Ongoing Recruitment at Old Mutual Nigeria

Old Mutual Nigeria consists of a Life Assurance and General Insurance business and provides a wide spectrum of insurance solutions tailored to meet unique individual and corporate clients' circumstances.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.)  Head, Software Engineering - OMAR

Job Requisition ID: JR-42879
Job Location: Nigeria
Job type: Full time

Job Description

• The Head of Software Engineering is responsible for the development of high quality designs and solutions and the integration of these at the Enterprise level.
• This role guides technical design and the development and maintenance of software and other digital applications or services.
• The role incumbent will lead a team which will be expected to create prototypes, develop user-centred software, and advise on technical specifications.
• This role requires fundamentals in engineering practices, an analytical and data-driven approach to problem-solving, while following the DevOps model so that teams are empowered to own the full development and support the software development life-cycle.
• The successful incumbent also has a track record of leading Software Engineering teams, driving outcome-based performance.
• Individual will be responsible for managing cross functional agile teams through our full SDLC from estimation to delivery as well as having direct report responsibility for the engineering staff.
• Successful individual will need to collaborate with Product Management, Design, Quality Engineering, Technical Architecture, and Systems organisations on everything from roadmap estimation to project execution and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Able to roll up their sleeves and play a hands-on role while building a world class team.
• Follow Agile methodologies (SCRUM / Kanban)
• Responsible for the development of high quality designs and solutions and the integration of these at the Enterprise level
• Set technical standards and SDLC processes
• Operates as a subject matter expert and thought leader across program initiatives. Work with your engineering team and leads to plan and track development of all projects through delivery to production
• Responsible for the software development life cycle, taking the lead on software development projects
• Apply engineering principles for design, development, maintenance, testing and evaluation of software
• Expected to provide guidance and thought leadership for technical design, and the development and maintenance of software and other digital applications or services
• Provide leadership and direction for team of software engineers who are accountable for creating prototypes, developing user-centred software, advise on technical specifications, and who research new techniques. Provide technical and career mentoring for the engineering organization
• Provides sizing and scoping for development work required at the enterprise level
• Ensure that software development tasks are well coordinated
• Apply knowledge relating to the Architecture of relevant systems
• Balance trade-offs between design and implementation
• The solutions are mainly built using AWS cloud infrastructure
• Coordinate estimation of operational costs associated with updated/new functionality with our systems organization
• Cultivate a culture of testing and automation throughout the engineering organization
• Collaborate with the product engineering management (Design, Product, QA and IT) team to improve visibility, processes, and communication mechanisms
• Full stack software development experience and capability
• Client engagement at the Executive level to drive new products/ features and to ensure operational excellence
• Enable rapid iteration
• Ensure systems are scalable, fault tolerant and robust. Working in an environment that is forever looking forward to preparing for the future. This is due to the platform being highly available with a large customer base that will continue to grow. Experience in this area is highly sought
• Assure that security and accessibility continue to be primary goals in construction of any software
• Experience or comfort working with native mobile apps
• Experience with modern data technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, Snowflake), relational database systems (MySQL) and ability to work with large databases
• Understanding and knowledge of scaling and proven track record of scaling systems
• Experience profiling and optimizing code on all tiers of an application

Requirements, Skills, Qualifications, and Experience

• Matric / Degree in Computer Science/ Engineering/ Mathematics or related
• 7 years+ of Software Development experience
• A successful track record working as an engineering leader across multiple teams
• Experience with systems which have sophisticated access control/configuration capabilities
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Exceptional critical thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to quickly understand complex systems and data
• Experience balancing managing direct reports and making contributions to the software
• Experience leading and contributing to software architecture
• Experience with systems that leverage near real-time data to drive personalized experiences
• Experience working with consumer facing digital products
• Experience providing project visibility to senior management
• Passion for data-driven decision-making and continuous process improvement

Application Closing Date: 7th August, 2023.

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2.) Head, Reinsurance

Job Requisition JR-42617
Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Job Description

• This role manages a team in a technical environment, with some individual deliveries and is individually accountable for achieving results through others. This role reports to the head of operations (short term/general business)

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Responsible for the management of a unit of technical specialists in support of business objectives.
• Normal functions pertaining to management (people, production, customer and finance) apply, but in a technical environment.
• Team size would vary but would mostly be between 5 and 15 specialist staff.
• Also responsible for technical deliveries themselves (high level of technical knowledge in related field to their own staff).
• Technical skills would relate to a field within the administration ambit, i.e. product / process / MIS etc.
• Carries responsibility to deliver on operational projects within field of expertise.

Key Result Areas
Budget Control:

• Manages an operational budget.

Operational Delivery:

• Manages delivery of specialist team in support of business objectives.
• Responsible to deliver on operational projects within field of expertise.
• May be personally responsible for some technical deliveries.
• Extensive experience in day to day management.

Team Effectiveness:

• Individually accountable for customer/client service delivery through efforts of others.
• Accountable for others' time, task and output quality.
• Guides and directs staff to achieve operational excellence standards.
• Creates a climate for optimal performance.
• Balances own priorities with directing and motivating others.
• Plans and assigns work over the applicable period.
• Manages performance.
• Selects potential staff to sustain customer/client service delivery.

Relationship Building:

• Establishes and maintains relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Builds and manages external relationships.

Qualification

• A First Degree from a tertiary institution
• 5-10 years in field of expertise (sound business knowledge and management experience would be an advantage)
• CIIN professional qualification.

Application Closing Date: 1st August, 2023.

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3.) Claims Administrator

Job Requisition ID: JR-42959
Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Job Description

• This role is individually accountable for providing immediate response to administrative requirements in accordance with SLA parameters, in a processing environment. Technical knowledge is limited to some products and or processes.

Description

• Follows standardised processes and provides administrative support in line with normal business functioning.
• Delivers on daily production standards and adheres to service and quality standards.
• Uses standard administrative techniques to co ordinate own work.
• Provides an indirect service to customers and intermediaries.
• Responds to immediate requirements within procedure.
• Product and process knowledge in different areas may differ but basic skills remain the same.
• Technical knowledge is limited to some products and or processes.

Key Result Areas
Documentation processing:

• Responds to immediate administrative requirements within procedure.
• Follows standardised processes and provides administrative support in line with normal business functioning.
• Delivers on daily production standards.
• Uses standard administrative techniques to coordinate own work.

Personal Effectiveness:

• Accountable for service delivery through own efforts.
• Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality for periods of 1 day to a maximum of 3 months.
• Makes increased contributions by broadening individual skills.
• Collaborates effectively with others to achieve personal results.
• Accepts and lives the company values.

Quality Assurance:

• Performs quality checks on own work.
• Adheres to service and quality standards.

Qualifications and Experience

• A First Degree or its equivalent
• Experience of 1 to 2 years is an added advantage.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Interpersonal and time management skills
• Good knowledge of MS packages (Especially MS Word, MS Excel and Outlook)

Application Closing Date: 9th August, 2023.

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4.) Head of Compliance

Job Requisition ID: JR-36758
Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Individually accountable for establishing a compliance framework; including Risk Management and Monitoring plan.
• Embeds compliance, directly and/or through staff supervised over periods of 3 months to a year. Initiates and facilitates corrective action where required.
• Facilitates resolution of compliance breaches.
• Assists in mitigation of compliance risk.
• Reports to the Senior CO (in functional area), or, if responsible for compliance in a less complex business unit, reports to business head with strategic direction from Compliance Executive.
• Establishes and embeds compliance in area of responsibility.
• Ensures compliance within area by implementation of compliance risk management and monitoring plan.
• Reports on compliance breaches to line management and Senior Compliance Officer/Compliance Executive.
• Influence is limited to specific assigned functional area or less complex BU.
• Utilises limited legislation, and impact of legislation on the BU/functional area is limited.

Key Result Areas
Compliance:

• Ensures compliance within area by implementation of compliance risk management and monitoring plan, as well as through staff supervised, over periods of up to 3 months.
• Reports on compliance breaches to line management and Senior Compliance Officer/Compliance Executive.
• Assists in mitigation of compliance risk.
• Facilitates resolution of compliance breaches.
• Assists in mitigation of compliance risk.
• Utilises limited legislation and in all probability, the impact of the legislation on the business unit/functional area is limited.
• Assists the GM Finance / Risk Executive with the effective co-ordination and execution of the quarterly audit, risk and compliance for the segment.
• Challenges and escalates (within the defined escalation framework) where deemed appropriate.

Personal Effectiveness:

• Accountable for service delivery through own efforts.
• Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality for periods of up to 3 months.
• Makes increased contributions by broadening individual skills.
• Collaborates effectively with others to achieve personal goals.
• Accepts and lives the company values.

Application Closing Date: 27th July, 2023.

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