Mgr, Technology Platform Owner

Salary Range : $112,900 - $169,300 Annual

Job Details

The stated pay range is based on a national average location. Actual salary is determined by factors including relevant work experience, skills, and location. This position is bonus-eligible.

CNO Financial Group’s IT Team is hiring a Mgr, Technology Platform Owner to be accountable for aspects of the technology platforms within their assigned portfolio. Success factors of the role are tied to timely, on-budget delivery of business initiatives, production stability, and productive business relationships. Business initiatives are typically small to medium scale or a sub-capability of larger business initiatives with delivery activities led by a Program Manager.

Come join our growing IT department! In 2023, CNO was nominated for an “Exceptional Employer Award” from TechPoint, an Indiana tech advocacy non-profit. CNO IT, through progressive leadership, offers career advancement opportunities, consistently provides employee recognition, and maintains a fun and exciting culture. The CNO IT vision is to achieve TechHappiness for both our business partners and IT associates.

As a Mgr, Technology Platform Owner, your responsibilities will include:

• Full management responsibility for a TPO team, which typically includes solution architects.
• Leading a small to midsize subset of a respective portfolio and ensuring timely delivery of business initiatives.
• Participating in respective technical platform area operational planning process and providing input to defining objectives.
• Providing input into the business and technical fitness of respective application portfolios and insights into potential cost efficiencies.
• Managing support activities in conjunction with infrastructure and operations teams to ensure the application products perform well in production.
• Running respective vendor relationships and respective budgets.
• Collaborating with the Security team to ensure that the organization's application products are effectively secured and that risks are mitigated.
• Supporting the Director, Technical Platform Owner (TPO) and product management to implement and lead change requests to production, application product roadmaps status reporting, metrics, and benchmarks.
• Managing the development of processes and tools in conjunction with infrastructure and DevOps members, to automate the handoff of code releases (DevOps).
• Developing positive relationships with product managers and Business Relationship Managers (BRMs) across the organization to provide insights on how applications can enable sources of value.
• Managing application group personnel, developing their skills and capabilities to meet the needs of the organization, as well as building on existing recruiting capabilities to address new needs and skills gaps.

The Mgr, Technology Platform Owner position is well-suited for you if you:

• Have a demonstrated ability to lead others, provide direction, and explain information to employees and colleagues
• Possess a strong understanding of software application development principles and processes
• Understand the overall business objectives and have the business domain knowledge to complete objectives.
• Are a strong communicator with a proven ability to understand key concepts and communicate effectively with technical staff, business stakeholders, and senior management.
• Have experience with lean IT, agile and waterfall development, and DevOps principles and frameworks

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business Management or a related field
• Typically, a minimum of five to seven years of experience
• Previous experience managing or leading a team in application product development or implementations
• Experience collaborating closely with middle management

What will set you apart:

• A solid ability to collaborate and establish relationships as well as handle sensitive issues professionally
• Strong organizational skills and management of multiple priorities with contending demands for resources
• Strong analytical, data processing, and problem-solving skills
• A proven track record of developing strong relationships with vendors to ensure quality and timely delivery of services and products
• Experience coordinating and integrating the efforts of onshore and offshore teams to achieve project goals and maintain seamless operations.
• The ability to develop and manage project budgets and resource needs, ensuring alignment with organizational financial goals

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Short-term & long-term disability insurance
• Paid time off and corporate holidays,
• Paid parental leave
• Company-paid life insurance

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CNO embraces flexibility and encourages you to work where you’re most productive. Associates who live within a 60-mile radius of a corporate office (Birmingham, Carmel, Chicago, Orlando, and Milwaukee) have access to come into that office.

Associates who live outside of a 60-mile radius of a corporate office (Birmingham, Carmel, Chicago, Orlando, and Milwaukee) may perform this role full-time work from home (WFH) from any US-based location, as long as you are willing to work central or eastern time zone hours.

All associates may be asked to travel to varying corporate offices periodically. Work cannot be performed from outside of the United States.

CNO provides life and health insurance, annuities, financial services, and workforce benefits solutions through our family of brands and supported by our associates and agents. Our customers work hard to save for the future, and we help protect their health, income, and retirement needs with 3.2 million policies and more than $35 billion in total assets. Our 3,400 associates, 8,600 exclusive agents, and independent partner agents guide individuals, families, and businesses through a lifetime of financial decisions.

We are financially strong and well-positioned for continued growth, and we are grounded in our core values of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I); Integrity, Customer Focus, Excellence, and Teamwork. We have offices in more than 260 communities in the U.S., including our headquarters in Carmel, Indiana, and corporate offices in Birmingham, Chicago, Philadelphia, Orlando, and Milwaukee.

At CNO Financial Group, we’re always looking forward—to the security and stability we help create for our insurance brands’ customers, and the growth we create within our own company. We're looking for ambitious people who want to do more. We'll provide you with opportunities to grow your skills through challenging professional experiences.

If you're looking for a culture that encourages development, helps you reach your potential, and rewards you for your contribution, then CNO Financial Group is right for you. For more information, visit CNOinc.com.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Compensation

Pay Range: $112,900.00 - $169,300.00 Annual

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

ReqID : JR168777

Job Type : Full time