Director of Digital Solutions Details

Director of Digital Solutions

Lincoln Financial - Philadelphia, PA

Employment Type : Full-Time

Alternate Locations: Philadelphia, PA (Pennsylvania)

Relocation assistance is not available for this opportunity.
Level: M3

Requisition #65102

About the Company

Lincoln Financial Group, a Fortune 250 company with over 10,000 employees, provides advice and solutions that help empower Americans to take charge of their financial lives with confidence. Our core business areas — Life Insurance, Annuities, Retirement Plan Services and Group Protection — focus on supporting, preserving and enhancing over 17 million customer’s lifestyles and retirement outcomes.

Headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, Lincoln Financial Group is the marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) and its affiliates. The company had $238 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2018.

Ranked one of the Best Large Employers in America by Forbes magazine, Lincoln Financial Group makes a serious investment in our employees’ futures through a broad range of wealth accumulation and protection plans, health and wellness programs, and career development resources designed to help each individual reach their personal and professional goals.
The Role at a Glance

We are excited to bring on a dynamic and proven Digital Application team lead to our IT Enterprise Solutions Business to work in our Philadelphia, PA based office.Background Details:As Lincoln Financial group continues its technology transformation, our Digital teams have dedicated themselves to servicing our different businesses. As the Director of Digital Application Development, you will lead an already experienced and dynamic team working in an agile environment to build custom websites for our Retirement Planning Services (RPS) business. Lincoln’s RPS business is evolving and embracing technology transformation across the board, and this Digital Application Team lead will help create the roadmap for how our digital solutions are architected and implemented for years to come. This is a great opportunity for an experienced digital leader to work with the business and then mentor a talented team to build dynamic and interactive websites. If this sounds like you, please read on! What you'll be doing?

• You’re going to lead and mentor an amazing team of developers, content management specialist, and business systems analysts.
• You’ll have the responsibility of interfacing with Retirement Planning Services business stakeholders to identify technology solutions to drive their business.
• You will direct and enhance the digital roadmap for Retirement Planning Services.
• Lead the development of applications as Lincoln moves forward in its technology transformation.
• Encourage and promote innovation and offer ideas for execution and learning
• Maintain knowledge on current and emerging developments/trends for assigned area(s) of responsibility, assesses the impact, and collaborates with senior management to incorporate new trends and developments in current and future strategies
  

What we're looking for?Must Haves:

• 7+ years of experience that directly aligns with the responsibilities for this position including 3 years of working directly in or with an agile team(s)
• 3+ years of managerial, supervisory, and/or demonstrated leadership experience
• 4 Year/Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor's) in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology or Computer Engineering or equivalent work experience (Minimum Required)

Nice to haves:

• AWS Certification: Practitioner, AWS Solution Architect
• Experience managing teams with full AWS development lifecycle delivery, including Infrastructure Provisioning, Automation and Security
• Experience with various technologies such as Angular JS, HTML, Javascript, Java (Spring), API and content management system development
• Proven ability to collaborate with internal teams, business partners and stakeholders, instilling a culture that allows the team to be successful and ensures work aligns with strategic and tactical goals.
• Resource management background, focused on resource development, training/upskilling, performance assessment, growth opportunities, capacity vs demand requirements
• Understanding of:
  • Software development lifecycle
  • DevOps
  • Application security
    

This position may be subject to Lincoln’s Political Contribution Policy. An offer of employment may be contingent upon disclosing to Lincoln the details of certain political contributions. Lincoln may decline to extend an offer or terminate employment for this role if it determines political contributions made could have an adverse impact on Lincoln’s current or future business interests, misrepresentations were made, or for failure to fully disclose applicable political contributions and or fundraising activities.
Any unsolicited resumes/candidate profiles submitted through our web site or to personal e-mail accounts of employees of Lincoln Financial Group are considered property of Lincoln Financial Group and are not subject to payment of agency fees.
Lincoln Financial Group (“LFG”) is an Equal Opportunity employer and, as such, is committed in policy and practice to recruit, hire, compensate, train and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, veterans status, or genetic information. Applicants are evaluated on the basis of job qualifications. If you are a person with a disability that impedes your ability to express your interest for a position through our online application process, or require TTY/TDD assistance, contact us by calling 260-455-2558.
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