IS Area Director

Mutual of Omaha; United States; Remote; USD 190,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with 2% company contrib. +

6% company match

Job summary

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. is seeking an IS Area Director to shape technology strategy, drive enterprise API enablement, and lead a portfolio across multiple teams.

You will collaborate with product managers, architects, and business owners to prioritize investments and ensure delivery excellence. The role requires 7+ years in IT with enterprise integration experience and 5+ years of people leadership, including budget and vendor management, in a remote-friendly environment in the United

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of progressive information technology experience with enterprise integration, API and observability platforms, or large-scale delivery.
• 5+ years of people leadership across multiple teams with budget, capacity, and vendor accountability.
• Strong understanding of API design, management, data exchange patterns, integration standards, and schema governance.
• Experience leading production support, incident management, resiliency, security in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Define technology strategy aligned with business outcomes.
• Lead portfolio and delivery at executive level, focusing on priorities and dependencies.

Skills

API design

Leadership

Executive communication

Observability

Agile at scale

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering

Tools

API management

Event-driven architecture

Job description

Location: Remote
Work Type: Full Time Regular
Job No: 505372
Categories: Information Technology
Application Closes: Closes Dec 18, 2026

An IS Area Director is a senior technology leader accountable for the strategy, people, delivery, operational health, investment, risk, and business alignment of a significant technology portfolio. They lead through managers, senior technical leaders and Agile Release Train (ART) business partnerships to establish direction and priorities and ensure technology investments support prioritized business outcomes.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• Estimated Salary (Levels have variable responsibilities and qualifications)
  • Info Services Director: $190,000 - $215,000, plus annual bonus opportunity
• 401(k) plan with a 2% company contribution and 6% company match.
• Applicants for this position must not now, nor at any point in the future, require sponsorship for employment.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Technology strategy & business alignment: Ensure we have the right technology strategy, leadership, architecture, investment, capacity and controls to achieve the business outcomes. Working with ART Product Managers and Architects to help translate business priorities into technology strategy, roadmaps, modernization priorities, and investment decisions.
• Portfolio and delivery leadership: Maintain executive-level visibility across initiatives, priorities, dependencies, and delivery outcomes rather than managing day-to-day engineering activities.
• People leadership: Lead managers and senior technology professionals while owning talent development, workforce strategy, succession planning, and organizational capability.
• Operational stability & risk: Provide leadership around production health, incidents, resiliency, security, quality, observability, and technology lifecycle risk.
• Financial & resource stewardship: Make decisions involving investment, budget, capacity, contractors, vendors, sourcing, and business cases.
• Architecture & modernization: Establish direction and accountability for architecture and modernization while partnering with architects and engineering leaders who provide deeper technical leadership.
• Cross-functional leadership: Align Business, Architecture, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Operations, Data, Infrastructure, and external partners around common outcomes.
• Governance and decision authority: Area Directors participate in formal approval processes. For example, deployment approvals and the promotion process for engineers and architects where Area Director is a required reviewer/approver.

This IS Area Director is responsible for the API Enablement with WS Benefit Administrators, Technology Partners, and other integrations:

• They serve as the technology owner alongside the Product Manager, RTE, System Architect, Info Service Managers and Business Owners. They collaborate on strategy and roadmap, delivery outcomes, budget/capacity, external resources, stakeholder alignment, and leadership/development of ISMs and technical professionals.
• Partnering with business and technology leaders to accelerate API Integrations with Benefit Administrators and other Technology Partners, as well as other integrations while reducing point-to-point solutions and duplicative effort.
• Adherence to building reusable APIs and integration services, patterns, standards, schema governance, documentation, observability, and self-service capabilities.
• Enablement of reliable information exchange across APIs, events, files, EDI and core business applications.
• Identification, incubation, proof of concept and scaling of AI and automation opportunities that improve Technology Partner and customer experience, associate productivity, decision quality, and operational efficiency, with clear pathways for successful proofs of concept to become supported production capabilities.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Technology experience: 7+ years of progressive information technology experience, including significant work in enterprise integration, API and observability platforms, or large-scale application delivery.
• Leadership scope: 5+ years of people leadership, including leading managers and senior technical professionals across multiple teams, with accountability for budget, capacity, vendors, and contracted resources.
• Integration & API background: Strong understanding of API design and management, event-driven architecture, data exchange patterns (APIs, events, files, EDI), integration standards, and schema governance.
• Operational excellence: Proven experience leading production support, incident management, resiliency, security, and vulnerability remediation in a regulated environment.
• AI & innovation: Demonstrated ability to evaluate, pilot, and scale AI and automation capabilities responsibly, with appropriate governance and measurable business value.
• Executive communication & influence: Ability to translate complex technical topics into clear business implications, build trust with senior leaders and external partners, and drive alignment across organizational boundaries.
• Able to work remotely with access to a high-speed internet connection and located in the United States or Puerto Rico.

PREFERRED:

• Industry experience: Experience in insurance, employee benefits, financial services, including enrollment, member data, and/or Benefit Administrator integrations.
• Partnership experience: Track record of building strategic partnerships with technology vendors, consultants, and internal and external partners.
• Agile at scale: Experience leading in a SAFe or similar scaled Agile model, partnering closely with Product Management, RTEs, Architecture, and Business Owners.

This role is classified as remote; however, periodic in-person attendance will be required at times for activities such as quarterly or project planning, training, or other business-critical meetings.

We value diverse experience, skills, and passion for innovation. If your experience aligns with the listed requirements,

If you have questions about your application or the hiring process , email our Talent Acquisition area at [e-mail] . Please allow at least one week from time of applying if you are checking on the status.

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Surround yourself with an authentic and inclusive culture. Your strengths and differences will be valued and celebrated by a diverse community of co-workers.