Director, Application Delivery

As a Director, Application Delivery this role provides technical direction, development oversight, and deployment of Homesteaders change and R&D initiatives. Your role will include driving technical direction, including the development and adherence to system/application architecture. You will help lead prototyping and rapid initiatives within the team, maintain in depth knowledge of future goals within the HLC technology landscape.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leads Application Development staff by organizing work, assigning tasks, and managing hiring, performance, and employee development.
• Leads and mentors developers to uphold team culture, coding standards, quality, and efficiency.
• Leads the shift to Agile, champions it to stakeholders, and supports CI/CD automation, occasionally serving as ScrumMaster and partnering with our internal delivery teams.
• Manages departmental budgets, monitors performance, and sets standards, controls, and procedures to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
• Collaborates with IT leadership to define strategy, application and data roadmaps, and procedures aligned to business goals, and maintains and updates these plans.
• Partners with business units to assess software and application development needs, deliver effective technology solutions, and drive innovation that improves operational efficiency and competitive advantage.
• Works with business stakeholders and IT leadership to understand strategy, needs, and the pre-need insurance industry, and recommend innovative solutions.