Head of Application Policy Servicing

Pru Life UK; Manila; On-site; PHP 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Pru Life UK in Metro Manila is looking for a skilled software engineer to head the software engineering team focusing on Policy Servicing applications. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in requirement gathering, analysis, solution design, and end-to-end technology delivery.

The position involves leading the team to analyze current technology trends while ensuring all technical deliverables meet the business stakeholders' standards. Join us in making a significant impact in our business and driving the development of innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of software engineering practices and standards.
• Strong ability in requirement analysis and documentation.
• Experience in designing and leading technical projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead software engineering team in Policy Servicing applications.
• Analyze technology trends and design for future convergence.
• Propose project frameworks and document requirements.
• Oversee project strategies and software testing guidelines.

Skills

Software engineering

Requirement gathering

Solution design

Project management

Technical integration

Job description

Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.

This position is responsible for having a thorough awareness of the company's system landscape, system architecture, and related business processes to ensure that all technical deliverables are in accordance with the standards and expectations set by the business stakeholders. This role is also responsible for interacting with the regional platform team to help ensure delivery of the regional platform for the company. This position requires leading, designing, and developing a technical end-to-end framework for a local solution or any integration with partner systems or external APIs.

Responsibilities

• Head software engineering team on the areas of Policy Servicing, covering all the applications used in this area, by providing expertise in requirement gathering & analysis, solution design & documentation, and end-to-end technology delivery of business initiatives.
• Analyze current technology trends, regional technology roadmap, and internal company’s current technology state and design for future convergence and sustainability.
• Document and monitor requirements needed to institute proposed updates.
• Propose and establish a framework for necessary contributions from various departments.
• Account for possible project technical challenges on constraints including, risks, time, resources, and scope.
• Provide detailed specifications for proposed solutions.
• Build and establish company software framework and development standards to align with regional direction.
• Design and lead an internal development team in implementation of local in-house mobile or web app system for business needs.
• Lead various technical integration with regional platforms or third-party platform system such as eWallet partner, bank partner, lead generation partner etc.
• Oversee project strategies and processes.
• Develop guidelines for software testing.
• Technical support and planning for application management post go-live of business-critical applications.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.