Manager, Engineering

Pay Philosophy

The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role.

Description

We deliver our customers peace of mind every day by helping them protect what they value most. Our passion for placing the customer at the center of everything we do is driving a transformational shift at Liberty Mutual. Operating as a tech startup within a Fortune 100 company, we are leading a digital disruption that will redefine how people experience insurance. 

  

USRM Innovation Enablement is hiring an Engineering Manager in our Risk Pricing organization. Join our team where we deliver pricing models optimized for profitability and growth in a fast and cost-efficient way. We are in process of migrating rating programs to, and implementing new programs within, our modern rating engine. Collaborate across other Underwriting and Quoting Tech organizations, data office and data science teams and product and solution delivery partners. Advance our capabilities to enhance pricing sophistication and speed. 

  

Job summary: 

Responsible for hiring, managing, and deploying resources across team(s) to enable optimal alignment of staff to business priorities. Coaches and evaluates performance and quality of work delivered by team members. Creates motivating work environment for team(s) and ensures team is constantly learning and delivering quality code. Understands tools, architecture, security and scalability needs for assigned team(s); provides technical engineering guidance especially with less experienced team members. Manages total cost of ownership, advocates for the removal of technical debt, assists and supports team effectiveness. Champions and effectively utilizes agile methodology and practices. 

Responsibilities: 

• Ensures application or portfolio of platforms are enhanced and maintained to meet business functional need. In partnership with Product Owner, identifies key performance indicators to measure success of work product. 

• Understands the business domain and product vision; in partnership with other team members (Scrum Master, Architect, Product Owner, etc.) aligns work of the team toward the shared goals for the product. 

• Monitors team effectiveness and addresses issues affecting team productivity. 

• Supports team members in addressing or escalating issues to make the overall team more efficient. 

• Removes roadblocks and obstacles; manages interdependencies when needed. 

• Initiates and fosters collaborative partnerships with current and potential clients, technology and business managers, vendors and technology executives; develops relationships that support increasing efficiency and effectiveness. 

• Manages the quality of work delivered by team members and deals effectively with performance issues in a timely manner. 

• Coordinates and delivers performance reviews and drives professional development, including rotations and special assignments. 

• Facilitates or provides mentoring experiences. Provides relevant technical coaching and support to team members. 

• Hires talent and actively engages in recruiting processes. 

• Coordinates with vendors to ensure talent management, on-boarding and transition are performed in a consistent manner. 

• Participates in the development of business and/or technology vision, strategies, critical success factors and operating plans for application, unit or platform. 

• May establish financial plan for the application, portfolio or overall unit and manages to plan. 

• May lead efforts to evaluate, select and implement new technologies to enhance applications or platforms. 

Qualifications

• Knowledge of technology concepts, strategies and methodologies typically acquired through a Bachelor`s or Master`s Degree in technical or business discipline and a minimum of five years’ experience in a practice relevant domain including delivering software solutions in an agile environment.  

• 3 years in a leadership role preferred.  

• Able to manage complex technology development concepts, capabilities and maturity.  

• Requires excellent analytical ability, c