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Blue Bell, PA - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Job Description

Job Title: IT Director Application Production Support Commercial Insurance

Location: Hybrid (3Days Onsite per week) in Blue Bell PA 19424

Duration: FullTime (FTE)

Interview process: 1st round phone with HR 2nd round phone or teams interview with management and Final onsite panel interview

Job Description:

  • They would be willing to look at Management level candidates as well as long as they meet the criteria below.
  • MUST have insurance industry (property and casualty a HUGE plus but claims insurance experience will work)
  • The role is a brand new role not replacing anyone. They will be reporting to VP of IT.
  • They are looking for someone that can help take a lot of legacy applications to the cloud and help automate process and procedures. This person will be working with a couple 3rd party vendors on a consistent basis so vendor management is an absolute must.

Position Overview:

As the IT Director of Application Production Support in the commercial insurance industry you will operate in a newly created role to shape and execute on the application production support strategy. You will be responsible for developing a production support organization and overseeing application support to ensure the stability availability and performance of enterprise applications. This role involves strategic leadership management of production support operations and collaboration with various IT and business stakeholders to enhance application performance and user satisfaction.

Principle Duties / Responsibilities:

Leadership & Strategy:

  • Develop and execute on a comprehensive strategy for building an application production support team in alignment with industry best practices.
  • Build lead and manage the application production support team fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high performance.
  • Develop and implement strategies for efficient application support and incident management.
  • Develop and implement enhanced DevOps strategies.
  • Establish KPIs and metrics to measure team performance and application stability.

Operational Oversight:

  • Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to oversee daily operations of application support including incident resolution problem management and change management processes to ensure operating level agreements are met.
  • Manage and oversee production support operations of vendors involved in supporting applications ensuring vendors adhere to expected service performance levels.
  • Manage and oversee Development Operations (DevOps) to ensure timely build and deployment of applications to software environments.
  • Ensure timely resolution of production issues and minimize application downtime.
  • Proactively plan for and implement routine minor application/environment patching.
  • Ensure root cause analysis is performed for production incidents and that underlying problems are managed to closure.
  • Collaborate with development and QA teams to ensure a smooth transition of new applications into nonproduction and production environments.

Stakeholder Engagement:

  • Serve as a primary point of contact for business units regarding application performance issues and enhancements not addressable by the service desk.
  • Work closely with IT leadership to align application support strategies with business objectives.

Process Improvement:

  • Identify areas for improvement in application support and DevOps processes and implement best practices.
  • Drive the adoption of automation tools and techniques to enhance production support efficiency and reduce manual intervention.

Team Development:

  • Mentor and develop team members providing guidance and training to enhance their technical and leadership skills.
  • Promote a collaborative and innovative work environment.

Budget & Resource Management:

  • Plan and manage the budget for application support operations ensuring optimal use of resources.
  • Assess and recommend tools and technologies to enhance application monitoring and support capabilities.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field; Masters degree preferred.
  • 15 years of experience in IT with at least 5 years in a leadership role focused on application support preferably in the commercial insurance industry.
  • Strong understanding of application architecture system integrations and enterprise software.
  • Proven experience in incident management problem resolution and process improvement methodologies.
  • Well versed in IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) concepts and methods.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.
  • Familiarity with job scheduler software DevOps tools monitoring tools IT ticketing systems and database management.

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience with both onpremises and cloudbased applications and services.
  • Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Understanding of cybersecurity principles related to application support.

If you are passionate about application support operations to drive business success in the commercial insurance sector we invite you to apply and become a key player in our IT organization.

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