Responsible for leading a team of application developers and support personnel working to enhance and maintain current Policy and Underwriting applications while also leading the transition of systems to a new Guidewire platform in the Cloud. Working in conjunction with business partners, will identify and act upon opportunities to modernize technology, introduce digital capabilities and feature enhancements, and improve application functionality and efficiency in support of PMA strategic and tactical business goals. Responsibilities * Under the direction of senior IT leadership, provides oversight of team involvement with major business/technology initiatives, collaborating with appropriate stakeholders to manage expectations. Will lead the team through a skill set transformation and technology migration/implementation leveraging Guidewire's InsuranceSuite in the Cloud. * Leads team in all aspects of application work through the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) ensuring compliance with PMA project management and SDLC policies. * Assists the IT organization in defining and implementing its business plan and goals to support the strategy and goals of the organization. Responsible for working with leaders across the organization to create the business plan for IT. Defines multi-year strategic plans to support the organizational strategic direction in relation to product and service models. * Collaborates with senior leadership to identify and prioritize opportunities to utilize IT to achieve the goals of the enterprise. Collaborates with business partners to develop business cases for projects and gain IT Governance approval. Collaborates with PMA subject matter experts and architects to optimize solution approach. * Effectively manages, in conjunction with IT senior leadership, external business relationships with third party software and service providers. * Evaluates opportunities for improved externally supplied services, actively participating in user community events. Keeps abreast of providers' ability to maintain infrastructure currency and evaluates marketplace for alternative solution providers. * Ensures production system service levels are met by providing effective oversight of team support operations and ensuring systems maintain technology currency. * Participates in the budgeting and capital project processes and quality improvement activities for the applications. * Plays IT Product Owner role for applications in the team portfolio. * May serve in an IT Project Sponsor or Project Manager role for select projects. * Ensures compliance of staff with all company policies. * Responsible for audit compliance of IT functions within managerial purview. * Review and approve vendor invoices for payment * Prepare and conduct quarterly and annual team member reviews and set annual team goals * Demonstrate commitment to Company's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, and apply knowledge of compliance policies and procedures, standards and laws applicable to job responsibilities in the performance of work.