Technology Project Manager - Data

If you’re passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide’s Technology 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.

As a Technology Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading strategic & priority initiatives within the DOTS organization, driving data priorities into measurable outcomes & proving incremental value across delivery.  This role will work in a hybrid schedule, coming into the Columbus, Ohio, or Des Moines, Iowa, office two days per week. Remote candidates may be considered.

Why this role matters

Nationwide’s Data, Operations, Technology, and Strategy (DOTS) organization within P&C Technology connects business strategy and analytical needs to trusted, governed, reusable data and AI capabilities that support reporting, analytics, automation, intelligent experiences, and emerging AI use cases.

We are looking for a Project Manager who will coordinate with business stakeholders, delivery teams, technology partners, governance, architecture, risk partners, and vendors to deliver complex data initiatives predictably and responsibly.

The role is accountable for both what gets delivered and how the work gets done, including partnering with stakeholders to define prioritization, execution, collaboration, decision-making, risk & crisis management, responsible AI use, and continuous improvement.

Projects may include improving data accessibility and quality, building a future state data strategy in a federated lakehouse architecture, modernizing platforms and integration patterns, establishing governed data products and semantic models, strengthening metadata and lineage, enabling self-service analytics and delivering AI-enabled business capabilities.

What this role entails

Translate strategy into execution

- Partner with business and data leaders to define priorities, analytical needs, AI opportunities, business cases, and outcomes.
- Translate demand into scope, milestones, deliverables, success measures, resource plans, funding needs, and integrated schedules.
- Sequence work across data domains, platforms, governance, analytics, AI capabilities, and shared technology teams.
- Establish clear ownership, decision rights, dependencies, acceptance criteria, and adoption plans.

Project Delivery Ownership

- Manage work from intake and planning through build, data onboarding, validation, testing, release, adoption, and stabilization.
- Establish the project operating rhythm, including integrated planning, milestone reviews, dependency management, risk management, financial management, change management, decision forums, status reporting, vendor & contract management and executive governance.
- Coordinate business teams, project teams, engineering, architecture, security, privacy, responsible AI, data governance, analytics, and vendors.
- Drive delivery against scope, schedule, budget, quality, controls, and business outcomes using fit-for-purpose methods such as Agile planning and iterative releases.
- Provide concise status reporting and executive communications focused on progress, risks, decisions, and next steps.
- Use automation, AI-enabled tools, and standardized practices to improve planning, reporting, risk identification, and team productivity with appropriate human oversight.

- Foster high accountability, healthy challenge, responsible innovation, strong data stewardship, and Nationwide’s “On Your Side” values.

Ideal skill set

- 8+ years of project management experience, with 5+ years of demonstrated proficiency in delivering data outcomes/projects
- Familiarity with cloud and modern data-platform concepts such as lakehouse architectures, ETL/ELT, data integration, SQL, Snowflake, Databricks, or comparable technologies.

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- Technology certifications, Project management certifications , CSM/SaFE , Agile certifications encouraged.

Work Arrangement: This role follows a hybrid schedule and requires in-office presence in Columbus, Ohio, Des Moines, IA or Scottsdale, AZ two days per week.

Location Requirement: Candidates must be based within a commutable distance to these locations.

**Work Authorization: This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT Extension program.* *

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Job Description Summary
If you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!

As a Technology Project Manager, you’ll be responsible for driving measurable outcomes by delivering incremental value across technology initiatives. You’ll connect business case objectives by shaping planning, defining dependencies, and ensuring alignment across key leaders and delivery teams.

You’ll lead complex initiatives with accountability for financials, vendor performance, and delivery health, while maintaining transparent communication and guiding change management. Through Agile, Lean, and DevOps practices, you optimize delivery flow, manage risk, and ensure continuous value realization.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

- Drives end-to-end delivery of expected business outcomes, realization of benefits outlined in the business case, incremental value delivery, planning, and dependency and scope definition.
- Leads medium- to complex-scale initiatives and owns dependency and financial management for those initiatives.
- Optimizes value delivery by balancing demand and capacity, using standard tools and KPIs to improve performance and maintain delivery momentum.
- Manages initiative financials including budgets, forecasts, contract adherence, and delivery against expected outcomes.
- Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
- Coaches, influences, and mentors team members and peers to strengthen delivery discipline, collaboration, and overall effectiveness.
- Drives continuous improvement through Agile, Lean, and DevOps practices, including automation and inspection cycles.
- Leads transparent communication and change management, proactively surfacing status, decisions, impacts, and critical issues to enable successful business outcomes.
- Key contributor of contract negotiations, statement of work development, and vendor oversight to achieve expected goals.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Technology Project Manager or above.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate studies (bachelor’s degree preferred) in management information systems, engineering, math, computer science, data analytics or comparable experience and education strongly preferred.

License/Certification/Designation: Technology certifications or PMI, SAFe, Agile or Lean designations are encouraged.

Experience: Six or more years of experience in technology or a related field, including three years of demonstrated proficiency in delivering outcomes/projects. Awareness of emerging technologies and industry trends.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Ability to make sound decisions and recommendations. Aptitude to influence, build relationships, and set priorities. Excellent communication skills to interact with all levels of associates, senior management, and/or vendors. Strong planning, delivery, financial, dependency, and risk management skills. Ability to lead through change and drive alignment across teams. Insurance and/or financial services industry knowledge is a plus.

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 HR Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not Eligible)

Working Conditions: Hybrid to 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.

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.

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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. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.

The national salary range for Consultant, Technology Project Manager : $118,000.00-$222,000.00

The expected starting salary range for Consultant, Technology Project Manager : $118,000.00 - $178,000.00