&D a plus Why LPL? At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nation's leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential. We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients. Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. We are committed to supporting workplace equality, and we embrace the different perspectives and backgrounds of our employees. We also care for our communities, and we encourage our employees to do the same. This creates an environment in which you can do your best work. Want to hear from our employees on what it's like to work at LPL? Watch this ! We take social responsibility seriously. Learn more here Want to see info on our benefits? Learn more here Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life's aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE. Information on Interviews: LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an lfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant's bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL's Human Resources Solutions Center at .
11/08/2021
Full time
The Investor and Investment Solutions (IIS) organization is expanding its product management team and currently hiring a Senior Product Analyst to join a team responsible for driving the lifecycle management and execution of LPL's advisor and internal-facing investment products, platforms, as well as technology tools and capabilities. This role must exude a passion for product management in a manner that results in the utmost satisfaction of our Advisors and their clients. The ideal candidate will understand the needs of our advisors and be comfortable driving outcomes across broad cross-functional teams. The role will be responsible for supporting our growing focus on delivering integrated technology experiences and efficient workflows, with an emphasis on driving adoption and engagement of the same. This position requires strong analytical skills, the ability to manage multiple bodies of rapidly evolving work simultaneously, and demonstrate the ability to creatively define, develop, and execute plans to solve highly complex matters. This position will have the opportunity to partner with cross-functional stakeholders and executives across multiple business areas in the firm to: Actively participate in prioritization and implementation of new processes and digital adoption strategies Provide thought-leadership analysis to frame and plan enhancements to the advisor experience Prioritize product features and guide development solutions to achieve the key short-term and long-term goals indicated in the overall product strategy Support the implementation of new offerings through participation in and evaluation of prototypes and pilots A successful candidate will demonstrate strategic and creative thinking skills, a strong ability to turn analytics into compelling insights, and be capable of concise oral and written communication. Essential Functions: Leverage the organization to develop and execute detailed, tactical plans to enhance the advisor experience, especially with respect to digital adoption Working closely with cross-functional team to develop feature set priorities to execute and achieve the overall strategic program vision Synthesize internal and industry data into themes and patterns to provide insights and data-driven recommendations Building cross-functional relationships to establish a collaborative environment at all levels of the organization to create a more collaborative team Achieve alignment by communicating decisions and outcomes to various levels throughout the organization Creating presentations for senior members of the organization Complete ad-hoc assignments that assist in development and implementation of strategies and new processes Providing research, analysis, project management and project support on a variety of strategic initiatives Qualifications: BA/MBA degree preferred 2-5+ years professional experience Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to present materials to the highest levels in the organization, and the ability to frame complex issues Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to evaluate business opportunities within the context of a larger organization and its objectives Entrepreneurial perspective, self-starter, ability to work with minimal supervision Exceptional problem solving and critical thinking skills Project management/multi-tasking skills across different projects Results oriented and outcome based Background in client-facing experience, financial services, scrum master, and/or R&D a plus Why LPL? At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nation's leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential. We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients. Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. We are committed to supporting workplace equality, and we embrace the different perspectives and backgrounds of our employees. We also care for our communities, and we encourage our employees to do the same. This creates an environment in which you can do your best work. Want to hear from our employees on what it's like to work at LPL? Watch this ! We take social responsibility seriously. Learn more here Want to see info on our benefits? Learn more here Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life's aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE. Information on Interviews: LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an lfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant's bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL's Human Resources Solutions Center at .
The Investor and Investment Solutions (IIS) organization is expanding its product management team and currently hiring a Senior Product Analyst to join a team responsible for driving the lifecycle management and execution of LPL's advisor and internal-facing investment products, platforms, as well as technology tools and capabilities. This role must exude a passion for product management in a manner that results in the utmost satisfaction of our Advisors and their clients. The ideal candidate will understand the needs of our advisors and be comfortable driving outcomes across broad cross-functional teams. The role will be responsible for supporting our growing focus on delivering integrated technology experiences and efficient workflows, with an emphasis on driving adoption and engagement of the same. This position requires strong analytical skills, the ability to manage multiple bodies of rapidly evolving work simultaneously, and demonstrate the ability to creatively define, develop, and execute plans to solve highly complex matters. This position will have the opportunity to partner with cross-functional stakeholders and executives across multiple business areas in the firm to: Actively participate in prioritization and implementation of new processes and digital adoption strategies Provide thought-leadership analysis to frame and plan enhancements to the advisor experience Prioritize product features and guide development solutions to achieve the key short-term and long-term goals indicated in the overall product strategy Support the implementation of new offerings through participation in and evaluation of prototypes and pilots A successful candidate will demonstrate strategic and creative thinking skills, a strong ability to turn analytics into compelling insights, and be capable of concise oral and written communication. Essential Functions: Leverage the organization to develop and execute detailed, tactical plans to enhance the advisor experience, especially with respect to digital adoption Working closely with cross-functional team to develop feature set priorities to execute and achieve the overall strategic program vision Synthesize internal and industry data into themes and patterns to provide insights and data-driven recommendations Building cross-functional relationships to establish a collaborative environment at all levels of the organization to create a more collaborative team Achieve alignment by communicating decisions and outcomes to various levels throughout the organization Creating presentations for senior members of the organization Complete ad-hoc assignments that assist in development and implementation of strategies and new processes Providing research, analysis, project management and project support on a variety of strategic initiatives Qualifications: BA/MBA degree preferred 2-5+ years professional experience Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to present materials to the highest levels in the organization, and the ability to frame complex issues Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to evaluate business opportunities within the context of a larger organization and its objectives Entrepreneurial perspective, self-starter, ability to work with minimal supervision Exceptional problem solving and critical thinking skills Project management/multi-tasking skills across different projects Results oriented and outcome based Background in client-facing experience, financial services, scrum master, and/or R&D a plus Why LPL? At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nation's leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential. We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients. Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. We are committed to supporting workplace equality, and we embrace the different perspectives and backgrounds of our employees. We also care for our communities, and we encourage our employees to do the same. This creates an environment in which you can do your best work. Want to hear from our employees on what it's like to work at LPL? Watch this ! We take social responsibility seriously. Learn more here Want to see info on our benefits? Learn more here Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life's aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE. Information on Interviews: LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an lfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant's bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL's Human Resources Solutions Center at .
11/06/2021
Full time
The Investor and Investment Solutions (IIS) organization is expanding its product management team and currently hiring a Senior Product Analyst to join a team responsible for driving the lifecycle management and execution of LPL's advisor and internal-facing investment products, platforms, as well as technology tools and capabilities. This role must exude a passion for product management in a manner that results in the utmost satisfaction of our Advisors and their clients. The ideal candidate will understand the needs of our advisors and be comfortable driving outcomes across broad cross-functional teams. The role will be responsible for supporting our growing focus on delivering integrated technology experiences and efficient workflows, with an emphasis on driving adoption and engagement of the same. This position requires strong analytical skills, the ability to manage multiple bodies of rapidly evolving work simultaneously, and demonstrate the ability to creatively define, develop, and execute plans to solve highly complex matters. This position will have the opportunity to partner with cross-functional stakeholders and executives across multiple business areas in the firm to: Actively participate in prioritization and implementation of new processes and digital adoption strategies Provide thought-leadership analysis to frame and plan enhancements to the advisor experience Prioritize product features and guide development solutions to achieve the key short-term and long-term goals indicated in the overall product strategy Support the implementation of new offerings through participation in and evaluation of prototypes and pilots A successful candidate will demonstrate strategic and creative thinking skills, a strong ability to turn analytics into compelling insights, and be capable of concise oral and written communication. Essential Functions: Leverage the organization to develop and execute detailed, tactical plans to enhance the advisor experience, especially with respect to digital adoption Working closely with cross-functional team to develop feature set priorities to execute and achieve the overall strategic program vision Synthesize internal and industry data into themes and patterns to provide insights and data-driven recommendations Building cross-functional relationships to establish a collaborative environment at all levels of the organization to create a more collaborative team Achieve alignment by communicating decisions and outcomes to various levels throughout the organization Creating presentations for senior members of the organization Complete ad-hoc assignments that assist in development and implementation of strategies and new processes Providing research, analysis, project management and project support on a variety of strategic initiatives Qualifications: BA/MBA degree preferred 2-5+ years professional experience Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to present materials to the highest levels in the organization, and the ability to frame complex issues Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to evaluate business opportunities within the context of a larger organization and its objectives Entrepreneurial perspective, self-starter, ability to work with minimal supervision Exceptional problem solving and critical thinking skills Project management/multi-tasking skills across different projects Results oriented and outcome based Background in client-facing experience, financial services, scrum master, and/or R&D a plus Why LPL? At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nation's leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential. We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients. Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. We are committed to supporting workplace equality, and we embrace the different perspectives and backgrounds of our employees. We also care for our communities, and we encourage our employees to do the same. This creates an environment in which you can do your best work. Want to hear from our employees on what it's like to work at LPL? Watch this ! We take social responsibility seriously. Learn more here Want to see info on our benefits? Learn more here Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life's aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE. Information on Interviews: LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an lfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant's bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL's Human Resources Solutions Center at .
*We are unable to sponsor for this permanent Full time role* *Position is bonus eligible* Prestigious Fortune 500 Company is currently seeking a Agile Release Train Development Manager. Candidate will have significant impact in our team, and in our world. Candidate will guide and lead the Agile Release Train (ART) and the teams through the delivery of software and services, while embracing and promoting the Agile attitude. Candidate will partner with Product Management, Product Owners and others to define the mission value and prioritize work to help ensure strategy and execution alignment. Responsibilities : Establish and communicate the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs) Establish cadence, facilitate and drive the agile ceremonies such as PI Planning, Product Owner Sync, Scrum of Scrums, Inspect and Adapt Workshop, Innovation and Sprint Planning events Summarize team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and openness Facilitate escalation for impediment removal for the Scrum Master and Scrum teams by fostering collaboration throughout the ART. Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering a continuous exploration process which drives the vision, roadmap, and backlogs through Pre- and Post-PI planning meetings. Collaborate with the communities of practice and identify and deploy key metrics to enable continuous improvement across the development teams Identify and direct the implementation of process improvements that significantly improve quality of the product Coaches Scrum Masters on Agile Practices and attitudes Qualifications : A minimum of 10+ years of relevant professional experience as a Development Manager or Program Manager A Bachelor's degree in a technically related field, or equivalent experience Training and/or certification as a Scrum Master by an educational or professional association Previous experience engaging partners, contributors and technical resources to deliver software Proven and in-depth understanding of agile development and continuous deployment practices Solid grasp of scaled agile, (SAFe) release, and increments Project expertise with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence) Superb communication skills, with ability to convey complex ideas in a clear, concise fashion to technical and non-technical audiences Demonstrable understanding of current technologies with the ability to develop and deliver projects using groundbreaking technologies Strong organization and time management skills Top notch communication skills, and ability to work effectively with others, and empower employees Proven success in the conduct of agile software development for complex information technology systems
11/04/2021
Full time
*We are unable to sponsor for this permanent Full time role* *Position is bonus eligible* Prestigious Fortune 500 Company is currently seeking a Agile Release Train Development Manager. Candidate will have significant impact in our team, and in our world. Candidate will guide and lead the Agile Release Train (ART) and the teams through the delivery of software and services, while embracing and promoting the Agile attitude. Candidate will partner with Product Management, Product Owners and others to define the mission value and prioritize work to help ensure strategy and execution alignment. Responsibilities : Establish and communicate the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs) Establish cadence, facilitate and drive the agile ceremonies such as PI Planning, Product Owner Sync, Scrum of Scrums, Inspect and Adapt Workshop, Innovation and Sprint Planning events Summarize team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and openness Facilitate escalation for impediment removal for the Scrum Master and Scrum teams by fostering collaboration throughout the ART. Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering a continuous exploration process which drives the vision, roadmap, and backlogs through Pre- and Post-PI planning meetings. Collaborate with the communities of practice and identify and deploy key metrics to enable continuous improvement across the development teams Identify and direct the implementation of process improvements that significantly improve quality of the product Coaches Scrum Masters on Agile Practices and attitudes Qualifications : A minimum of 10+ years of relevant professional experience as a Development Manager or Program Manager A Bachelor's degree in a technically related field, or equivalent experience Training and/or certification as a Scrum Master by an educational or professional association Previous experience engaging partners, contributors and technical resources to deliver software Proven and in-depth understanding of agile development and continuous deployment practices Solid grasp of scaled agile, (SAFe) release, and increments Project expertise with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence) Superb communication skills, with ability to convey complex ideas in a clear, concise fashion to technical and non-technical audiences Demonstrable understanding of current technologies with the ability to develop and deliver projects using groundbreaking technologies Strong organization and time management skills Top notch communication skills, and ability to work effectively with others, and empower employees Proven success in the conduct of agile software development for complex information technology systems
Chandra Technologies, Inc.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Hourly Rate: $50 W2; $57 CTC/1099 Job Description: 3-5 years' experience working in Agile/Scrum corporate environments in the role of Scrum Master Must be a Certified Scrum Master Previous experience with software development or integrations. Experience working in large corporate environments State Government experience is a plus. Must be familiar with Jira or backlog management tools Must be familiar with Confluence Responsibilities: Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organization Helping team members clarify goals and how to achieve that Guiding the team and organization in following Agile Scrum and Kanban practices and values Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving. Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog Facilitating the daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective meetings Interfacing with both technical resources (developers, testers, architects, business analyst), also key business CRM stakeholders especially with MS Dynamics environment Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information Identifying activities, dependencies, sequencing, and time estimates Create reports that illustrate progress Focuses on process and risk management Vendor communication support Required Skills: Experience with MS Dynamics CRM projects and their planning (2 years) experience working in Agile/Scrum corporate environments in the role of Scrum Master (7 years) Previous experience with software development or integrations. (5 years) Experience working in large corporate environments (5 years) Experience in direct client contact and maintaining effective working relationships with end users and other internal/external staff (5 years) Must be familiar with Jira or backlog management tools (5 years) Program management of complex critical application (3 years) Scrum Master with Government Exp Project Management, Agile, Jira, MS Dynamics CRM Higher Competitive Rates will be considered for consultants with advanced skill set Corp to Corp Resumes are welcome Consultants may need a criminal background check - provided by Dice
10/17/2021
Full time
Hourly Rate: $50 W2; $57 CTC/1099 Job Description: 3-5 years' experience working in Agile/Scrum corporate environments in the role of Scrum Master Must be a Certified Scrum Master Previous experience with software development or integrations. Experience working in large corporate environments State Government experience is a plus. Must be familiar with Jira or backlog management tools Must be familiar with Confluence Responsibilities: Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organization Helping team members clarify goals and how to achieve that Guiding the team and organization in following Agile Scrum and Kanban practices and values Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving. Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog Facilitating the daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective meetings Interfacing with both technical resources (developers, testers, architects, business analyst), also key business CRM stakeholders especially with MS Dynamics environment Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information Identifying activities, dependencies, sequencing, and time estimates Create reports that illustrate progress Focuses on process and risk management Vendor communication support Required Skills: Experience with MS Dynamics CRM projects and their planning (2 years) experience working in Agile/Scrum corporate environments in the role of Scrum Master (7 years) Previous experience with software development or integrations. (5 years) Experience working in large corporate environments (5 years) Experience in direct client contact and maintaining effective working relationships with end users and other internal/external staff (5 years) Must be familiar with Jira or backlog management tools (5 years) Program management of complex critical application (3 years) Scrum Master with Government Exp Project Management, Agile, Jira, MS Dynamics CRM Higher Competitive Rates will be considered for consultants with advanced skill set Corp to Corp Resumes are welcome Consultants may need a criminal background check - provided by Dice
Company Description: At Fannie Mae, futures are made. The inspiring work we do makes an affordable home a reality and a difference in the lives of Americans. Every day offers compelling opportunities to modernize the nation's housing finance system while being part of an inclusive team using new, emerging technologies. Here, you will help lead our industry forward, enhance your technical expertise, and make your career. Job Description: In this compelling leadership position, you will scale up and mature a team of Site Reliability Engineers (SREs). You will be responsible for building and executing a vision to implement best practices and best-of-breed tooling for monitoring, deployments, and automated remediation's that development teams will rely on to build and run highly available, resilient services in the cloud. You will be tasked with evangelizing and socializing the Site Reliability Engineering discipline across the enterprise, serve as a change agent for driving service prioritization and help promote a culture of continuous improvement measured by operational metrics and KPIs. You will apply your expertise in software and systems engineering to ensure that our mission critical systems meet the appropriate performance needs of our users. In this role, you will be expected to strategize portfolio / program reliability by working with cross-functional IT organizations and build roadmaps to drive reliability into the product, enable the enterprise to standardize and adopt application reliability metrics and improve application health. THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKEThe Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Director role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:* Collaborate with key stakeholders across Engineering, Architecture and InfoSec teams on initiatives and capabilities related to the operational health, security, growth, usability, and design of our applications.* Set strategy and develop roadmap for team aimed towards reducing the operational overhead of keeping Fannie Mae applications healthy, secure, and available for our customers.* Collaborate across domains to drive ownership of production systems, enable faster decision making and transparent observability into system health.* Drive service reliability by developing tooling that enables metric visibility using SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs.* Advocate for and drive the implementation of reliable design patterns.* Promote simplicity in solving complex problems across our technology footprint.* Lead and focus teams on root cause analysis, pattern identification and continuous improvement in order to optimize application performance, resiliency and reliability.Qualifications: Required Experience:* 8-10+ years of relevant professional experience* Experience setting strategic vision for an enterprise wide practice or capability, communicating and selling the vision to leadership, stakeholders and the team* Exemplary leadership and communication abilities (both verbal and written) are a must; this role will partner closely with business and technology executives in a highly matrixed structure* Influencing skills to include negotiation, persuasion of others, meeting facilitation, and conflict resolution;* Experience as a leader managing other leaders/managers* Experience with hands on top level systems reliability engineering and providing senior level technical direction on enterprise level projects.* Experience collaborating cross-functionally on availability / performance issues in order to identify root-cause, determine areas for improvement, and drive those actions to closure through effective solutions;* Collective capabilities for leadership, including leading teams, giving feedback, facilitating meetings, coaching & mentoring, promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing.* experience managing teams* Adept at managing project plans, resources, and people to ensure successful project completion in a Agile / Scrum environment* Demonstrated experience leading engineering and operational teams responsible for supporting and deploying Enterprise scale cloud services and products* Proven track record of improving reliability, availability, incident management and performance of cloud services* Proven experience managing software development lifecycle platforms and tools and/or designing, building, servicing, and driving ongoing improvement of service infrastructure systems* Experience in activities like architecture reviews, code reviews, creating platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, etc.* Experience designing and developing highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability, and high availability;* Strong understanding and knowledge of Java / J2EE technologies and frameworks including UI / JavaScript frameworks, Spring Boot / Spring Cloud Frameworks, REST, Microservices, server-side frameworks; * Understanding of containerization concepts including Docker & Kubernetes.* Understanding of Continuous Delivery and Integration frameworks including deployment automation and configuration management components and familiarity with DevOps / CICD tools like Jenkins, Jules etc.* Familiarity with process automation practices and tools such as Blue Prism, Selenium, Ansible playbooks and Python or PowerShell scripting* Deep understanding of and experience in implementing resiliency design patterns frameworks and validations.* Experience in implementing Chaos Engineering concepts and familiarity with tools such Gremlin and Chaos Monkey* Experience defining, measuring, and improving Reliability Metrics (SLO/SLI), Observability (Monitoring, Logging-Tracing solutions), Operations Processes (Incident, Problem Management), and Operations Toil Reduction through Automation;* Experience driving the development of dashboards from application and infrastructure health perspectives using tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog, SignalFx etc. to provide a single pane view of all critical business and operational information to relevant stakeholders;Desired Experience:* Bachelor degree or equivalent; Master degree preferred* Candidates located in or around the Reston, VA or Plano, TX preferred* Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, Splunk Certified Developer, Dynatrace, Sun Certified Java Programmer, etc.Additional Information: Job REF ID: REF5873AThe future is what you make it to be. Discover compelling opportunities at Fanniemae.com/careers.Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer, which means we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, personal appearance, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the application process, email us at .
09/25/2021
Full time
Company Description: At Fannie Mae, futures are made. The inspiring work we do makes an affordable home a reality and a difference in the lives of Americans. Every day offers compelling opportunities to modernize the nation's housing finance system while being part of an inclusive team using new, emerging technologies. Here, you will help lead our industry forward, enhance your technical expertise, and make your career. Job Description: In this compelling leadership position, you will scale up and mature a team of Site Reliability Engineers (SREs). You will be responsible for building and executing a vision to implement best practices and best-of-breed tooling for monitoring, deployments, and automated remediation's that development teams will rely on to build and run highly available, resilient services in the cloud. You will be tasked with evangelizing and socializing the Site Reliability Engineering discipline across the enterprise, serve as a change agent for driving service prioritization and help promote a culture of continuous improvement measured by operational metrics and KPIs. You will apply your expertise in software and systems engineering to ensure that our mission critical systems meet the appropriate performance needs of our users. In this role, you will be expected to strategize portfolio / program reliability by working with cross-functional IT organizations and build roadmaps to drive reliability into the product, enable the enterprise to standardize and adopt application reliability metrics and improve application health. THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKEThe Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Director role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:* Collaborate with key stakeholders across Engineering, Architecture and InfoSec teams on initiatives and capabilities related to the operational health, security, growth, usability, and design of our applications.* Set strategy and develop roadmap for team aimed towards reducing the operational overhead of keeping Fannie Mae applications healthy, secure, and available for our customers.* Collaborate across domains to drive ownership of production systems, enable faster decision making and transparent observability into system health.* Drive service reliability by developing tooling that enables metric visibility using SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs.* Advocate for and drive the implementation of reliable design patterns.* Promote simplicity in solving complex problems across our technology footprint.* Lead and focus teams on root cause analysis, pattern identification and continuous improvement in order to optimize application performance, resiliency and reliability.Qualifications: Required Experience:* 8-10+ years of relevant professional experience* Experience setting strategic vision for an enterprise wide practice or capability, communicating and selling the vision to leadership, stakeholders and the team* Exemplary leadership and communication abilities (both verbal and written) are a must; this role will partner closely with business and technology executives in a highly matrixed structure* Influencing skills to include negotiation, persuasion of others, meeting facilitation, and conflict resolution;* Experience as a leader managing other leaders/managers* Experience with hands on top level systems reliability engineering and providing senior level technical direction on enterprise level projects.* Experience collaborating cross-functionally on availability / performance issues in order to identify root-cause, determine areas for improvement, and drive those actions to closure through effective solutions;* Collective capabilities for leadership, including leading teams, giving feedback, facilitating meetings, coaching & mentoring, promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing.* experience managing teams* Adept at managing project plans, resources, and people to ensure successful project completion in a Agile / Scrum environment* Demonstrated experience leading engineering and operational teams responsible for supporting and deploying Enterprise scale cloud services and products* Proven track record of improving reliability, availability, incident management and performance of cloud services* Proven experience managing software development lifecycle platforms and tools and/or designing, building, servicing, and driving ongoing improvement of service infrastructure systems* Experience in activities like architecture reviews, code reviews, creating platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, etc.* Experience designing and developing highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability, and high availability;* Strong understanding and knowledge of Java / J2EE technologies and frameworks including UI / JavaScript frameworks, Spring Boot / Spring Cloud Frameworks, REST, Microservices, server-side frameworks; * Understanding of containerization concepts including Docker & Kubernetes.* Understanding of Continuous Delivery and Integration frameworks including deployment automation and configuration management components and familiarity with DevOps / CICD tools like Jenkins, Jules etc.* Familiarity with process automation practices and tools such as Blue Prism, Selenium, Ansible playbooks and Python or PowerShell scripting* Deep understanding of and experience in implementing resiliency design patterns frameworks and validations.* Experience in implementing Chaos Engineering concepts and familiarity with tools such Gremlin and Chaos Monkey* Experience defining, measuring, and improving Reliability Metrics (SLO/SLI), Observability (Monitoring, Logging-Tracing solutions), Operations Processes (Incident, Problem Management), and Operations Toil Reduction through Automation;* Experience driving the development of dashboards from application and infrastructure health perspectives using tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog, SignalFx etc. to provide a single pane view of all critical business and operational information to relevant stakeholders;Desired Experience:* Bachelor degree or equivalent; Master degree preferred* Candidates located in or around the Reston, VA or Plano, TX preferred* Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, Splunk Certified Developer, Dynatrace, Sun Certified Java Programmer, etc.Additional Information: Job REF ID: REF5873AThe future is what you make it to be. Discover compelling opportunities at Fanniemae.com/careers.Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer, which means we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, personal appearance, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the application process, email us at .
