VP, Solutions Delivery and Transformation

If you’re passionate about helping people protect what matters most to them, as well as innovating and simplifying processes and operations to provide the best customer value, then Nationwide’s Property and Casualty 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.

Please Note: Candidates will only be considered for this role if they possess extensive IT experience and substantial expertise in business operations.

This position is open to working remotely in the United States.

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Job Description SummaryAre you a critical thinker and a skilled Business Transformation leader? If so, you might be the right person to lead the strategic design and transformation of business capabilities within our Personal Lines division. This executive will play a pivotal role in enhancing digital capabilities and driving enterprise-wide innovation to deliver exceptional customer and agent experiences in the Property & Casualty insurance space.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Governance & Standards

Establish and maintain business architecture standards, frameworks, and governance processes.

Ensure architectural integrity and consistency across initiatives and platforms.

Strategic Business Architecture & Planning

Define and evolve the business architecture for Personal Lines, ensuring alignment with the enterprise, Personal Lines strategy and current and future market demands.

Design and develop scalable solutions and a multi-year technology-enablement roadmap that supports Personal Lines’ evolving value proposition and user-centered design

Partner with executive leadership to translate strategic goals into actionable business capabilities, roadmaps and detailed plans.

Digital Transformation & Innovation

Lead the development of sophisticated digital applications to sell and service personal lines products, incorporating global best practices, user-feedback and emerging technologies.

Drive research and strategic decisions around digital experience for agents, customers, and internal users, ensuring a seamless, intuitive, and impactful user journey.

Champion a “digital-first” mindset across the organization, leveraging third-party data, AI, predictive models, and modern UI/UX design.

Operational Excellence & Capability Development

Cross-functionally lead the Business Analyst discipline and technology enablement execution across multiple roles for Personal Lines, ensuring alignment with broader enterprise goals.

Partner with the PL and enterprise Transformation Offices to achieve optimized deployment and delivery via business practitioners in agile, LEAN and program management disciplines.

Consult with internal end-users to identify pain points and streamline end-to-end processes, reducing complexity and improving efficiency.

Build and scale business architecture across Personal Lines and adjacent business units for shared applications, ensuring reusability and consistency of capabilities.

Capability & Value Stream Design

Lead the design and optimization of end-to-end value streams (e.g., quote-to-bind, claims, policy servicing) to improve efficiency, agility, and customer satisfaction.

Identify capability gaps and recommend solutions to enhance performance and scalability.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Collaborate with Product, Sales, Claims, Technology, Operations, and Data teams to ensure alignment across business and technical architectures.

Oversee business resourcing and effective collaboration for end-to-end transformation initiatives, partnering with IT.

Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing insights on transformation opportunities and architectural impacts.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to President, Personal Lines

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, or related field; MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.

Experience:

10+ years of experience in business architecture, enterprise transformation, or strategic planning within the insurance or financial services industry.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills:

Experience with digital transformation, customer experience design, or agile operating models.

Familiarity with core insurance platforms and emerging technologies (e.g., AI, automation, data analytics).

Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity in complex, matrixed environments.

Deep understanding of the Personal Lines insurance market (e.g., auto, homeowners, renters).

Proven experience designing and implementing business capabilities and operating models at scale.

Strong knowledge of business architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, BIZBOK) and tools.

Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Digital Transformation Business Solution Architecture Strategic Planning Organizational Design Innovation Adaptive Technology Operational Effectiveness Culture Change Capability Modeling Enterprise Collaboration Customer Experience

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resource Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions: Normal Office Environment

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

We currently anticipate accepting applications until 06/20/2025. However, we encourage early submissions, as the posting may close sooner if a strong candidate slate is identified before the deadline.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

This position could be filled within any of the lower 48 U.S. states.

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NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES:

We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.

Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range.

The national salary range for VP, Solutions Delivery and Transformation : $200,000.00-$400,000.00

The expected starting salary range for VP, Solutions Delivery and Transformation : $200,000.00-$400,000.00

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