Essential Duties & Responsibilities

1. May lead the integration of vendor applications and consulting resources with existing applications and resources. May hold the development lead or sub lead role on a project and/or program.
2. Coordinates the activities of the section with the client area and other IT areas (e.g., infrastructure, testing, and solutions).
3. Researches and evaluates new, alternative solutions, and/or architecture and recommends the most efficient and cost effective solution for the systems design including estimating costs as necessary.
4. Acts as liaison between clients, vendors, consulting resources, and applications area. Assists with relationship management, contract negotiations, and ensuring adherence to requirements.
5. Evaluate complex client area requirements and processes and designs or prepares application system specifications and develops and implements efficent and cost-effective applicationo solutions. Includes issue resolution and on-going system maintenance.
6. Acts as lead technical consultant to development staff and/or business unit to mentor staff in all phases of the program development and implementation process. Participates in instructing, directing, and checking the desing or application work of others.
7.The candidate is expected to be a fully functional leader in the organization from day one. As a senior specialist it is assumed that ramp up time is minimal, and leadership commences promptly.

May perform additional duties as assigned.
Reporting Relationship

Application Development Manager
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

1. Solid technical knowledge of high level programming languages, databases, interfaces, and familiarity with application program development alternatives.

2. In-depth knowledge of the system development life cycle, and system and application program
development technological alternatives.

3. Proven knowledge of client area's functions and systems.

4. Proven understanding of state of the art application development support software packages,
proficiency in at least one higher level programming language.

5. Proven solid analytical and problem solving skills.

6. Strong knowledge of interface design and user centered design methods.

7. Excellent communications and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with peers, IT
management and staff, and internal/external business partners/clients.

8. Ability to manage projects and lead teams.

9. Advanced computer skills including Microsoft Office suite and other business related software systems or languages including, but not limited to Mainframe, DB2, UNIX, Oracle, Websphere J2EE Java, Peoplesoft, Business Objects, and ETL. Other technologies will apply dependent on business area supported.

10. Preferred insurance industry knowledge.


Experience: Insurance industry knowledge a plus
Guidewire experience a plus
Claims system knowledge a plus
Java development experience a plus

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