Software Engineering Leader (P&C Technology)

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. Work Arrangement: This role follows a hybrid schedule and requires in-office presence in one of our office location in Scottsdale AZ, Des Moines IA or Columbus, Ohio two days per week. Candidates must be based within a commutable distance on of our offices. Work Authorization: This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT Extension program. This Software Engineering Leader role sits within our P&C Technology Data organization, leading agile and engineering practices across our data platforms, pipelines, and the analytics, ML, and AI solutions built on them. You'll coach data engineering and platform teams on Lean, agile, and DevSecOps applied to DataOps and MLOps, championing automation-first strategies, strong data quality and observability, and secure-by-design practices for governed, trusted data. Partnering with data governance, architecture, and analytics stakeholders, you'll strengthen engineering maturity and deliver data as a shared enterprise asset, not point solutions. Experience leading teams that build and operate cloud data platforms, pipelines, or analytics/ML solutions and familiarity with modern data tooling and data governance in a regulated environment is strongly preferred. #LI-KR1 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 Software Engineering Leader, you’re accountable for enabling the effective and efficient delivery of software that drives business outcomes. You guide agile technology teams in how work is accomplished across the software delivery lifecycle and help strengthen engineering maturity by coaching teams on Lean practices, agile, and DevSecOps principles, tools, and techniques.

Key Responsibilities: 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. Manages software engineering and development capability uplift. Enables and champions innovation across teams to advance engineering practices, delivery outcomes, and business value. Coaches technology teams on Lean, agile, DevSecOps, and automation principles and makes connections across areas to share methodologies and increase adoption. Identifies key insights from metrics such as time to market (speed), quality and efficiency, and drives continuous improvement. Drives an automation-first approach within Technology teams. Consults on technology team formation, including consolidating, optimizing and de-constructing agile teams. Drives variable capacity management for technology teams through staff augmentation, managed capacity, and associate staffing to ensure teams are appropriately staffed. Leads all aspects of associate management, including performance, salary administration, training and development, hiring, day-to-day management and corrective actions. May perform other responsibilities as assigned. Reporting Relationships: Reports to Technology Director or above. Leads a team of five or more technology professionals. Typical