Director of Product Operating Model & Agile Coaching

Nationwide; Ohio; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide is seeking a Director, Product Operating Model & Agile Coaching Lead to advance the Personal Lines product platform operating model, including funding, tooling, governance, roles, and ways of working. You will guide a team of business squad agile coaches and drive adoption across multiple domains to ensure consistent, practical application of the model.

The role translates operating-model expectations into hands-on coaching, capability-building, and scalable practices for leaders and

Responsibilities

• Directs the evaluation of proposed business development efforts including the coordination of initial program/project proposals and charters. Determines and recommends to senior management if program/project aligns with the organization's strategy and objectives.
• Facilitates portfolio planning and partners with key stakeholders to establish a road-map aligned with the organization's vision and annual objectives. Drives the creation, development, presentation and approval of program, project and business case budgets and funding.
• Prioritizes, approves and ensures the completion of new product development, design of new processes and adoption of new strategies and/or programs within time, budget and specification constraints.
• Provides a single point of contact integration for individual projects into larger program management on a corporate-wide basis.
• Builds strong working relationships with team members, matrix partners, sponsors and customers to aide in effective definition and execution of projects.
• Leverages value chain thinking, ensuring that critical parties are engaged at the appropriate time and informed of all upstream/downstream impacts.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders, leaders and partners to understand impediments and/or inefficiencies to improve overall efficiency and delivery capability of the team.

Job description

Nationwide is seeking a Director, Product Operating Model & Agile Coaching Lead to advance the Personal Lines product platform operating model, including funding, tooling, governance, roles, and ways of working. You will guide a team of business squad agile coaches and drive adoption across multiple domains to ensure consistent, practical application of the model.

The role translates operating-model expectations into hands-on coaching, capability-building, and scalable practices for leaders and