Senior Director, Software Engineering (Marketing)

at  Northwestern Mutual

AT NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL, WE ARE STRONG, INNOVATIVE AND GROWING. WE INVEST IN OUR PEOPLE. WE CARE AND MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE.

Northwestern Mutual (NM) has been helping families and businesses achieve financial security for 165+ years. Through a distinctive, whole-picture planning approach including both insurance and investments, we empower people to be financially confident. We combine the expertise of our financial professionals with a personalized digital experience and groundbreaking technology to best serve our clients!
Come join our team to drive strategic department and functional vision, operating models, budget and planning activities, and outcomes for our Client Experience department. You will serve as a trusted, strategic advisor to lead functional leaders within the department. In this leadership position, you will be regarded as a technical expert in Marketing Engineering working alongside Product, Technology and the Business at Northwestern Mutual!

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• 9-14 years professional experience required.
• 3-7+ years of experience leading engineering teams including:
• Leading through multiple engineering teams and their respective leads.
• Growing engineering skills in others.
• Developing future engineering leaders.
• Providing direct feedback and performance reviews.
• Creating tech strategy and growing business relationships.
• Deep technical knowledge and broad understanding of the business.
• Ability to optimally communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences in varying forms and all levels of detail.
• Solid understanding of design patterns and architecture.
• Ability to influence teams, technology or business leaders on impactful issues and decisions.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrates technical expertise and leadership.
• Establishes, aggregates, and shares team standards and best practices across department.
• Owns the strategy and development of high impact solutions in the enterprise.
• Leads talent strategy and development for the division.
• Mentors, guides and coaches’ engineers/leaders within their division for technical and leadership growth.
• Prioritizes talent and manage budgets for efficient results.
• Establishes business shared goals and lead the division to meet goals.
• Delivers operational excellence through the development of organizational strategies, engineering processes, and product quality standards.
• Collaborates with the business to understand business needs, strategy, customer needs and market trends.
• Acts as ambassador and representative for Northwestern Mutual’s technology organization in community and technology events.

GROW YOUR CAREER WITH A BEST-IN-CLASS COMPANY THAT PUTS OUR CLIENT’S INTERESTS AT THE CENTER OF ALL WE DO. GET STARTED NOW!

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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