Corporate Vice President (Group Benefit Solutions)

Location Designation: Fully Onsite

Our New York Life culture has laid the foundation for over 180 years of commitment to our employees, agents, policy owners, and the communities where we live and work. Here you become a valued part of a welcoming, inclusive, and caring organization with a long-standing legacy in stability and growth. The strength revolves around our diversified, multi-dimensional business portfolio that goes beyond life insurance.

As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide an environment where you can explore your career ambitions, offering opportunities to tackle meaningful challenges and stretch your skills while balancing work and life priorities. You will be part of an inclusive team guided by our belief to always be there for each other–providing the support and flexibility to grow and reach new heights while making an impact in the lives of others.

You are our future, and we commit to investing in you accordingly.

Offered Wage: $152,734.92/year
Duties: Accountable for cross-functional responsibilities supporting the company's Group Benefit Solutions (GBS) Product Management function. Partner with GBS operational teams, key stakeholders, and experience owners to define overall product vision through epics, features, and user stories. Define acceptance criteria and participate in various SAFe Agile ceremonies for product delivery and acceptance. Participate with the Agile Release Train (ART) and partner closely with experience owners, product managers, Release Train Engineers (RTE), scrum masters, and system test leads to define overall ART delivery, including identifying key dependencies and prioritizing epics, features, and user stories for optimum release sequence and value realization. Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for the internal scrum team and across the ART. Prioritize and execute user stories within each sprint based on optimum sequence. Partner with the scrum master and other ART team members on a regular basis to ensure assigned features are fully executed within the prescribed program increment. Plan and execute required product owner activities, including PI planning, grooming, and demonstrations. Prioritize work for delivery teams based on business value and stakeholder engagement. Manage user stories, including accurate story descriptions and acceptance criteria. Participate in ART activities such as PO Sync and PI planning and escalate risks as needed. Drive delivery by providing clarifications and solutions by partnering with stakeholders, software implementers, business SMEs, and capture all decisions. Ensure proper user stories are assigned to the scrum team. Work across multiple business units, including product, architecture, and delivery teams to maintain scope and schedule changes
Education & Experience Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus 7 years of experience as a Corporate Vice President, Senior Consultant, or related occupation performing product management, Agile software delivery, defining features and user stories, including identifying key dependencies and the optimal release sequence to generate the largest business case value realization. Or alternatively, a Master’s degree in Information Technology, Information Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus 5 years of experience as a Corporate Vice President, Senior Consultant, or related occupation performing product management, Agile software delivery, defining features and user stories, including identifying key dependencies and the optimal release sequence to generate the largest business case value realization. Specific skills/other requirements - Must also possess the following (quantitative experience requirements not applicable to this section) - Experience must include: Deconstructing Agile initiatives and epics into a complete and prioritized set of features and user stories; Driving and leading the software delivery process by partnering with stakeholders, software implementers, business experts and other technology teams to resolve issues; Writing complex SQL queries and performing data analytics and system analysis; Creating technical documentation such as system flow diagrams, feature documents, and data lineage; Utilizing both the technical (Java, .Net code, AWS) and business language to analyze software systems; and Utilizing various tools (Visio, Tableau, Confluence, Jira) to produce comprehensible deliverables
Eligible for Employee Referral Program
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Overtime eligible: Exempt

Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes

Sales bonus eligible: No

Pay Transparency

Overtime eligible: Exempt

Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes

Sales bonus eligible: No

Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual’s experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Our Benefits

We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work. Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.

Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life’s leadership in this space.

Recognized as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.

Job Requisition ID: 92121