Genworth is looking for an Application Development Manager to support its top strategic priorities by working with a calculation engine called product/Accelerator (p/A) to support Long Term Care rate actions and premium mitigation strategies.
Requirements
- strong programming skills and experience, preferably in insurance/finance domain.
- 6+ years professional experience in technology or insurance
- Excellent analytical skills and a detail-oriented mindset, with ability to understand complex business logic, analyze the system and data, to identify changes needed, and understand impact of changes on the various products and system functionalities.
- Experience working in a cross-functional team environment on a complex mainframe system and having good problem-solving skills and a results-oriented outlook.
- A continuous improvement mindset, and willingness to adapt to new technologies and ways of working
- Excellent spreadsheet skills, this is directly applicable to picking up the functional language VP/MS
- p/A and/or VP/MS knowledge a plus but not a requirement
Responsibilities
- Act as the p/A representative to an Agile SCRUM teams dedicated to supporting LTC rate actions.
- Analyze changes needed by p/A to provide the business solutions needed by the SCRUM teams.
- Design, Code, Document and Test the solution ensuring that it meets acceptance criteria, does not cause unintended impact and fits within the overall technical architecture.
- Support your changes through the testing process, assist with test planning, defect resolution and technical system activities.
- Implement the solution following the established change control process
- Perform administrative duties in conjunction with the departmental requirements (participate in meetings, agile ceremonies (SCRUM Stand Ups, Sprint Reviews etc.), respond to correspondence in a timely manner, provide status updates, review/update/submit tickets, participate in change management activities).
Other
- This role is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship
- 4-year college degree and relevant equivalent experience
- Good communication skills ability to work with various stakeholders, managing concurrent deadlines and multiple priorities.
- Experience working in an Agile environment (Scrum or Kanban)
- Calculation Engine experience a plus
