IT Director

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Kemper is one of the nations leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a highperforming culture valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge and a healthy worklife balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kempers products and services are making a real difference to our customers who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises.

Kemper is seeking a IT Director to join our team focusing on enhancing the digital experience for auto insurance customers through webbased and mobilefirst applications. You will provide design and development leadership across multiple teams working closely with enterprise architecture and business teams to define and execute the digital roadmap. You will be responsible for the technical of transformational efforts on our customers digital journeys. Additional responsibilities include conducting product evaluations strategic platform planning and ensuring alignment with our customer value chain leadership.

Position Responsibilities

• Define and develop the strategic roadmap with senior IT and value chain leadership to impact the companys objectives and results.

• Lead the development and of a digital strategy for exceptional webbased and mobilefirst experiences for auto insurance customers.

• Manage teams of external contractors and internal employees to execute large crossfunctional application systems.

• Consult with senior stakeholders to identify business and technology needs and optimize the use of information technology.

• Ensure smooth IT service delivery by monitoring system performance and recommending process enhancements.

• Create processes and standards for system selection implementation and support.

• Provide technical leadership direction guidance and training as needed.

• Participate in ProofofConcept work to evaluate platforms and capabilities.

• Coordinate system resources and projects with customers vendors and other areas to ensure seamless integration and superior user experience.

• Implement agile development strategies and MVP approaches to accelerate the delivery of highquality digital products.

• Adapt quickly to changing priorities assignments and roles.

• Communicate and report effectively at the business and IT executive level.

• Build consensus among business and technology stakeholders.

• Derive SLAs and KPIs for critical business systems and functionality.

• Lead teams to triage and resolve system outages and prevent future occurrences.

Position Qualifications

• College degree in computer science or a related field or equivalent work experience.

• 5 years of experience in designing building and implementing largescale software solutions in the P&C insurance industry focusing on mobilefirst applications (Commercial Auto and Private Passenger Auto experience a plus).

• Proven experience in designing and developing largescale enterprise applications in technical development solution architecture or application architecture roles focusing on customerfacing digital application development.

• Experience in frontend technologies such as Angular Typescript HTML CSS Web Components preferred.

• Experience working with applications in a Cloud environment and SaaS.

• Experience with cloudnative solutions such as Lambda API Gateway EKS and cloud data platforms is a plus.

• Experience supporting applications/systems with multiple integration points including external thirdparty systems through APIs.

• Proficiency in Java/Spring Boot.

• Experience with Postgres database management is a plus.

• Experience with progressive web apps (PWAs) and mobile apps development.

• Experience with JWT OAuth OpenID and SAML is a plus.

• Experience with mobile development iOS Android React Native. Experience with UI/UX PWA is a plus.

• Experience with Guidewire Digital products is a plus.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines Jenkins is a plus.

• Strong presentation verbal and written skills.

• Experience with APM tools application performance analysis and tuning.

• Experience with Test Driven Development methodology.

• Experience executing transformation projects with agile development methodologies and MVP approaches.

The range for this position is Hiring Range $108600 $180900. When determining candidate offers we consider experience skills education certifications and geographic location among other factors. This job is also eligible for our Kemper benefits package (Medical Dental Vision PTO 401k etc.

Kemper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran disability status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We are committed to supporting diversity and equality across our organization and we work diligently to maintain a workplace free from discrimination.

Kemper does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Kemper and Kemper will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Kemper will never request personal information such as your social security number or banking information via text or email. Additionally Kemper does not use external messaging applications like WireApp or Skype to communicate with candidates. If you receive such a message delete it.

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