Software Engineering Manager

At Selective, we don't just insure uniquely, we employ uniqueness.

Selective is a midsized U.S. domestic property and casualty insurance company with a history of strong, consistent financial performance for nearly 100 years. Selective's unique position as both a leading insurance group and an employer of choice is recognized in a wide variety of awards and honors, including listing in Forbes Best Midsize Employers in 2024 and certification as a Great Place to Work in 2024 for the fifth consecutive year.

Employees are empowered and encouraged to Be Uniquely You by being their true, unique selves and contributing their diverse talents, experiences, and perspectives to our shared success. Together, we are a high-performing team working to serve our customers responsibly by helping to mitigate loss, keep them safe, and restore their lives and businesses after an insured loss occurs.

Selective Insurance is looking for a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineering Manager to lead our engineering teams in Insurance Product Delivery - Commercial Lines. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of software solutions that support our commercial insurance products. This candidate will be accountable for delivering software solutions and information systems to solve business and customer needs. This individual will oversee a team consisting of software engineers, responsible for supporting applications that are medium to complex in nature and of high strategic importance to the corporation. This role requires a strong technical background and excellent leadership skills.

• Lead and manage team(s) of software engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure successful project delivery.
• Accountable for project scope, schedule, and budget ensuring commitments and progress are monitored closely and communicated clearly.
• Collaborate with product managers and other stakeholders to define business outcomes, requirements, objectives, costs and timelines.
• Trains, supervises, assigns projects to, evaluates, and is responsible for hiring/termination of information technology personnel and contracting staff to design, engineer, and implement systems software.
• In conjunction with the architecture group, establish and enforce design and coding standards.
• Ensure the team adheres to best practices in software development, including coding, quality, reliability and performance standards and documentation.
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of the team, providing regular feedback and conducting performance reviews, ensuring high morale and appropriate advancement of individual goals and career aspirations.
• Regular reporting of key metrics like resource allocation, software defects, productivity, and efficiency
• Participate in the evaluation, acquisition, and implementation of vendor software to support business processes.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging innovation and the adoption of new technologies.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with business and IT counterparts to ensure proper collaboration
• Manage the budget and resources for the software development team, ensuring efficient use of resources.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and advancements, incorporating relevant technologies and methodologies into the team's work.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Proven experience in software development and management.
• Prior hands on application development experience using web based technologies and languages is preferred
• In-depth knowledge of technologies including design patterns, web services and databases, software development methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Strong leadership and team management skills to work effectively with peers within and across organizations and ability to motivate and inspire a team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to deliver compelling presentations and collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies.
• Strong ability to manage and execute on multiple projects, manage competing priorities and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Experience in Property Casualty insurance a plus

Selective Insurance offers a total rewards package that includes a competitive base salary, incentive plan eligibility at all levels, and a wide array of benefits designed to help you and your family stay healthy, achieve your financial goals, and balance the demands of your work and personal life. These benefits include comprehensive health care plans, retirement savings plan with company match, discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program, tuition assistance and reimbursement programs, and paid time off plans. Additional details about our total rewards package will be provided during the recruiting process.

The actual base salary is based on geographic location, and the range is representative of salaries for this role throughout Selective's footprint. Additional considerations include relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, performance, and business needs.

Selective is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. That means we respect and value every individual's unique opinions, beliefs, abilities, and perspectives. We are committed to promoting a welcoming culture that celebrates diverse talent, individual identity, different points of view and experiences - and empowers employees to contribute new ideas that support our continued and growing success. Building a highly engaged team is one of our core strategic imperatives, which we believe is enhanced by diversity, equity, and inclusion. We expect and encourage all employees and all of our business partners to embrace, practice, and monitor the attitudes, values, and goals of acceptance; address biases; and foster diversity of viewpoints and opinions.