Consultant, Delivery Leader; Agribusiness

Position: Consultant, Delivery Leader (Agribusiness)
If you’re passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide’s Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.
** This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Des Moines, Iowa office 2 days per week.
**** This is a Delivery Leader role supporting Agribusiness Technology Solutions and the Nationwide Agribusiness project portfolio accountable for the delivery of business outcomes through technology initiatives.  This role will lead and facilitate the execution of complex projects managing dependencies, schedule, financials, and business value realization for both Farm and Commercial Agribusiness business segments.  This role will be influential in driving continuous improvement and capability uplift supporting overall software delivery excellence.
**** This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program.****#LI-AC1
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** 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 for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!
As a Delivery Leader you’ll be responsible for delivering value and outcomes. Delivery leaders are expected to have an end-to-end vantage point on delivery, manage dependencies, remove blockers, engage partners, manage financials, maximize vendor relationships, and enable an iterative delivery of value. You will need to keep pace with software delivery and organizational change methods and tools. Delivery leaders should also understand relevant Financial and Agile/Lean/Dev Ops tools and techniques.
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* Key Responsibilities:

*** Drives the End to End delivery of expected business outcomes, realization of benefits as outlined in the business case, drives incremental value, drives incremental planning, and drives dependency scope definition.
* Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
* Responsible for the communication, critical issues, visibility, change management guidance to deliver business outcomes.
* Key contributor in the facilitation of contract negotiations, statement of work development and vendor oversight toward expected goals.
* Drives the prioritization of deliverables, handles moderate to complex issues/risks, governs dependencies.
* Is responsible for the delivery of status/health reports to drive value delivery tracking (ex: KPIs), optimizes the flow of value and ensures demand/capacity is handled.
* Works with medium to large project/product financials.
* Serves as a professional to others around delivering business outcomes, benefit realization, agile delivery, and Lean.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
** Reporting Relationships:
** Reports to Delivery Leader or Business Solution Area Executive.
** Typical Skills and Experiences:
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* Education:

** Undergraduate studies (bachelor’s degree preferred) in management information systems, engineering, math, computer science, data analytics or comparable experience and education strongly preferred.
** License/Certification/Designation:
** Technology certifications or PMI, SAFE, Agile or Lean designations are encouraged.
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* Experience:

** Six or more years of experience in technology or related field. Three years demonstrated proficiency in delivering outcomes/projects. Awareness of emerging technologies and/or industry trends.
** Knowledge, Abilities and

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