Tata AIA Life Looking for Manager – IT – Application Development at Thane, Maharashtra Full Time

Position Title – Manager – IT Application

Department – IT

Level / Band – Manager

Role Summary: The role has overall responsibility of providing system solution for all business requirement of Life Insurance sales channels , Operations , Finance and other functions to meet the business objective. He should prepare technical solution design specification for all business requirements and handover to software development team for implementation. He should have connect with Indian insurance market and update with latest trends. Perform competitive analysis for of the development of software applications. The candidates are expected to have a good understanding of software technologies and hhelping insurance businesses implement technology solutions in a cost-effective way by determining the requirements of a project or program, and communicating them clearly to stakeholders, facilitators. The role needs the candidate to understand Insurance domain, mentor the team and collaborate with vendor IT teams to ensure architecture alignment, support project managers, application design, design reviews and sign off to ensure business solution to meet stated project delivery objectives.

Support client engagement, product enhancements and new development by understanding business requirements, and performing competitive analysis for of the development of software applications.

Deliver better user experience of the new / existing products which would benefits the clients and internal product line.

Should identify, understand and define customer needs, objectives and business requirements, to design a solution that can best meet the Client’s requirements and internal product line.

Adequate knowledge on UI/UX mobile / web application.

Possesses business operations capabilities combined with excellent technical, communication, presentation and client handling skills.

Strong Inter-personal skills; ability to communicate clearly at all levels

Organizational Relationships

Reports to – SM – IT Application

Supervises – AM , Executive

Job Dimensions

Geographic Area Covered – Pan India

Stakeholders – Internal – All Departments

External – IT / DC Vendors

Key Result Areas

Project / Delivery Management

Ensure business partner stakeholders engagement, product and new development by understanding business requirements.

Identify change in business partner process & system, document new process in business requirement and get it validate by respective team.

Ensure business solution meets customer requirements and adheres to Alliance defined standards.

Act as interface between Business & delivery team on business solution , effort estimation, capacity planning, design patterns to be adhered

Risk Management and Mitigation

Analyse Process and systems to mitigate risk and provide solutions for non stated functional requirements.

Ensure all IT design and architecture risks are managed.

Managing the Team

Guide extended team in sequencing the project deliverables to ensure all the building blocks fit in properly with no rework and surprises.

Review provided technical, integration, database design artifacts and source code if required.

Mentoring the team on technical and business related areas.

Help in coordination between different verticals of IT / DC Team

Misc

Ensure compliance to AIA and TALIC rules and standards.

Constantly align with the IT team, Vendor team and business stakeholder

Skills Required

Technical

8+ years application development of Angular , Cloud service, Java / J2EE, Oracle and Middleware technologies.

5+ Life insurance industry experience.

Deep hands-on technical expertise in multiple technical domains

Contribute to the development and maintenance of business solution and application integration Architecture Guiding Principles.

Behavioral

Essential

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Creative thinking skills

Supervising/Leadership skills

Teamwork Skills

Influencing skills

Relationship Building skills

Decision making skills

Incumbent Characteristics

Qualification – Essential – BE

Qualification – Desired – New technology certifications

Experience

8 plus years of application development using latest technologies.

Good interpersonal and communication skills with ability to build productive relationships across the participants in the ecosystem.

Experience in software programming (HTML5, JavaScript, database, J2EE skills, mobility, web services, open source technologies etc.).

Adequate knowledge on UI/UX mobile / web applications technologies.

Expertise in technical documentations and presentations.