Application Development Manager

Application Development Manager

• Do you have proven passion for leadership, customer focus, and teamwork with the desire to drive and support strategic initiatives that impact client, agent, and employee experiences? Are you self-driven and thrive in a fast paced, results oriented environment? If so, this Application Development Manager opportunity might just be the perfect match for you!
• We are seeking an individual with strong leadership and collaboration skills to manage the Life Development team within our IT department. This team is responsible for the key Life Company strategic platform and related tools. In this position you will have the opportunity to partner with Business and IT leadership, Innovation, and application teams from across the organization to drive tactical and strategic imperatives and will work closely with the team’s engineers to develop application roadmaps and recommendations for future capabilities. The successful candidate would have the ability to effectively lead a group of high-performing individuals, have experience with software development practices and project delivery, and can communicate effectively with various levels of the organization.
• Who We Are: At Farm Bureau Financial Services, our client/members can feel confident knowing their family, home, cars, and other property are protected. We value a culture where integrity, teamwork, passion, service, leadership, and accountability are at the heart of every decision we make and every action we take. We’re proud of our more than 80-year commitment to protecting the livelihoods and futures of our client/members and creating an atmosphere where our employees thrive.
• What You’ll Do:
• Oversee all aspects of staffing including selection, training/development, performance reviews, managing capacity/demand of work and controlling workflow, motivation of employees, and assigned budget activities.
• Responsible for ensuring the goals of the company are communicated effectively to staff, that the goals of the team are in alignment with driving organizational results including Digital Transformational efforts
• Serve as a key liaison between the team and the business areas it supports to interpret and analyze complex business problems and ensure the delivery of products and services.
• Work with other IT leaders, engineers, and development teams to implement high risk, highly complex business applications by defining business scope, objectives, requirements, and deliverables based on system development methodologies.