Position Overview
This role consists of strategic product planning, business & technical solution design, and programoversight responsibilities for the AURA NEXT suite of products and services. You will help customers define their digital transformation vision & needsby leveraging your in-depth industry knowledge, interpretation of business & technical challenges, understanding of key stakeholder needs and deep automated underwriting solution design expertise. You will fulfill this vision by facilitating business & technical solution design workshops for new business capabilities and implementations.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with theAURA Product Research & Development teams tosupporting business and technical solution design to on-board new capabilities to AURA in alignment with the roadmap and establish a plan for communicating this vision/roadmap to internal and external clients.
- Partner with the AURA customers (internal RGA stakeholders and external clients) and IT leadership to lead the design of new solutions, starting with defining the problem statement and progressing through the business ideation stage while ensuring the overall approach has valid cost-benefit drivers, and aligns with the AURA Product strategy.
- Communicate complex concepts through storyboards, prototypes and other interactive design techniques and recommend user-centric solutions; including presenting, pitching and convincing others to accept alternative approaches to the problem/solution paradigm.
- Lead the effort to develop cross-divisional/LOB/geography solution strategy plans and enabling feature definition;
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- Identify and understand stakeholder needs.
- Assess existing systems support for the business needs.
- Work with the appropriate business and IT associates to find the best solutions (across technology and process) and with the functional leads to ensure business processes make the most efficient and effective use of the technology deployed.
- Develop business objectives, delivery best practices and solution goals.
- Work with the functional leads to specify in detail how the service will be delivered, roles and responsibilities, effort, and how to measure success of the service and its contribution to supporting the business as part of translating the Business Architecture into an implementation roadmap.
- Document features and users stories as needed support the development teams and process.
- Create a framework and best practices for developing user/business centric solution recommendations, proof of concept and proposals.
- Monitor work throughout the development lifecycle to ensure accurate alignment to original vision and business objectives.
- Work seamlessly across regions and functions, forming, evolving, and disbanding virtual teams; including establishment of governance structures as appropriate to achieve the objectives.
- Fosters a positive and engaged work environment.
- Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Education Required: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience Preferred: MBA and/or Master's degree Experience and Skills Required:
- 15+ plus years of progressive professional experience evaluating, delivering, and/or managing complex development and/or process improvement projects in a global environment.
- 10+ years e-Underwriting business and technical experience.
- Highly advanced ability to solve unique and complex problems that have a potentially broad impact on the business. Must be a proven, innovative thinker.
- Advanced knowledge of Individual Life Insurance business.
- Exceptional feature definition and requirement elicitation skills.
- Highly advanced facilitation skills with the ability to lead and influence virtual teams to desired outcomes and obtain buy-in from senior leadership on deliverables.
- Strong capability to facilitate strategic road-mapping sessions and proven experience developing multi-year business and technology roadmaps
- Expert global teaming and remote collaboration skills.
- Exceptional ability to challenge the status quo in a facilitative and collaborative way
- Competent in Business Domain Analysis, Business/Technical Architecture Development and Business Process Modeling
- Highly advanced persuasion & stakeholder management skills when working with internal partners and external providers to resolve issues/problems.
- Highly advanced program management skills. Demonstrates ability to evaluate program objectives, scope feasibility, gain understanding, schedule resources, and manage capacity to plan.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills including presentation skills, demonstrating the ability to convey information in a way that is meaningful and well received by stakeholders and team members.
- Highly advanced ability to adapt new methods, work under tight deadlines and stressful conditions.
- Expert skills in managing multiple projects and/or sub-teams simultaneously
- Highly advanced ability to make timely and effective decisions and produce results through strategic planning and the implementation and evaluation of programs and policies.
- Expert ability to work well within and provide leadership to business and technical teams
- Expert ability to foster a teamwork and customer service focused environment.
- Expert ability to liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional and technical disciplines
Preferred:
- 15+ years professional experience in information technology
- FLMI designation
- Proficient in software development methodologies
- Consulting experience
Company Overview
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) is one of the largest global providers of life reinsurance, with offices around the world. RGA delivers expert solutions in individual life reinsurance, individual living benefits reinsurance, group reinsurance, financial solutions, facultative underwriting and product development. Our mission is to enhance our clients' prosperity by supporting their financial and risk management capabilities. Colorado residents salary: $114,000-$154,280 #LI-ER1 Job Detail
Job Functions
Information Technology
Work Location
Weldon Spring MO
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RGA Reinsurance Company
October 29, 2022