Director, Application Delivery

Homesteaders Life Company; West Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Profit sharing (implied)

Paid holidays

Job summary

Homesteaders Life Company is seeking a Director of Application Delivery in the United States (Iowa). The role provides technical direction, development oversight, and deployment of change and R&D initiatives.

You will drive architecture, prototypes, and align plans with business goals in a hybrid work environment. Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree, 8+ years in application development, 5+ years in .NET, and 3+ years in people leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in application development.
• 5+ years of .NET framework experience.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience.
• Experience with CI/CD (Azure Pipelines) and Git.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and transformations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction for application delivery and architecture.
• Lead and mentor development teams, manage hiring and performance.
• Drive Agile adoption and CI/CD automation, possibly ScrumMaster.
• Oversee budgets, standards, and procedures to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with IT leadership to define roadmaps and strategy.
• Partner with business units to deliver innovative technology solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Agile

Team mentoring

Strategic thinking

Budget management

Stakeholder communication

CI/CD

Scrum

AI-assisted development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure Pipelines

Git

SQL Server

Copilot/Claude AI tools

.NET Framework

Job description

As a Director, Application Delivery this role provides technical direction, development oversight, and deployment of Homesteaders change and R&D initiatives. Your role will include driving technical direction, including the development and adherence to system/application architecture. You will help lead prototyping and rapid initiatives within the team, maintain in depth knowledge of future goals within the HLC technology landscape.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leads Application Development staff by organizing work, assigning tasks, and managing hiring, performance, and employee development.
• Leads and mentors developers to uphold team culture, coding standards, quality, and efficiency.
• Leads the shift to Agile, champions it to stakeholders, and supports CI/CD automation, occasionally serving as ScrumMaster and partnering with our internal delivery teams.
• Manages departmental budgets, monitors performance, and sets standards, controls, and procedures to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
• Collaborates with IT leadership to define strategy, application and data roadmaps, and procedures aligned to business goals, and maintains and updates these plans.
• Partners with business units to assess software and application development needs, deliver effective technology solutions, and drive innovation that improves operational efficiency and competitive advantage.
• Works with business stakeholders and IT leadership to understand strategy, needs, and the pre-need insurance industry, and recommend innovative solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field of study.
• 8+ years of progressive, applicable experience working with application development tools and processes.
• 5+ years of .NET framework experience.
• 3+ years of experience utilizing SQL Server
• 3+ years of people leadership experience.
• Understanding of systems development methodology best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD products such as Azure Pipelines a plus.
• Experience with Git Repos, Actions and Runners.
• Experience with AI Assisted (Copilot, Claude) Software Development strategies
• Knowledge of agile methodologies, techniques, and tools; 2+ years of agile experience, experience with agile transformations a plus.

Pay and Benefits Summary:

Our benefits include:

• An excellent schedule – office closes at 1 p.m. every Friday
• Annual profit sharing
• 401(k) with company match with discretionary contribution
• Company-sponsored group medical and dental insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid long-term disability
• Hybrid work environment
• Paid holidays
• Generous vacation time and sick leave
• Paid parental leave
• Casual dress year-round
• Professional membership and licensing dues reimbursement

About Homesteaders:

Homesteaders Life Company, a mutual company owned by its policy holders, is a national leader providing products and services to help people design a better farewell. Founded in 1906, Homesteaders is known for secure preneed funding and innovative solutions that help funeral and end-of-life professionals and consumers connect with each other.

We are currently hiring in AL, FL, A, IA, IN, KS, LA, MI, MS, MT, NC, NE, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.