We are seeking a Manager, Software Engineering Product Manager to lead a critical underwriting technology team focused on underwriting risk capabilities, rules management, workflow improvements, and business-driven delivery priorities. This role is responsible for leading a team of engineers, quality engineers, and analysts while partnering closely with underwriting business leaders and technology stakeholders to define priorities, shape solutions, and deliver outcomes.

This leader will play a key role in advancing underwriting capabilities by driving rule and workflow improvements, supporting strategic business initiatives, and ensuring the team can deliver scalable, high-quality solutions that improve speed to market, risk selection, operational effectiveness, and overall business results.

• Lead and develop a cross-functional underwriting technology team, including talent management, coaching, performance management, and day-to-day delivery leadership
• Own and prioritize the underwriting technology backlog in partnership with business and technology stakeholders
• Translate underwriting strategy, risk priorities, and business needs into actionable delivery plans
• Drive delivery of underwriting rules, workflow enhancements, and supporting technology solutions
• Partner with underwriting, product, architecture, and engineering teams to define solution direction and sequencing
• Ensure strong execution across requirements, design, delivery, testing, implementation, and post-launch support
• Balance near-term delivery needs with longer-term modernization and goal-state experience improvements
• Identify dependencies, delivery risks, and tradeoffs, and escalate issues appropriately
• Promote disciplined product management practices, transparency, and outcome-based planning
• Support continuous improvement in team effectiveness, quality, operational stability, and stakeholder engagement

Work Arrangement: This role follows a hybrid schedule and requires in-office presence in Columbus, Ohio two days per week.

Location Requirement: Candidates must be based within a commutable distance to Columbus, Ohio.

Work Authorization: This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT Extension program.

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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. 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.

Job Description

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.
• Partners with leaders to ensure a viable total cost of ownership and ongoing health and wellness of applications.
• Assists in the development and implementation of application suite roadmaps through the evaluation of business needs, competitive landscape, technology currency and information security considerations.
• Manages risk mitigation controls and provides support for internal and external audits.
• Supports the engineering build of the application suite and non technical efforts for the products.
• Represents voice of the customer, acts in a forward-facing role to business partners as an active member of a portfolio management team in the advocation of business case development, planning, financial management and evaluation of portfolio.
• Hire and develop talent, provide consistent coaching and feedback.
• Responsible for delivery availability and resiliency following established operating mechanisms and best practices.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Technology Director or above. Leads a team of 5 or more technology professionals.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate studies in management information systems, engineering, math, computer science or comparable experience and education preferred.

Experience: Six years of experience in application suite management with four years or more leading numerous teams across multiple technologies. Proven experience in empowering and building an engaged team.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Detailed understanding and knowledge of the systems development life cycle and modern methodologies, practices, tools, and techniques. Solid understanding of concepts and techniques in project delivery, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis. Ability to develop and implement roadmap strategies. Proven decision-making and problem-solving skills. Coaching and career development of team. Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge is 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 Human Resources Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Associates may have on-call responsibility after normal working hours and/or on weekends.

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, click here.

Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.

The national salary range for Manager, Software Engineering Product Manager : $118,000.00-$222,000.00

The expected starting salary range for Manager, Software Engineering Product Manager : $118,000.00 - $178,000.00