Job Description

Alternate Locations: Hartford, CT (Connecticut); Work from Home

Relocation assistance is not available for this opportunity.

Level: P5

Requisition 65322

About the Company

Lincoln Financial Group, a Fortune 250 company with over 10,000 employees, provides advice and solutions that help empower Americans to take charge of their financial lives with confidence. Our core business areas Life Insurance, Annuities, Retirement Plan Services and Group Protection focus on supporting, preserving and enhancing over 17 million customers lifestyles and retirement outcomes.

Headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, Lincoln Financial Group is the marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) and its affiliates. The company had $238 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2018.

Ranked one of the Best Large Employers in America by Forbes magazine, Lincoln Financial Group makes a serious investment in our employees futures through a broad range of wealth accumulation and protection plans, health and wellness programs, and career development resources designed to help each individual reach their personal and professional goals.

The Role at a Glance:

We are excited to bring on a collaborative, delivery-minded leader who will coach and develop a tenured team supporting Lincolns Life Solutions Business. As the AVP, Application Delivery Leader, you will inspire your team to build innovative experience and product apps through collective, rapid delivery . You will have the opportunity to bring strategy to life with a business leadership team that is deeply embedded in the industry and constantly studying market and competitor trends. If this sounds exciting to you, please read on!

What you'll be doing?

* Leading and mentoring an amazing team of experienced software engineers to deliver solutions in support of an aggressively changing and improving business environment.
* Partnering with an industry leading business team to build innovative New Business applications and tools.
* Champion technology shift to include cloud, AI driven decisions, NoSQL supporting real-time transactions, and API services to support internal and externally managed capabilities.
* Leads the continuous improvements of a dynamic application team with development methodologies, DEVOPS tools and technics, and collaboration across diverse locations.
* Maintains knowledge on current and emerging developments/trends for assigned area(s) of responsibility, assesses the impact, and collaborates with senior management to incorporate new trends and developments in current and future strategies.

What we're looking for?

Must Haves:

* 10+ years experience in application development that directly aligns with the specific responsibilities for this position
* Proven experience delivering on strategy with a sense of urgency, encouraging team members to challenge the norm and stretch themselves.
* Experience in delivery software solutions in a complex technology environment
* Leading large programs in a highly matrixed organization
* Proven experience organizing, motivating and inspiring growth across a team, effectively building succession.
* Experience in DevOps and Cloud Delivery
* Leading with Service based Architecture in an Agile Environment
* 4 Year/Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology or Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience.

Nice to haves:

* Experience leading application development in the Life Insurance industry
* Experience leading technology transitions, for example the implementation of DevOps tools and methodology
* Experience with underwriting

This position may be subject to Lincolns Political Contribution Policy. An offer of employment may be contingent upon disclosing to Lincoln the details of certain political contributions. Lincoln may decline to extend an offer or terminate employment for this role if it determines political contributions made could have an adverse impact on Lincolns current or future business interests, misrepresentations were made, or for failure to fully disclose applicable political contributions and or fundraising activities.

Any unsolicited resumes/candidate profiles submitted through our web site or to personal e-mail accounts of employees of Lincoln Financial Group are considered property of Lincoln Financial Group and are not subject to payment of agency fees.

Lincoln Financial Group (LFG) is an Equal Opportunity employer and, as such, is committed in policy and practice to recruit, hire, compensate, train and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, veterans status, or genetic information. Applicants are evaluated on the basis of job qualifications. If you are a person with a disability that impedes your ability to express your interest for a position through our online application process, or require TTY/TDD assistance, contact us by calling 260-455-2558.

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