Manager IT Hybrid

Could you be our next Manager, IT Applications
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**** Globe Life is looking for a Manager, IT Applications, to join the team!

In this role, you will be responsible for leading/managing the development, deployment, and support of new and existing applications to meet the current and future needs of the business. This person is responsible for planning, management, and execution of multiple individual contributor developer team members that primarily support enterprise applications used by both internal and external users of these applications to administer key data as well as customer data.

This is a hybrid position located in McKinney, Texas ( WFH Monday & Friday, In Office Tuesday-Thursday) .

• Partner with business departments and other IT groups to assess needs, make recommendations, and deliver highly effective technology solutions that support the current and future business operations.
• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to prioritize modernization initiatives and establish product roadmaps.
• Lead team supporting existing applications and developing new applications utilizing systems development life cycle and project management methodologies.
• Ensure delivered software meets standards of operational excellence and is stable and supportable in production environments.
• Evaluate project status and resource utilization and implement changes to improve the team’s effectiveness.
• Ensure projects and change requests are prioritized, tracked, and communicated in a consistent and effective manner to ensure the alignment of IT with business initiatives.
• Coordinate with other Applications Managers, Project Managers, BA/QA, and EPMO in the planning of projects including the identification of tasks, estimation of effort, and allocation of resources.
• Ensure projects and commitments are delivered on time and within budget, adhering to quality standards and meeting stakeholder expectations.
• Provide technical leadership to the development team as needed.
• Perform project management duties for smaller modernization initiatives, including developing project plans, communication management, and risk management.
• Develop and maintain an appropriate organizational structure capable of supporting the application development needs of Globe Life. This includes the appropriate level of cross‑training to ensure that applications can be worked on and supported by people other than the original developers.
• Ensure compliance with Sarbanes‑Oxley requirements and COBIT requirements.

• Commitment to service delivery, including the delivery of project on‑time, on‑budget, and with exceptional customer satisfaction.
• As a technical leader in the organization, innovative thinking is a must as we drive our systems forward.
• Driving process excellence around software delivery is critical.
• A continuous focus on communication management and risk management for all initiatives.
• Development and maintenance of technology roadmaps to step change applications performance and effectiveness.
• All projects must include thoroughly documented code and operational procedures.
• Effective balancing of the workload among team members.
• Provide constructive feedback on an ongoing basis and preparation of formal performance reviews on an annual basis.
• Disaster recovery plans and tests must be completed on an annual basis (at a minimum) for all applications identified as critical to the operations of the business.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or other related field. Equivalent years of work experience in Information Technology Applications Development & Leadership area also taken into consideration.
• 10+ years of experience managing applications and software development projects and teams in a transactional web‑based environment and/or mainframe‑based environment with integration to legacy systems.
• Experience with application development environments and tools, change control procedures, systems architecture, and systems development life cycle methodologies.
• 6+ years of work‑related experience in project management with proven knowledge of project management…