Senior Manager, Engineering (Hybrid)

American Family Insurance; United States; Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Pension plan

Annual incentive

Paid time off

Student loan repayment

Paid family leave

Job summary

American Family Insurance is seeking a leader to define and deliver software solutions that meet business needs. You will manage cross-functional teams, assemble implementation plans, and oversee budgets and risks to ensure high-quality outcomes.

The role emphasizes enterprise architecture, SDLC discipline, and strong collaboration with business partners to drive modernization and reliable service delivery across cloud and on-premises environments.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership across multiple partners and technology stakeholder groups.
• Understanding of enterprise architecture and SDLC.
• Budgeting and financial management skills.

Responsibilities

• Applies technical knowledge and customer insights to define modernization roadmaps and architect solutions.
• Oversees design, development, and operations of servers, networks, and cloud/in-house services.
• Drives product development balancing user needs, business goals, resources, and technical feasibility.
• Monitors performance and availability with minimal downtime for cloud and internal services.
• Leads cross-functional teams, ensuring on-schedule delivery within budget.

Job description

This position is responsible for the successful definition, delivery and support of software solutions to end-user clients to meet business needs. Manages relationships with multiple business stakeholders; assembles and manages a cross functional team required to complete client work; defines implementation plans, effort, and cost; manages risks and problems, assess the quality of the work and ensures the final product meets client expectations.

Position Compensation Range: $131,000.00 - $220,000.00 Pay Rate Type: Salary Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities

• Applies technical knowledge and customer insights to create a modernization roadmap and architect solutions to meet business needs, ensuring technical viability of new projects and successful deployments, orchestrating key resources and infusing key infrastructure technologies.
• Manages the design, development, engineering, implementation and operations of servers, technology infrastructure, networks, websites and telecommunication services provided by external cloud/hosting providers, and in-house development teams.
• Oversees the development of product roadmaps and backlogs that are prioritized based on short-term and long-term value delivery.
• Drives product development towards a meaningful balance between user needs, business objectives, resource utilization, and technical feasibility.
• Manages the performance and availability with minimal downtime/disruption of cloud vendor and internally provided services.
• Coordinates with internal/external project team in leading cloud and end user service delivery implementation plans and ensures completion of projects on schedule and within budget.
• Creates a collaborative, performance-driven work environment by facilitating and fostering trust, transparency, and inclusion. Works with team members to set clear goals, provide feedback, perform performance assessments, and support on-going development.
• Leads with influence and expertise. Actively contributes to division or department leadership team. Communicates and supports organization mission, vision, values, policies, and practices.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to effectively support multiple business partners and technology stakeholder groups. Strong understanding of enterprise architecture and SDLC, with the ability to establish and mature new technology platforms, teams, and operating models. Strong operational focus and ability to understand key business processes and how technology can effectively enable. Proven ability to prioritize workload, manage competing demands, and develop technical operational metrics to measure system performance and success. Demonstrated desire and focus on minimizing overhead and complexity while empowering and enabling self-managing, agile delivery. Strong budgeting and financial management skills. Effective communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across business and technology teams and meet people where they are.

Additional Specialized Knowledge & Skills Insurance and/or Legal industry knowledge is preferred.

Licenses

• Not Applicable.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 10%.

Physical Requirements

• Work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

Working Conditions

• Not Applicable.

To ensure a strong start, all employees participate in our New Employee Orientation during their first week. This experience is held in person at our Madison, WI Headquarters or one of our AmFam core locations to help you connect with our mission, meet key team members and build relationships that support your growth. At times, sessions may be delivered virtually based on scheduling and availability.

Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks. Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions. Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting.

In this hybrid role, you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month from the office. Candidates should reside within approximately 35-50 miles of one of the following office locations: Madison, WI 53783; Boston, MA 02110.

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health.

We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees).

In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. American Family Insurance is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email [e-mail] to request a reasonable accommodation.

American Family Insurance, based in Madison, Wis., has been serving customers since 1927. We inspire, protect and restore dreams through our insurance products, exceptional service from our agency owners and employees, community investments and creative partnerships.

American Family Insurance is the nation's 12th-largest property/casualty insurance company, ranking No. 202 on the Fortune 500 list. American Family has a current 'a+' credit rating through AM Best, and has distinction as a 'Standing the Test of Time' company, which is represented by having an AM Best financial strength rating of 'A' or better for at least 75 years. The company offers American Family-brand products through a network of exclusive agency owners as well as nationwide through key strategic partnerships. American Family Insurance also includes Homesite and Main Street America Insurance. The company has approximately 10,500 employees nationwide.