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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 Technologyteam 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 our nation's military, veterans, Guard and Reserves, and Medicare beneficiaries.
Minimum Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship is required for this position due to Department of Defense restrictions.
- Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent post high school and/or related work experience
- 5 or more years of related work and leadership experience
Preferred Qualifications
- 5 or more years in a leadership role or proven leadership ability.
- Experience working in a highly regulated government environment.
- Experience using modern data and analytics software.
- Experience with software quality, testing and reliability.
- Experience in data management and analytics domains (e.g., data management, business intelligence development, advanced analytics, metadata management, Big Data development).
- Extensive understanding of data and analytical frameworks in digital health.
- Experience in planning and overseeing a budget.
- Working knowledge of the agile/scrum process.
Salary Range
$150,000 ~ 200,000
The base pay offered for this position may vary within the posted range based on your job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Work Location
We are a remote-first organization and offer remote work in the following approved states:
Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin
Remote Work Requirements
- Wired (ethernet cable) internet connection from your router to your computer
- High speed cable or fiber internet
- Minimum of 10 Mbps downstream and at least 1 Mbps upstream internet connection (can be checked at https://speedtest.net)
- Please review Remote Worker FAQs for additional information
Benefits
- Remote and hybrid work options available
- Performance bonus and/or merit increase opportunities
- 401(k) with dollar-per-dollar match up to 6% of salary (100% vested immediately)
- Competitive paid time off
- Health insurance, dental insurance, and telehealth services start DAY 1
- Employee Resource Groups
- Professional and Leadership Development Programs
- Review additional benefits: (https://www.wpshealthsolutions.com/careers/fulltime_benefits.shtml)
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