Technology Project Manager

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision

401(k) with company match

Pension plan

Paid time off

Nine holidays

Job summary

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company is seeking a Delivery Leader to own end-to-end delivery of business outcomes within the Commercial Lines portfolio. You will coordinate across multiple Agile teams, manage scope, schedule, cost, risks, and dependencies, and act as a trusted advisor to partners.

The role emphasizes AI-forward delivery, value realization, and driving efficiency with agile, lean, and DevOps practices across Eastern and Central time zones. Hybrid in-office two days weekly.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree preferred in MIS, engineering, math, computer science, data analytics or equivalent.
• Technology certifications or PMI, SAFe, Agile or Lean designations encouraged.
• Six+ years of experience in technology or related field; three years delivering outcomes.
• Ability to influence, establish relationships and set priorities; excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end delivery of expected business outcomes and benefits realization.
• Apply secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Communicate status, issues, and changes to stakeholders for delivery alignment.
• Lead contract negotiations, SOW development, and vendor oversight toward goals.
• Prioritize deliverables and manage risks, dependencies, and capacity.
• Track value delivery with KPIs and optimize flow of value.
• Manage medium to large project/product financials.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver outcomes and enable lean delivery.

Skills

Decision making

Influence skills

Communication

Agile/Lean/DevOps knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

PMI

SAFe

Agile

Job description

If you’re passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide’s Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care. The Technology Project Manager owns the delivery of business outcomes across the Commercial Lines portfolio. This role translates strategy, intake, and business cases into realistic delivery plans and leads work through build, testing, release, and follow‑on stabilization. You will coordinate across multiple Agile teams, shared technology platforms, business stakeholders, and vendors while managing scope, schedule, cost, risks, dependencies, and change. As a trusted advisor to business partners, you will explain options, trade‑offs, and impacts; hold vendors and integrators accountable to their commitments; and ensure delivery is predictable, high quality, and aligned to expected value. This is an AI‑forward role with an expectation to use automation, analytics, and emerging AI capabilities to improve delivery speed, quality, transparency, and stakeholder outcomes. You will establish and monitor delivery and value‑realization metrics, apply strong financial discipline, and identify process improvements that improve delivery speed, quality, predictability, and stakeholder outcomes. The role primarily supports partners and teams across the Eastern and Central time zones.

Work Arrangement: This role follows a hybrid schedule and requires in‑office presence in Columbus, OH or Des Moines, IA, two days per week. Exceptional candidates outside these markets may be considered for a remote work arrangement. Work Authorization: This role does not qualify for employer‑sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT Extension program. Expected salary range for this role $118,000 - $150,000

Job Description Summary

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. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you! As a Delivery Leader you’ll be responsible for delivering value and outcomes. Delivery leaders are expected to have an end‑to‑end vista on delivery, manage dependencies, remove blockers, engage partners, manage financials, maximize vendor relationships, and enable an iterative delivery of value. You will need to keep pace with software delivery and organizational change methods and tools. Delivery leaders should also understand relevant Financial and Agile/Lean/DevOps tools and techniques.

Job Description Key Responsibilities

• Drives the End to End 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 issues, visibility, change management guidance to deliver business outcomes
• Key contributor in the facilitation of contract negotiations, statement of work development and vendor oversight toward expected goals
• Drives the prioritization of deliverables, handles moderate to complex issues/risks, governs dependencies
• Is responsible for the delivery of status/health reports to drive value delivery tracking (ex: KPIs), optimizes the flow of value and ensures demand/capacity is handled
• Works with medium to large project/product financials
• Serves as a professional to others around delivering business outcomes, benefit realization, agile delivery, and Lean
• May perform other responsibilities as assigned

Reporting Relationships

Reports to Delivery Leader or Business Solution Area Executive.

Typical Skills and Experiences

• 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: Six or more years of experience in technology or related field. Three years demonstrated proficiency in delivering outcomes/projects. Awareness of emerging technologies and/or industry trends.
• Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: 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. Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Values

Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions

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.

Benefits

• 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.

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.

This position could be filled within any of the lower 48 U.S. states.

Smoke-Free Iowa Statement

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, its affiliates and subsidiaries comply with the Iowa Smokefree Air Act. Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed areas on or around company premises as well as company issued vehicles. The company offers designated smoking areas in which smoking is permitted at each individual location. The Act prohibits retaliation for reporting complaints or violations. For more information on the Iowa Smokefree Air Act, individuals may contact the Smokefree Air Act Helpline at 888‑944‑2247.

For NY residents please review the following state law information: Notice of Employee Rights, Protections, and Obligations LS740 (ny.gov) https://dol.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/02/ls740_1.pdf

NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES

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.

The national salary range for Consultant, Technology Project Manager : $118,000.00-$222,000.00

The expected starting salary range for Consultant, Technology Project Manager : $118,000.00 - $178,000.00

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.