Director, Technology Project Management (Annuity Modernization Program)
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
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Job summary
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company is seeking a Director of Technology Project Management to lead the Annuity Modernization Program from Columbus. You will drive end-to-end delivery across policy administration, digital capabilities, data, and operations, coordinating with executives, product leaders, and vendor partners to realize program value.
The role emphasizes governance, financial accountability, and risk management while promoting a culture of delivery excellence, AI-enabled practices,
Qualifications
- Ten or more years of experience in technology or related field.
- Five years demonstrated proficiency in delivering outcomes/projects.
- PM/Agile/Lean experience and certifications encouraged.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of the Annuity Modernization Program, ensuring alignment to enterprise strategy and business objectives.
- Drive governance across a portfolio of modernization initiatives, including risk, issues, dependencies, and executive reporting.
- Partner with business executives to translate priorities into executable delivery roadmaps and investment strategies.
- Manage large-scale program budgets, vendor relationships, and realization of business value.
Skills
Education
Job description
Location: Hybrid, Columbus, Ohio
The Director, Technology Project Management role for the Annuity Modernization Program is responsible for leading the execution and delivery of one of Nationwide Financial’s most strategic technology transformation initiatives. This leader will oversee a complex portfolio of work focused on modernizing annuity platforms, business capabilities, and supporting technology ecosystems to enable future growth, operational efficiency, and enhanced customer and associate experiences. The role requires strong leadership across technology, business, and vendor organizations to drive delivery excellence, manage transformational change, and ensure successful realization of program objectives. The Delivery Leader will serve as a key partner to senior executives, business stakeholders, and technology leaders while maintaining accountability for program outcomes, financial performance, risk management, and organizational alignment.
Lead end-to-end delivery of the Annuity Modernization Program, ensuring alignment to enterprise strategy and business objectives. Drive execution of complex, multi-year transformational initiatives spanning policy administration, digital capabilities, data, integration, and operational platforms. Establish and maintain integrated delivery plans, key milestones, dependencies, and critical path management across multiple workstreams. Ensure successful delivery of business capabilities while balancing scope, schedule, quality, risk, and financial commitments.
Provide leadership and governance across a portfolio of modernization initiatives and associated technology investments. Drive effective program management disciplines, including risk management, issue resolution, dependency management, and executive reporting. Lead governance forums and decision-making processes to accelerate delivery and improve organizational alignment. Monitor and communicate program health, delivery performance, and value realization to executive stakeholders.
Partner closely with business executives and product leaders to translate strategic priorities into executable delivery roadmaps. Facilitate alignment across technology, operations, product, and business teams to ensure successful program outcomes. Influence prioritization decisions and investment strategies to maximize business value and customer impact. Ensure modernization efforts support long-term operational scalability, flexibility, and innovation objectives.
Manage large-scale program budgets, resource plans, and investment portfolios. Drive financial accountability and transparency across modernization initiatives. Lead strategic vendor relationships and oversee delivery performance across partner organizations. Identify opportunities to optimize costs, improve delivery efficiency, and maximize return on investment.
Build, develop, and lead high-performing delivery organizations focused on accountability, collaboration, and execution excellence. Coach and mentor leaders across the program to strengthen delivery capabilities and organizational effectiveness. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, transparency, and servant leadership. Champion adoption of new delivery practices, AI-enabled ways of working, and modernization strategies.
Provide clear, concise, executive-level communications regarding program status, risks, financial performance, and strategic decisions. Prepare and present updates to senior executives, governance committees, and business leadership teams. Develop KPIs and performance metrics that measure delivery effectiveness, operational outcomes, and value realization.
If you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. As a Delivery Leader you’ll be responsible for delivering value and outcomes.
- Responsible for the End to End management of associates including but not limited to performance management, salary planning, training, development, workforce planning, hiring, and disciplinary actions; and attracts, hires, engages and develops the team through impactful recruitment, coaching and feedback.
- Accountable for the delivery of expected business outcomes, realization of benefits as outlined in the business case, drives incremental value, drives incremental planning, and drives dependency scope definition.
- Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
- Responsible for the communication, critical issue, visibility, change management guidance to deliver business outcomes.
- Managers the facilitation of contract negotiations, statement of work development and ensures our vendors are making expected progress.
- Drives the prioritization of work, handles complex issues/risks, governs dependencies.
- Leads all aspects of the delivery of status/health reports to drive value delivery tracking (ex: KPIs), optimizes the flow of value and ensures demand/capacity is managed.
- Manages and consults on complex and/or project/product financials.
- Serves as the top professional/coach to others around delivering business outcomes, benefit realization, agile delivery, and Lean.
- Active profession participant through communities of practice, industry involvement and/or standards organizations.
- May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Reports to Executive Delivery Leader or Business Solution Area Executive; responsible for 4-8 directs and in-directs.
Education: Undergraduate studies (bachelor’s degree preferred) in management information systems, engineering, math, computer science, data analytics or comparable experience and education strongly preferred. License/Certification/Designation: Technology certifications or PMI, SAFE, Agile or Lean designations are encouraged. Experience: Ten or more years of experience in technology or related field. Five years demonstrated proficiency in delivering outcomes/projects. Three to five years of management experience is preferred. Awareness of new technologies and/or industry trends.
Ability to make decisions and recommendations. Aptitude to influence, establish relationships and set priorities. Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with all levels of associates, senior management and/or vendors. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.
Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not Eligible). Working Conditions: Normal office environment. ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.
We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more.
Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide values.
We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means. Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.
National salary range for Director, Technology Project Management: $149,000.00-$262,000.00
Expected starting salary range for Director, Technology Project Management: $149,000.00 - $223,000.00
At Nationwide, we find purpose in protecting people, businesses and futures with extraordinary care - and we’ve been doing that since 1926. Our financial strength and caring culture extend beyond our associates into the communities we serve. You really can feel the difference at Nationwide, which is why we continue to be named one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies To Work For. Check out why others think we're a great place to work, too, and let us know – can you see yourself at Nationwide?
Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.
Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.
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