Director, Solutions Delivery - Investments

F&G is looking to hire for a Director, Solutions Delivery - Investments

The Director, Solutions Delivery will lead our IT group in support of F&G's Investment-related teams. This role will be responsible for a cross-functional agile team supporting the platforms and applications across Investments, Investment Accounting, Investment Risk, and Investment Data & Analytics. This team supports various IT capabilities including custom software development, data integrations, and third-party configuration and customization.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development, maintenance, support, scalability, and performance of applications associated with Investment Strategy and Investment Accounting
• Manage day-to-day relationships with Investment Strategy and Investment Accounting vendors
• Own the escalation for all technology issues related to the delivery of Investment Strategy and Investment Accounting applications
• Responsible for the Investments Technical Architecture and the technical automation capabilities for the BU
• Engage with Investments BU to understand the roadmaps, and translate them into technology initiatives and solutions
• Partner with Chief of Staff, Architecture, and Engineering to ensure Investment Strategy and Investment Accounting technology initiatives align with enterprise strategy
• Lead internal and external development teams (e.g., PMs, Software Engineers, Data Engineers, Data Analysts) to deliver services
• Oversee solutions delivery efforts, including estimating design, development, and support needs, providing input to capability planning, and ensuring solutions adhere to quality assurance standards
• Gain understanding of industry trends, tools, and practices, communicates to leadership for direction
• Manage vendor relationships to ensure contract terms, SLA and performance agreements are met and changes/enhancements/bugs are managed appropriately
• Develop RFPs and review proposals to determine buy vs. build solution. Negotiate contracts with SLAs, performance agreements and incentives/penalties
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget with quality results that meet the business need.
• Ensure that all solutions meet F&G security and compliance guidelines and align with disaster recovery guidelines
• Retire legacy systems and solutions
• Define and assess all roadmaps, architectures, frameworks and risks associated with each, and manage risk and compliance to minimize exposure
• Estimate resources for all engagements and design, manage and oversee all project teams including internal staff as well as external business partners and third-party vendors

Experience and Education Requirements

• S. or B.A. required, advanced degree preferred
• 8+ years of Information Technology leadership in applications architecture and development/programming
• 5+ years experience managing outsource vendors, COTS and internal staff
• 3+ years experience managing cross-functional development team
• Experience designing, developing, implementing and monitoring adherence to policy, process, procedures and standards
• Technical financial and contract management experience
• Business Process Re-Engineering, Six Sigma or Lean a plus

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated experience leading teams in the Life and Annuity Insurance or Investments markets
• Knowledge of Investments and Investment Accounting processing needs and automation trends
• Strong/current technical proficiency with applications architecture, frameworks and enterprise solutions delivery
• Strong/Current architecture and implementation experience preferred
• Strong agile and project management experience, certification a plus
• Knowledge of Financial Services industry a plus
• Aptitude to manage multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously
• Ability to effectively lead teams, coordinate team activities, and mobilize workforce
• Demonstrated understanding of financial statements, metrics and reporting
• Significant expertise in testing principles, disciplines, tools and environments
• Participated in IT strategic planning and architectural design; established policies and standards
• Strong networking and relationship-building across the organization and with service providers and COTS vendors
• Current knowledge of solution and information security, compliance and disaster recovery principles.
• Business/commercially-focused and results oriented
• Strong fiscal focus including budgets, ROI and Cost Benefit Analysis
• Consultative and client-oriented, a creative problem solver with a collaborative nature
• Executive Leadership; ability to influence/negotiate with peers and vendors
• Excellent agile and project management skills, PMI certification a plus
• Professional, decisive with integrity and high ethical standards

Other Requirements

• Perform other functions, duties and projects as assigned
• Regular and punctual attendance
• Minimal travel required (less than 10%)