The Manager Product Development Engineering leads product teams, manages Agile processes, enforces best practices, and drives feature delivery and team performance.
Description and Requirements
Role Value Proposition :
Responsible for the design, development and maintenance of software development solutions within a defined system,
platform or product, based on a set of standards and processes which establish consistency acrost the enterprise data,
reduce risk and promote efficiencies in support of the organization's goals and objectives. This family can be used for
both roles that require a complete technology stack of capabilities as well as roles that require to work on a single
technology stack, application or platform.
Key Responsibilities :
• Manages a product team that consist of 2- 4 feature teams in the development and maintenance of an E2E IT
solution.
• Responsible for setting, prioritizing, and accepting the work generated by an Agile team in order to ensure the
platform meets the defined goals and vision.
• Establish and enforce best practices in code control, code reviews, unit testing, DevOps, and application
maintenance.
• Helps identify risks and removes barriers so that the team can move forward in development.
• Manage and drive audits to conclusions.
• Ensure vendor performance and deliverables meet contract specifications
• Full people management responsibility for direct product team including hiring, firing, promotions, performance,
career and compensation management, & training & development.
• Matrix management responsibility for cross functional team members aligned to product team that includes
performance management.
• Gain awareness of trends and issues in area of technical expertise, potential new technologies or technology
opportunities. Participates in discussions that solve business challenges by leveraging technology.
• Manage product feature software delivery through continuous focus on software development and maintenance
metrics and KPIs.
• Manage user centric design and agile development life cycle.
• Manages resources to planned feature outcomes, with awareness of over /under utilization and ways to adjust.
Education :
Bachelor's degree (Any Stream) or diploma with a minimum of 15 years of education.
Experience : 0-9 Year
Technical Skill :
• Agile Practices • Application Design/Architecture • Cloud Native Technologies • Relationship/Stakeholder Management • Team Management/Engagement • Product/Business/Industry Knowledge • DevSecOps, CI/CD • Secure design and coding practices • Applicable Development Language
Other Critical Requirements Like Voice/Non-Voice for Insurance : N/A
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
#BI-Hybrid
Role Value Proposition :
Responsible for the design, development and maintenance of software development solutions within a defined system,
platform or product, based on a set of standards and processes which establish consistency acrost the enterprise data,
reduce risk and promote efficiencies in support of the organization's goals and objectives. This family can be used for
both roles that require a complete technology stack of capabilities as well as roles that require to work on a single
technology stack, application or platform.
Key Responsibilities :
• Manages a product team that consist of 2- 4 feature teams in the development and maintenance of an E2E IT
solution.
• Responsible for setting, prioritizing, and accepting the work generated by an Agile team in order to ensure the
platform meets the defined goals and vision.
• Establish and enforce best practices in code control, code reviews, unit testing, DevOps, and application
maintenance.
• Helps identify risks and removes barriers so that the team can move forward in development.
• Manage and drive audits to conclusions.
• Ensure vendor performance and deliverables meet contract specifications
• Full people management responsibility for direct product team including hiring, firing, promotions, performance,
career and compensation management, & training & development.
• Matrix management responsibility for cross functional team members aligned to product team that includes
performance management.
• Gain awareness of trends and issues in area of technical expertise, potential new technologies or technology
opportunities. Participates in discussions that solve business challenges by leveraging technology.
• Manage product feature software delivery through continuous focus on software development and maintenance
metrics and KPIs.
• Manage user centric design and agile development life cycle.
• Manages resources to planned feature outcomes, with awareness of over /under utilization and ways to adjust.
Education :
Bachelor's degree (Any Stream) or diploma with a minimum of 15 years of education.
Experience : 0-9 Year
Technical Skill :
• Agile Practices • Application Design/Architecture • Cloud Native Technologies • Relationship/Stakeholder Management • Team Management/Engagement • Product/Business/Industry Knowledge • DevSecOps, CI/CD • Secure design and coding practices • Applicable Development Language
Other Critical Requirements Like Voice/Non-Voice for Insurance : N/A
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
#BI-Hybrid
Top Skills
Agile Practices
Applicable Development Language
Application Design/Architecture
Ci/Cd
Cloud Native Technologies
Devsecops
Secure Design And Coding Practices
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