Wellmark – Des Moines Hiring for Team Leader IT Application Delivery at Des Moines, Iowa Full Time

About the Career: In this role, you will lead and manage multidisciplined team in the design, development, and deployment of software system or packaged vendor solutions, to meet the needs of the business and support Wellmark’s strategic initiatives. You will ensure adherence to architecture standards, and pursue and influence opportunities to use technology and process improvement to help reduce costs, improve service, reduce risk, and gain competitive advantage. You will develop and mentor application staff on business practices and technical capabilities.

Our Ideal Candidate: Because this role is a leader of others, you’ll directly impact the success, growth, and development of team members by setting clear expectations, defining accountabilities, coaching to each team member’s unique strengths, facilitating change, and providing an overall positive and team-centric work environment. Being a role model in behaviors that demonstrate Wellmark’s core competencies and strengths-focus is a must.

Why Wellmark Technology? Wellmark is building innovative, modern solutions using cutting edge technology. We are driving organizational transformation and business strategy by empowering our technology team to innovate new and elegant solutions to enhance the customer experience. Together, we are leaning into the future, owning the outcome and driving organizational change to transform how we work.

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree or direct and applicable work experience

• A minimum of 4+ years’ experience

• Managing the implementation of a technical solution through the full project life cycle.

• In leadership, typically gained through a combination of project or informal leadership that demonstrates knowledge of work processes, products and services, and leadership competencies.

• Demonstrated planning and implementation skills.

• Ability to apply job-specific skills to make value-added contributions that align with evolving business strategies.

• Consultative and analytical skills to lead the team to appropriate decisions and recommendations.

• Demonstrated ability to express complex concepts clearly and concisely in writing and verbally. Experience in managing and analyzing complex information.

• Excellent problem solving and negotiation skills

• Ability to influence and motivate others who are direct reports as well as those from other divisions and departments, including change management, creating a sense of urgency and teachable points of view.

• Strong familiarity with project management processes and methodology requirements.

• Demonstrated ability to utilize excellent time management and project management skills.

• Experience in health or financial services industry technology.

• Strong knowledge of systems, products and infrastructure, including all aspects of information technology for an organization of similar size, and applicable technology trends.

• Knowledge of state and federal health care regulations.

• Travel required up to 5%

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Health services or financial services knowledge specific to areas of accountability

• Global understanding of health plan products and policies is preferred.

• Experience partnering with global staffing vendors to deliver projects

a. Provide leadership and daytoday management of financial and human resources, primarily focusing on employee coaching, development, performance improvement, coordination and budgeting for staff and departments specific functions/services. Support business objectives and produce results that are effective, accurate, and timely and on target to meet HR team and stakeholder needs.

b. Manage and oversee development teams, responsible for the full development life cycle of business software, which includes analysis, design, development, and deployment of a software system or packaged vendored solutions, and implementation of business software for the enterprise.

c. Ensure adherence of established methodologies, policies, procedures, tools and infrastructure, in conjunction with Wellmark Technology leaders and other stakeholders.Ensure the architecture, infrastructure, and technical solutions are designed for optimal reusability and integration, aligning with Wellmark technical and business strategy.

d. Develop and mentor application staff on business practices and technical capabilities.Lead departmental compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements, as well as with corporate policies.

e. Participate and influence technical solution development in support of business functions.Become a trusted advisor and advocate for developing and applying strategic solutions to meet business needs.Develop an indepth knowledge of Wellmark’s core business processes, systems, and collaborate with projects/portfolio team to ensure alignment of initiatives.

f. Engage and collaborate with infrastructure operations and application operations teams to ensure the successful implementation and execution of delivered solutions.

g. Develop and maintain longterm, collaborative relationships with key software and vendor solution providers.Ensure all are a leading advocates for executing business solutions.Evaluate and manage the business relationship including but not limited to ensuring adherence to Wellmark guidelines and standards, oversight of vendor operational metrics, and the management of vendor performance.

h. Other duties as assigned.

Posting Title: Team Leader IT Application Delivery

Requisition ID: 214970

REQUIRES NON-COMPETE?: No

External Company Name: Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield

External Company URL: www.wellmark.com