Manager, Software Engineering Product Manager (Annuity Data Platform)

Nationwide Technology offers a collaborative, agile environment focused on secure, modern solutions that support exceptional care for customers. This role is based in Columbus, OH on a hybrid schedule with in-office days Wednesdays and Thursdays, and it leads the Annuity Data Platform team to deliver data capabilities, AI enabled solutions, and modernization outcomes.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Short and long term disability coverage
• Paid time off with new associates receiving a minimum of 18 days per full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
• Nine paid holidays
• 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
• 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
• 401(k) with company match
• Company paid pension plan
• Business casual attire

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the strategic direction for the Annuity Data Platform in alignment with organizational goals, the Annuity Modernization Program, and Data Strategy priorities
• Establish an outcome based roadmap for ADP that balances first launch delivery with long term scalability, reuse, analytics, and AI enablement
• Partner with architecture and business leaders to ensure the platform supports modernization capabilities, downstream consumers, and future state reporting, analytics, and AI needs
• Lead the ADP team in delivering data capabilities required for Annuity Modernization first launch, including support for priority business capabilities and critical path features
• Ensure backlog readiness, sequencing, and alignment to milestone planning, integrated plans, and cross team handoffs for predictable execution against committed outcomes
• Drive resolution of scope, dependency, and capacity issues impacting delivery while maintaining focus on business value, schedule commitments, and quality
• Lead the design, development, and operationalization of scalable, secure, and resilient data platform capabilities that meet business and technology needs
• Establish and mature engineering practices across the ADP team including DevSecOps, automation, observability, and run operations support
• Ensure strong controls around platform health, data quality, stability, support readiness, and risk mitigation as ADP becomes foundational to multiple annuity capabilities
• Partner with enterprise and program data leaders to shape and implement Data Strategy for Annuity, including data modeling, lineage, governance, and reusable platform patterns
• Identify high value opportunities for AI based solutions enabled by trusted, governed, and reusable data assets on the ADP platform
• Help define and mature foundational AI capabilities in the data space, including reliable data pipelines, governed data assets, reusable data products, and platform patterns that enable analytics, automation, and AI use cases
• Ensure the platform enables trusted, consumable data for operational processes, regulatory needs, reporting, analytics, and future AI driven solutions
• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand pain points, process inefficiencies, and decisioning opportunities addressable through data and AI based solutions
• Partner across business and technology teams to translate opportunities into actionable use cases, roadmaps, and delivery plans
• Promote pragmatic adoption of AI enabled capabilities that improve operational efficiency, speed to insight, and business value while aligning to enterprise standards and risk controls
• Ensure AI and data solutions are tied to measurable business outcomes and support the broader goals of Annuity Modernization
• Foster close partnerships across Annuity Technology, IDS, Data Architecture, Program Leadership, and business stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of platform and capability delivery
• Collaborate with partner teams to manage interdependencies, resolve blockers, and align delivery plans
• Serve as a key leadership representative for ADP within planning, governance, and escalation forums
• Develop and manage a workforce strategy for the ADP team aligning skills and capacity to modernization demand, platform priorities, and first launch commitments
• Manage vendor relationships and external partnerships to ensure high quality delivery, efficient onboarding, and effective scaling where needed
• Optimize build and run costs while maintaining delivery quality, platform resiliency, and long term value realization
• Build a strong engineering culture emphasizing accountability, collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement
• Strengthen the team’s ability to plan, execute, and support data platform work through clear operating rhythms, performance measures, and talent development
• Stay current on industry trends in data platforms, cloud, automation, analytics, and AI, applying those learnings to improve team effectiveness and platform outcomes

Requirements

• Six years of experience in application suite management, with four or more years leading multiple teams across technologies
• Proven ability to empower and build an engaged, high performing team
• Undergraduate studies in management information systems, engineering, math, computer science, or comparable experience and education preferred
• Detailed understanding of the systems development life cycle and modern delivery methodologies, tools, and practices
• Solid grounding in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis; ability to develop and implement roadmap strategies
• Strong decision making and problem solving capabilities; track record of coaching and developing talent
• Strong collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across business and technology organizations
• Ability to lead and inspire cross functional teams while balancing immediate delivery needs with long term platform outcomes
• Up to date knowledge of technology trends in cloud, data, analytics, and emerging AI capabilities