Consultant, Technology Project Manager

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. This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Columbus, Ohio (preferred), Des Moines, Iowa, or Scottsdale, Arizona office 2 days per week. Remote internal associates may also be considered. This role is within Technology S&I Strategy and Planning. Lead the end-to-end management of assigned workstreams within a product, portfolio, or technology domain. Partner with effort owners and business or technology leaders to deliver expected business outcomes tied to each workstream. Manage 30/60/90 day commitments, dependencies, and coordination across cross-functional teams. Track, communicate, and drive mitigation of risks, issues, changes, decisions, and action items. Lead status, health, and value-delivery reporting for key stakeholders, including KPI/OKR-oriented reporting where appropriate. Manage vendor relationships and provide oversight for contract negotiations, statement of work development, forecasting, and invoicing. Manage and consult on workstream financials, with strong business and financial acumen. Support executive messaging and health tracking in close partnership with L4 leaders, outcome owners, product owners, and S&I strategy and planning leadership. Help standardize delivery practices and tool usage, reporting, and project-to-product ways of working where needed. Provide thought leadership, mentorship, and capability uplift across the delivery organization, not just within an assigned effort.

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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. 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. Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner. 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 We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: 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. To learn more about the benefits we offer, 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 View phone number on click.appcast.io. For NY residents please review the following state law information: Notice of Employee Rights, Protections, and Obligations LS740 (ny.gov)

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