Team Leader - Solution Delivery

Team Leader - Solution Delivery

Lead and manage multi-disciplined teams in the planning, analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of a software system or packaged vendor solutions, to support Wellmark's strategic initiatives. Ensure adherence to architecture standards, quality, and production support of delivered solutions, and pursue and influence opportunities to use technology and process improvement to help reduce costs, improve service, reduce risk, and gain competitive advantage. Develop and mentor application staff on business practices and technical capabilities.

Required :

• Bachelor's degree or direct and applicable work experience.
• Minimum 4+ years of experience managing the implementation and support of a technical solution through the full software development life cycle. This includes experience in leadership, typically gained through formal or informal leadership that demonstrates knowledge of work processes, products and services, and leadership competencies.
• Demonstrated planning and implementation skills.
• Ability to apply job-specific skills to make value-added contributions that align with evolving business strategies.
• Consultative and analytical skills to lead the team to appropriate decisions and recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to express complex concepts clearly and concisely in writing and verbally. Experience in managing and analyzing complex information.
• Excellent problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Ability to influence and motivate others who are direct reports as well as those from other divisions and departments, including change management, creating a sense of urgency and teachable points of view.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize excellent time management.
• Experience in health or financial services industry technology.
• Strong knowledge of systems, products and infrastructure, including all aspects of information technology for an organization of similar size, and applicable technology trends.
• Knowledge of state and federal health care regulations.
• Travel required up to 5 percent.

Preferred :

An Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to a disability at any stage of the employment application process should contact us at careers@wellmark.com. Please inform us if you meet the definition of a "Covered DoD official". At this time, Wellmark is not considering applicants for this position that require any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future to work in the United States.