At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.

We are looking for a Senior Director to join our team who is an experienced thought leader to focus on providing overall strategic and executive leadership. This Senior Director of Engineering will be an experienced leader within Planning Experience (PX).

Primary Duties & Responsibilities: Delivery

Ensures timely delivery of business value through technology as negotiated with product and business
Mitigates Risk
Helps with Modernization efforts
Communicates and nurtures an engaging relationship with business stakeholders
Collaborates with technical partners (ex. Testing, support, design, product, security) to ensure timely and quality deliverables
Expectations/Guidelines
Leading through multiple engineering teams and their respective leads.
Growing engineering skill sets in others.
Ensures continuous improvement of Engineering capabilities

Prior Experience:

5-7 year primary leadership role in delivering business outcomes and leading teams with direct reports
Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide organization maturity
Demonstrated experience creating tech strategy
Strong communication skills at all levels – upwards and down
Strong understanding of architecture concepts, resilient application design, cloud technologies and automation; product focused.

Qualifications & Related Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree Required
Minimum 8 Years' Experience in Highly Technical Roles Covering Multiple Areas Required
Deep Hands-On Knowledge of Application Development, Operation and Support Practices
Deep Hands-On Knowledge of Either Web/Cloud/Web Service Based Technology, APIs Or DevOps Concepts; Appropriate Professional Designation Preferred; Prior Experience Leading/coaching/mentoring engineering teams

Special Skills Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Excellent Decision-Making Capabilities
Excellent Organization, and Team Collaboration Skills
Excellent Written and Verbal Communication Skills
Excellent Facilitation, Collaboration, Negotiation, and Presentation Skills; Comfort with Ambiguity, Frequent Change, Or Unpredictability
Strong Team Leadership Skills
Solid experience working with cross functional teams

Compensation Range:

Pay Range - Start:

$143,360.00

Pay Range - End:

$204,800.00

Please note that this is the standard pay structure. Positions in certain locations (such as California) may provide an increase on the standard pay structure based on the location. Please click here for additional information relating to location-based pay structures.

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We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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