Application Engineering Manager

Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.

At Great American, we value and recognize the benefits derived when people with different backgrounds and experiences work together to achieve business results. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered, and enabled to perform at their best.
This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

P&C IT Services provides professional services to help our business units and corporate functions use technology to create, manage, and optimize information and business processes.  IT Services can include a wide range of activities such as: software development, data management, Cloud services, IT security, network security, technical support, establishing and overseeing access rights, procuring and maintaining equipment or software, managing the infrastructure, and defining security procedures,  The overall goal of IT Services is to provide technology solutions that increase efficiency, reduce costs, and give our company a competitive advantage over our competitors.

Great American’s culture is built on connection, shared learning, and strong relationships. This is a hybrid role that combines in-office and remote work. Employees are expected to maintain a meaningful on-site presence to support collaboration, relationship building, and business success.

The Application Engineering Manager serves as the accountable leader for Application Engineering within the One Team delivery model, responsible for the end-to-end health, delivery, and continuous improvement of application assets supporting EHS and IT Services. Partners closely with Delivery Leaders, Technical Product Managers, Architects, and Business Stakeholders to align development efforts with enterprise priorities and drive successful delivery outcomes.

This individual leads and develops high-performing development teams while ensuring adherence to established SDLC practices, security baselines, and operational standards. Accountable for both execution and continuous improvement—driving efficient delivery, optimizing workflows, and ensuring applications are scalable, reliable, and aligned to evolving business needs.

Champions a collaborative, cross-functional environment that bridges development, operations, and business teams to enable predictable, high-quality delivery. Promotes adoption of modern development practices, including AI-enabled capabilities, to enhance productivity, improve insights, and accelerate value delivery across the portfolio.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

Oversees the Application Development team operations, optimizing workflows and ensuring high productivity on behalf of EHS and IT Services Oversees strategic planning and execution to align application development initiatives with organizational goals and objectives, ensuring long-term success and innovation.

Oversees the design, implementation, and deployment of software applications and systems supporting various business and insurance processes.

Ensures that application and infrastructure performance meet complex and evolving business requirements and user expectations. Conducts regular performance assessments and implements improvements.

Leads strategic planning and execution of…