at WPS Health Solutions in Marion, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Description
Who We Are
WPS Health Solutions is a leading not-for-profit health insurer and federal government contractor headquartered in Wisconsin. WPS offers health insurance plans for individuals, families, seniors, and group health plans for small to large businesses. We process claims and provide customer support for beneficiaries of the Medicare program and manage benefits for millions of active-duty and retired military personnel across the U.S. and abroad. WPS Health Solutions has been making healthcare easier for the people we serve for more than 75 years. Proud to be military and veteran ready.
Culture Drives Our Success
WPS' Culture is where the great work and innovations of our people are seen, fueled, and rewarded. We accomplish this by creating an inclusive and empowering employee experience. We recognize the benefits of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as an investment in our workforce-both current and future-to effectively seek, leverage, and include diverse perspectives that fuel agility and innovation on high-performing teams. This results in people bringing their authentic selves to work every day in an organization that successfully adapts to business changes and new opportunities.
We are proud of the recognition we have received from local and national organization regarding our culture and workplace: WPS Newsroom - Awards and Recognition
Role Snapshot
Reporting to the Vice President of Information Technology, our Director of Information Technology will lead two critical functions: Engineering Services and Emerging Technology. This leader:
Will lead our Emerging Technology team within our IT Organization that oversee advanced analytics, reporting and visualization, automation, and rule-based development. This team includes specialized data and technology engineers and developers. Will ensure project and product deliverables are consistent with enterprise expectations regarding analytics in both content and quality.
Will lead the establishment of IT engineering practices to move WPS technology forward to support digital transformation, operational excellence, and enterprise growth. This includes establishing software engineering and quality engineering practice that focuses on delivering high quality products by incorporating software engineering best practice and incorporating a mix of manual and automated testing best practice at various stages of the development lifecycle. Evaluating and incorporating latest AI technologies tools to build high quality software applications faster and chea
Will foster and engage best-in-class Agile execution, maintain high resource quality. Ensure transparency with business partners and hold teams accountable to timelines demanded by project or product development. Establish business metric accountability and a culture of business-oriented delivery.
Will engage in full lifecycle of team management to attract, engage, elevate, retain, coach and performance manage teams of exceptional engineers and data analysts.
How do I know this opportunity is right for me? If you:
Are a transformational leader with the vision and ability to develop innovative technology strategies and inspire the technology team to deliver meaningful and timely value to the business.
Can apply your strategic and operational knowledge across multiple technology architectures including on-premises and cloud native environments.
Enjoy collaborating with other executives to create opportunities and solve problems benefiting the enterprise.
Foster and engage best-in-class Agile execution, maintain high resource quality.
Ensure transparency with business partners and hold team accountable to timelines demanded by project or product development.
Establish business metric accountability and a culture of business-oriented delivery.
Have in-depth knowledge and experience with the following:
IT contract negotiation, assessments, RFPs and their likely cost implications.
Engagement with procurement and legal contract advisors.
Development and implementation of processes and policies.
Agile transformation and Application Product development.
Application rationalization.
What will I gain from this role?
Working with a highly skilled leadership team, focused on innovation, process improvements and honing a strategic path into the future.
Being able to create roadmaps that have strong impact to many of WPS's business areas and the company as a whole.
Working in a transformative environment focused on strategic deployment and development throughout the company.
Being a thought leader at WPS and seeing the fruits of your efforts realized through modernization and innovation.
Working in a continuous performance feedback environment.
Experience working in an environment that serves... For full info follow application link.
Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities employer.
