Director, Data Platform & AI Product Lead

Nationwide; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision

Life insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Nine paid holidays

Company-paid pension plan

Job summary

Nationwide Technology is seeking a Director, Software Engineering Product Manager to drive the strategic direction of the Annuity Data Platform. You will lead a team of engineers across multiple technologies, aligning platform roadmaps with modernization, data strategy, analytics, automation, and AI initiatives.

You will partner with enterprise data and business leaders, manage budgets and governance, and ensure delivery health, scalability, and risk controls while fostering an accountable,

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of experience in application suite management.
• Five or more years leading numerous teams across multiple technologies.
• Knowledge of SDLC, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Insurance/financial services industry knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and implement the strategic vision and roadmaps for the Annuity Data Platform.
• Lead design, engineering, and operationalization of scalable, secure data-platform capabilities.
• Partner with enterprise data, architecture, program, and business leaders to shape data strategy.
• Identify high-value data- and AI-enabled solutions; translate needs into prioritized use cases.
• Serve as leadership face-off for planning, governance, and escalation forums.
• Develop workforce and vendor strategy for modernization and cost optimization.
• Build an engaged engineering culture focused on accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Data platform

DevSecOps

Automation

Observability

Data quality

Risk controls

Stakeholder management

Education

Undergraduate MIS/Engineering/CS

Tools

AWS

Azure

Scripting languages

Job description

Nationwide Technology is seeking a Director, Software Engineering Product Manager to drive the strategic direction of the Annuity Data Platform. You will lead a team of engineers across multiple technologies, aligning platform roadmaps with modernization, data strategy, analytics, automation, and AI initiatives.

You will partner with enterprise data and business leaders, manage budgets and governance, and ensure delivery health, scalability, and risk controls while fostering an accountable,