Tech Lead, Application Development – Product & Inforce Systems

National Life Group; Montpelier (VT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

National Life Group seeks a Tech Lead, Application Development - Product & Inforce Systems to guide technology solutions across Life & Annuity product, inforce, illustration, policy administration, and related platforms. The role requires deep insurance domain knowledge and the ability to analyze complex requirements and coordinate across teams.

This onsite role currently expects four in-office days per week (Mon-Thu), with schedule and core days subject to change with notice.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a recognized subject-matter resource for Life & Annuity product, inforce, illustration, policy administration, and related application environments.
• Independently analyze complex business and technology needs, translating them into requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, test scenarios, and implementation plans.
• Establish methods, procedures, and approaches for new or non-routine assignments where precedent is limited.
• Perform impact analysis for product changes, inforce enhancements, platform upgrades, regulatory requirements, integrations, production issues, and modernization initiatives, evaluating variable and interdependent factors.
• Exercise independent judgment to resolve complex issues, identifying root causes and dependencies across systems and disciplines.
• Set and manage short-term (one year or less) goals for assigned analysis and delivery work in alignment with department and functional objectives.
• Own assigned analysis and delivery activities from discovery through testing.

Job description

Come join one of America’s fastest-growing insurance companies. Since 1848, National Life Group has aimed to keep our promises, providing families with stability in good times and in bad. Throughout that history, we have provided peace of mind to those families as they plan their futures.

Our mission extends beyond the insurance and annuities policies that we offer. We strive to make the world a better place through our grants from our charitable foundation, paid volunteer time for our employees, environmentally sustainable and healthy workplaces, and events that promote the work of nonprofits in our own backyard.

We foster a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and encourage our associates to live our values: Do good. Be good. Make good.

Please note that we do not offer visa sponsorship for this position.

Role Summary

The Tech Lead, Application Development - Product & Inforce Systems serves as an experienced advisor across National Life Group's Life & Annuity Product & Inforce application environment. This role applies extensive, in-depth knowledge of insurance products, business processes, system logic, and application dependencies to resolve complex problems, and to guide technology solutions across product, inforce, illustration, policy administration, and related platforms.

The Tech Lead exercises independent judgment on complex issues, establishes methods and procedures for new assignments, and sets short-term goals (one year or less) that align delivery work with department and functional objectives. The role contributes to cross-disciplinary processes and policies, partners closely with business, IT, architecture, quality engineering, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams, and serves as a role model and resource for junior colleagues on assigned applications and processes.

The ideal candidate brings deep Life & Annuity or insurance technology experience, strong judgment in evolving situations, and a track record of applying professional expertise creatively to solve problems that span multiple systems or disciplines.

This position currently offers an onsite work schedule, with the expectation that you will be in the office four (4) days per week during onsite core days. Our current onsite core days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The work schedule type and core days are subject to change with advance notification and manager discretion.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Serve as a recognized subject-matter resource for assigned Life & Annuity product, inforce, illustration, policy administration, and related application environments.
• Independently analyze complex business and technology needs, translating them into requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, test scenarios, and implementation plans.
• Establish methods, procedures, and approaches for new or non-routine assignments where precedent is limited.
• Perform impact analysis for product changes, inforce enhancements, platform upgrades, regulatory requirements, integrations, production issues, and modernization initiatives, evaluating variable and interdependent factors.
• Exercise independent judgment to resolve complex issues, identifying root causes and dependencies across systems and disciplines.
• Set and manage short-term (one year or less) goals for assigned analysis and delivery work in alignment with department and functional objectives.
• Own assigned analysis and delivery activities from discovery through testing,