Director, Software Engineering Product Manager (Annuity Data Platform)

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.

Purpose: Own and drive the strategic direction and outcome-based roadmap for the Annuity Data Platform. Align the platform to Annuity Modernization, the enterprise Data Strategy, first-launch commitments, and longer-term scalability, reuse, analytics, automation, and AI enablement. Provide end-to-end accountability for platform strategy, delivery, operational health, workforce capacity, vendor performance, financial stewardship, and measurable business outcomes. Key Accountabilities: Set and own the strategic vision, priorities, and outcome-based roadmap for the Annuity Data Platform, balancing near-term launch commitments with long-term modernization and enterprise reuse. Lead the design, engineering, and operationalization of scalable, secure, and resilient data-platform capabilities, including DevSecOps, automation, observability, data quality, support readiness, platform health, stability, and risk controls. Partner with enterprise data, architecture, program, and business leaders to shape and implement the Annuity Data Strategy, governance, reusable data products, and platform patterns supporting operational, regulatory, reporting, analytics, automation, and AI needs. Identify and advance high-value data- and AI-enabled business solutions by translating stakeholder pain points and decision opportunities into prioritized use cases, delivery plans, measurable outcomes, and enterprise-aligned risk controls. Serve as the leadership face-off for the Annuity Data Platform in planning, governance, dependency management, and escalation forums across Annuity Technology, IDS, EDO, Data Architecture, Program Leadership, business stakeholders, and partner assets. Develop the workforce and vendor strategy required for modernization demand; align skills and capacity, maintain delivery quality and resiliency, manage knowledge transfer, and optimize build-and-run costs. Build an engaged engineering culture centered on accountability, collaboration, talent development, operating discipline, performance measures, continuous improvement, and adoption of relevant cloud, data, analytics, automation, and AI practices. #LI-AC1 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 Product Manager, you’ll be accountable for a suite of in-house or third-party applications. You'll lead teams of technology professionals to enable business outcomes and provide reliable customer-centric solutions and experiences.

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. Ensure a viable total cost of ownership and ongoing health, stability, and sustainability of applications. Owns the strategic vision, develops and implements application suite roadmaps that encompass evolving the