Description And Requirements
AVP GG14 Core Insurance Systems Mainframe Modernization [Japan/GG14]

Role Value Proposition
MetLife is offering an exciting opportunity to contribute to our digital and AI transformation journey. We are seeking an experienced technology leader to drive the transformation that will enable business results.

The Senior Product Development Engineering Lead has end to end responsibility, partnering with the business, on the technology strategy and roadmap including the implementation of modern technology to transform client and customer experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

• People Management - Managing full stack software engineers located in multiple countries, upskilling/reskilling, hiring / retention agenda and adoption of engineering culture
• Stakeholder Management - Managing key business stakeholders to deliver required technology capabilities to support the digital transformation agenda. Driving prioritization of the product backlog. This includes managing key vendors providing the resources, SaaS & other capabilities
• Technology Implementation – Collaborating with all parties including the business to deliver business results, as well as technology projects.

• Ways of Working – Adoption of the Agile ways of working in the software delivery lifecycle

• E2E Software Lifecycle Management (Architecture, Design, Development, Testing & Production)

• Driving the decisions and implementation of technology best practices, architecture and technology stack including adoption of cloud, AI/Data, and other relevant emerging technology that is fit-for-purpose.

• Driving architecture selection, software design, execution, and operations at the solution level, enabling the business to operationalize the day-to-day functions of the application/platform.
• Lead technical design and development of applications using existing and emerging technology platforms. Partner with Product Family Executive on technology strategy aligned to business.
• Develop applications for business solutions.
• Conduct peer reviews of solution designs and related code, ensuring adherence to best practice guidelines and compliance with security and privacy mandates.
• Investigate and resolve escalated production management incidents, problems, and service requests.
• Ensure disaster recovery, privacy, and security are aligned to enable application/platform stability, including technology currency management.
• Partner with Cyber & IT Security, Data Analytics, Infrastructure, Global Risk Management, Compliance, and Internal Audit to provide the holistic provision of technology services including risks, controls and security, to the business.

Candidate Qualifications:
Education:

• Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent

Experience:

• years in leading software engineering teams to drive digital transformation in financial services or technology domain
• Experience in developing and implementing applications using modern technology stack and patterns including cloud native patterns, public cloud (e.g. Microsoft Azure), AI/Big Data, API and web/mobile apps (Java/React)
• Prior experience in developing mission critical applications, highly resilient, secure and performant from scratch in a complex and regulated environments will be an added advantage
• Proficiency in software development lifecycle including CI/CD, test driven development, domain driven design and Agile ways of working
• Strong experience in driving digital transformation especially people and cultural transformation
• Proven track record in partnering with the business to deliver mission critical transformation via Agile approach
• Partnering with business to delivery applications enhancements to support business priorities

Language:

• Bilingual proficiency at business level in English & Japanese

Skills and Competencies:

• Competencies
• Communication: Ability to influence and help communicate the organization's direction and ensure results are achieved
• Collaboration: Proven track record of building collaborative partnerships and ability to operate effectively in a global environment
• People Management: Inspiring, motivating and leading diverse and distributed teams
• Diverse environment: Can-do attitude and ability to work in a high paced environment
• Tech Stack

Development
& Delivery
Methods:
Agile (Scaled Agile Framework)

DevOps and CI/CD:
Containers (Azure Kubernetes)

CI/CD (Azure DevOps, Git, SonarQube)

Scheduling Tools (Azure Scheduler)

Development Frameworks and Languages:
Microservices (Java, Springboot)

UI & Web (ReactJS, HTML, Javascript)

Mobile (Swift, Objective-C, React Native, Ionic Framework)

Data Management:
Database (SQL Server, Cosmos DB)

APIs (Kong, APIC, APIM)

Development Tools & Platforms:
IDE (GitHub Copilot, VSCODE, IntelliJ)

Cloud Platform (Microsoft Azure)

Security and Monitoring:
Secure Coding (Veracode)

Authentication/Authorization (CA SiteMinder, MS Entra, PingOne)

Log & Monitoring (Azure AppInsights, Elastic)

*About MetLife*
MetLife is a leading global life insurance and employee benefit company, with 90 million customers in over 60 countries. We are leading the global transformation of an industry we've long defined. Be a part of our remarkable journey - one in which you help to write the next century of innovation in insurance. MetLife in Japan has over 50 years of history as the first foreign life insurance company. We provide an innovative and broad range of products through diverse distribution channels to individual and institutional customers.

At MetLife, you'll have accountability for end-to-end solutions, working with other talented engineers who share your passion for technology, distinctive digital experiences and customer-driven innovation. From implementing new platforms to migrating applications to the cloud, you'll be instrumental in creating technologies built to scale.

We hire smart, creative, collaborative people who are kind to each other. We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. This allows us to think bigger, experiment more, innovate faster, and win together. Join us, because making the world a better place with MetLife is #AllTogetherPossible.

*Benefits We Offer*
MetLife Japan offers a comprehensive benefits package that promotes work-life balance and employee wellbeing. Employees can take advantage of flex time policy and a generous time-off policy, national holidays, annual paid leave, special consecutive leave, and refreshment leave. We also provide full social insurance coverage, a commuting expense reimbursement, group insurance, and discounts on travel and English language lessons. To support work flexibility, employees also have hybrid work options, shortened working hours for parents with children in third grade or below, and a casual dress code.

*About MetLife*
MetLife Inc., through its subsidiaries and affiliates (MetLife), is one of the world's leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to help individual and institutional customers build a more confident future. Founded in 1868, MetLife has operations in more than 40 markets globally and holds leading positions in the United States, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.

MetLife Japan began operations in February 1973 as Japan's first foreign-owned life insurance company. Our purpose, "Always with you, building a more confident future," encapsulates our strong commitment to leveraging our global network and best practices worldwide to stand with our customers and build trust with our communities.