Director, Application Delivery

About the role

This role provides technical direction, development oversight, and deployment of Homesteaders change and R&D initiatives. It includes driving technical direction, including the development and adherence to system/application architecture. You will help lead prototyping and rapid initiatives within the team, maintaining in-depth knowledge of future goals within the HLC technology landscape.

Homesteaders Life Company, a mutual company owned by its policy holders, is a national leader providing products and services to help people design a better farewell. Founded in 1906, Homesteaders is known for secure preneed funding and innovative solutions that help funeral and end-of-life professionals and consumers connect with each other. We are currently hiring in AL, FL, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MI, MS, MT, NC, NE, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV.

Responsibilities

• Leading Application Development staff by organizing work, assigning tasks, and managing hiring, performance, and employee development.
• Leading and mentoring developers to uphold team culture, coding standards, quality, and efficiency.
• Leading the shift to Agile, championing it to stakeholders, and supporting CI/CD automation, occasionally serving as ScrumMaster and partnering with our internal delivery teams.
• Managing departmental budgets, monitoring performance, and setting standards, controls, and procedures to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
• Collaborating with IT leadership to define strategy, application and data roadmaps, and procedures aligned to business goals, and maintaining and updating these plans.
• Partnering with business units to assess software and application development needs, deliver effective technology solutions, and drive innovation that improves operational efficiency and competitive advantage.
• Working with business stakeholders and IT leadership to understand strategy, needs, and the pre-need insurance industry, and recommend innovative solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related