VP, Data Platforms and Architecture

Position Overview

The Vice President, Delivery Center is the senior technology leader responsible for maintaining and advancing the delivery of Information Management’s data platforms including defining the broad Information Management Architecture for RGA. It is the delivery center leader’s role to be proactively developing and scaling talent, monitoring for and championing new delivery approaches, and advancing ideas and culture shifts that accelerate cost-efficient delivery of the product vision. This is done through deep collaboration and partnerships with other areas of the organization including the Business Engagement, Enterprise Architecture and Portfolio Management functions.

The delivery center organizations are functionally aligned to the business which allows for greater reuse and deeper specialization on core competencies such as Actuarial Science, Administration, Investments, or Underwriting.

ResponsibilitiesStrategy, Vision, and Leadership

• Provides leadership, vision, and direction for a product engineering organization through managers and technical architecture staff and across multiple systems and workstreams.
• Partners closely with the Business Engagement function to understand and support the development of product roadmaps and ensure alignment of the delivery center’s operations roadmaps and investments.
• Partners closely with Enterprise Architecture to maintain strategic alignment, gain architectural guidance, manage risks, foster innovation adoption, optimize resources, and drive continuous improvement across IT initiatives and operations.
• Accountable for continuous improvement of the delivery center’s tools, processes and support resulting in measurable improvements in both mid-term and long-term results.
• Accountable for the delivery center budget, with ongoing focus on personnel, vendor, and capital expenditures.
• Talent Management Responsibilities.
• Leads, manages, and directs the activities of the department in all aspects of supervisory duties, including, developing effective people strategies, hiring, training, evaluating, coaching, and disciplining direct reports.
• Fosters a positive and engaged work environment. Mentors’ functional management, first line managers, and associates.
• Build a culture that supports learning, collaboration, transparency, and inclusiveness.
  
  

Operations

• Ensure accountability for performance and results of the product engineering teams’ delivery of the technology components of the division’s strategic roadmaps.
• Lead engineering teams and other stakeholders to set goals for improving product quality, maintainability, security, and scalability and monitor progress against these goals.
• Accountable for overall production and performance of development in production and meeting all relevant service level commitments.
• Implement and manage software development status reporting, metrics, and benchmarks.
• Ensure that systems comply with relevant policy, contractual, statutory, and regulatory obligations.
• Oversee management of relationships with consultants, vendors, and contractors and support negotiation of statements of work and business terms with suppliers.
  
  

General

• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Requirements

Education And Experience

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 15+ years of IT and business /industry work experience
• 10+ years exp in information management, project management, programming or systems analysis
• 5+ years of experience in leading employees
  
  

Preferred:

• Relevant business credentials including LOMA
• Master’s degree with technology as a core component
• 5+ years in a managerial role with multimillion dollar budget oversight and accountability
  
  

Skills And Abilities

Required:

• Expert ability in managing multiple projects and/or sub-teams simultaneously, including the ability to delegate key areas of responsibility
• Expert ability in implementing change within an organization, ensuring understanding, participation, and ownership
• Advanced ability to deliver sustainable organizational changes on time and on budget by increasing employee adoption and usage
• Directs the resolution of complex or unusual business problems by applying advanced analytical thought and judgment
• Exceptional ability to liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional, and technical disciplines
• Expert ability to work well within and manage a team. Demonstrates the ability to lead, mentor and develop associates
• Expert ability to foster a teamwork and customer service focused environment
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills demonstrating the ability to convey information in a way that is meaningful and well received by the team members and project stakeholders, including customers and associates
• Fluent in software development methodologies and best practices
• Fluent in relevant, tools and platforms (e.g., Snowflake, DBT, data pipelines, data architecture, cloud platforms, web technologies, client-server technologies, continuous integration, and deployment), with an eagerness to learn about new and unfamiliar technologies
  
  

Company Overview

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) is one of the largest global providers of life reinsurance, with offices around the world. RGA delivers expert solutions in individual life reinsurance, individual living benefits reinsurance, group reinsurance, financial solutions, facultative underwriting, and product development. Our mission is to enhance our clients’ prosperity by supporting their financial and risk management capabilities.

Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.