• Job Description

  Req#: R000106730

  Head of Group Benefits Retail Technology

  Overview

  As Head of Group Benefits Retail Technology, you and your team will partner with the Group Benefits Retail business function. You will be responsible for the technology strategy, financial management, support and delivery of the Group Benefits Retail applications inline with the Group Benefits Retail business strategy and goals. This role reports to the Head of Group Digital.

  You Will:

  • Be responsible for the Group Benefits Retail Technology strategy, from road mapping, to design through execution, ensuring alignment with the broader Group Benefits Technology strategy and the overarching Guardian Digital & Technology strategy
  • Act as a strategic partner and advisor to our Retail business partners, balancing feature development that aligns with business objectives and maintaining precise technology lifecycle management
  • Proactively identify risks and challenges, mitigating solutions and their associated trade-offs
  • Be accountable for both delivery and outcome key performance indicators
  • Drive simplification and automation, ensuring modern approaches.
  • Work closely with technical and non-technical customers, including Product, Engineering, UI/UX, Architecture and Security to ensure Retail technology is always advancing
  • Manage a distributed and diverse team, with a focus on continuous talent development
  • Be responsible for the financial management of the team and function
  • Be accountable for 3rd party services and software partners
  • Ensure effective system of internal controls is maintained
  • Accountable and manage third party technology vendors supporting the Retail Business

  You Are:

  • Highly-technical with hands-on experience in modern, engineering practices
  • Confident interacting at all levels, internally and externally, professional, empathetic and regarded as a trusted, credible and valued colleague
  • Driven, independent, resourceful and proactive
  • Analytical problem-solver
  • Always willing to help others

  You Have:

  • 10+ years in a customer-facing technology leadership role
  • Extensive experience managing high-velocity n-tier cloud applications
  • Proven ability to adapt to and lead through change quickly and easily, and operate effectively through ambiguity
  • Strong leadership and communication proficiencies, broad general management experience or equivalent experience, and a growth and innovation approach
  • Strong troubleshooting, diagnostic, and isolation skills
  • Exceptional collaboration, inter-personal, and influencing skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
  • Experience working with large financial or insurance companies is a major plus.
  • Expertise in building customer-facing applications and integrating third-party software.
  • Ability to collaborate with business owners to solve problems and develop applications that support business needs.
  • An engineering background with a strong understanding of application architecture, application security, and data governance.

  Location

  • 3+ days in-office at Guardian HQ in Hudson Yards, New York, NY or Holmdel, NJ Office

  Salary Range:

  $148,940.00 - $244,685.00

  The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

  Our Promise

  At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

  Inspire Well-Being

  As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits . Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

  Equal Employment Opportunity

  Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

  Accommodations

  Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact applicant_accommodation@glic.com .

  Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday.

• About the company

  The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is one of the largest mutual life insurance companies in the world.

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