Director, Technology Project Management; Annuity Modernization Program

Director, Technology Project Management (Annuity Modernization Program)

Location:

Hybrid, Columbus, Ohio

The Director, Technology Project Management role for the Annuity Modernization Program is responsible for leading the execution and delivery of one of Nationwide Financial’s most strategic technology transformation initiatives. This leader will oversee a complex portfolio of work focused on modernizing annuity platforms, business capabilities, and supporting technology ecosystems to enable future growth, operational efficiency, and enhanced customer and associate experiences.

The role requires strong leadership across technology, business, and vendor organizations to drive delivery excellence, manage transformational change, and ensure successful realization of program objectives. The Delivery Leader will serve as a key partner to senior executives, business stakeholders, and technology leaders while maintaining accountability for program outcomes, financial performance, risk management, and organizational alignment.

Lead end-to-end delivery of the Annuity Modernization Program, ensuring alignment to enterprise strategy and business objectives. Drive execution of complex, multi-year transformational initiatives spanning policy administration, digital capabilities, data, integration, and operational platforms. Establish and maintain integrated delivery plans, key milestones, dependencies, and critical path management across multiple work streams. Ensure successful delivery of business capabilities while balancing scope, schedule, quality, risk, and financial commitments.

Provide leadership and governance across a portfolio of modernization initiatives and associated technology investments. Drive effective program management disciplines, including risk management, issue resolution, dependency management, and executive reporting. Lead governance forums and decision-making processes to accelerate delivery and improve organizational alignment. Monitor and communicate program health, delivery performance, and value realization to executive stakeholders.

Partner closely with business executives and product leaders to translate strategic priorities into executable delivery roadmaps. Facilitate alignment across technology, operations, product, and business teams to ensure successful program outcomes. Influence prioritization decisions and investment strategies to maximize business value and customer impact. Ensure modernization efforts support long-term operational scalability, flexibility, and innovation objectives.

Manage large-scale program budgets, resource plans, and investment portfolios. Drive financial accountability and transparency across modernization initiatives. Lead strategic vendor relationships and oversee delivery performance across partner organizations. Identify opportunities to optimize costs, improve delivery efficiency, and maximize return on investment.

Build, develop, and lead high-performing delivery organizations focused on accountability, collaboration, and execution excellence. Coach and mentor leaders across the program to strengthen delivery capabilities and organizational effectiveness. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, transparency, and servant leadership. Champion adoption of new delivery practices, AI-enabled ways of working, and modernization strategies.

Provide clear, concise, executive-level communications regarding program status, risks, financial performance, and strategic decisions. Prepare and present updates to senior executives, governance committees, and business leadership teams. Develop KPIs and performance metrics that measure delivery effectiveness, operational outcomes, and value realization.

If you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place…