JOB DESCRIPTION
The Product Delivery Director, Customer Experiences role is accountable for driving adoption, engagement, and usability across enterprise digital and assisted service channels. This area ensures customers, brokers, providers, and group administrators can effectively self-serve through intuitive, reliable, and consistent experiences that reduce friction and improve outcomes across digital and contact center touchpoints.
This spans member, provider, broker, and group experiences across portals and platforms such as Microsoft 365, Nuance, Genesys, IVR, PEGA, and supporting workflow solutions. Accountability includes improving channel effectiveness, optimizing end-to-end journeys, and ensuring experiences are measurable, scalable, and aligned to enterprise standards, enabling a cohesive, self-service-forward ecosystem across digital and assisted channels.
RESPONSIBILITIES
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Define and manage a multi-year product vision and roadmap, aligned to enterprise strategy.
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Lead and mentor Group Product Managers, Product Managers, and Products Owners within an agile framework.
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Own product backlog prioritization and lead continuous improvement through data driven insights while also using value, risk and compliance considerations.
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Partners with Business, Technology, and other functions to get to a go-forward strategic plans, ensuring integrated and incremental, high quality delivery.
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Balance competing priorities across the different lines of business, products, etc.
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Define and monitor product KPIs and drive measurable outcomes tied to growth, cost management and customer satisfaction.
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Provides visibility to Product status (key decisions, release/production issues, dependencies, risks, metrics, milestones, etc.) on an ongoing basis through push status reporting (to all stakeholders, team members, and interested parties).
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Understand and bridge connection across multiple projects/work efforts and stakeholders to help determine dependencies, impact and sharing of new features and capabilities.
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Manages "program/feature" dependencies across multiple teams and stakeholders, anticipating and proactively removing obstacles/barriers.
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Develop strong partnerships with functional leaders to drive focus on business objectives. Be a trusted partner for executive management to ensure program success.
QUALIFICATIONS
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12+ years w/Bachelor's degree; 3+ years management; additional experience may be accepted in lieu of education or degree.
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8-10 years of experience working with product, design and software engineering teams in an agile environment.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience managing product or design.
- 3+ years in healthcare and management.
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A strong track record of project delivery for large, cross-functional projects.
- Experience leading teams to build software technologies and products at scale.
- Strong customer focus and know-how to deliver exceptional experiences.
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Excellent organizational/time management and project management skills.
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Entrepreneurial spirit, an intellectual curiosity and a bias toward actions.
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Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
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Ability to clearly present written information and findings.
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Ability to communicate concepts.
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Ability to interact well with co-workers and outside contacts.
Base Pay Information
The national base pay range at the end is a good-faith estimate of what Delta Dental may pay for new hires. Actual pay may vary based on Delta Dental's assessment of the candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, certifications and ability to meet required minimum job qualifications. Other factors impacting pay include prevailing wages in the work location and internal equity.
Pay Grade E. $140,700 - $305,000 Nationally
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Behind the smile! We are dedicated to safeguarding the health and financial stability of our employees and their loved ones. This commitment extends beyond the workplace to foster personal growth and holistic wellbeing. Our life-changing rewards package includes:
- Competitive base and incentive pay
- 401(k) with robust matching and non-matching contributions
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Rich medical & pharmacy benefits
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100% employer-paid dental and vision benefits
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Holistic wellbeing program with deep financial incentives
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Generous paid time off plus 12 paid holidays and your birthday off
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Culture of growth and learning: career development; tuition reimbursement; recognition program
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Family support: adoption assistance, fertility treatment, child, elder & pet care assistance
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Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities
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Employee discount program
Fair Chance Ordinances and Criminal Background Considerations
This position requires that the applicant undergo a background check. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with any applicable federal, state or local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and/or New York Corrections Law Article 23-A.
Important Work Authorization Information
Please note, Delta Dental will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
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ABOUT THE TEAM
At Delta Dental, we're behind millions of smiles and counting. For over 68 years, we've served our communities by increasing access to affordable, quality care - but that commitment to care extends beyond the people we serve, to the dedicated employees who make those smiles genuine. We've come this far by building fair programs that offer opportunities for advancement, create meaningful connections and improve the lives of our employees and their families. Because we know that when we take exceptional care of each other, we can make a positive impact for all.
We champion an inspirational workplace through our commitment to trust, service, excellence and innovation. Joining us means working for a company that offers stability and balance, opportunities for leadership at all levels, and a work environment focused on teamwork and camaraderie.
Discover the smiling faces behind Delta Dental and experience our values and culture in action by connecting with us on social media. Follow Delta Dental Ins. on Facebook and Instagram, #LifeatDDins on Facebook and Instagram, Delta Dental Ins. on Twitter and Delta Dental Ins. on LinkedIn. If you've got an appetite for innovation and want to be a part of a team that's transforming the future of health care, join us!
Since 1955, we have offered comprehensive, high-quality oral health care benefits to millions of enrollees and built the strongest network of dental providers in the country. The Delta Dental of California network includes affiliates Delta Dental Insurance Company; Delta Dental of Pennsylvania; Delta Dental of New York, Inc.; Delta Dental of the District of Columbia; Delta Dental of Delaware, Inc.; and Delta Dental of West Virginia, providing dental benefits to more than 31 million people across 15 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
The company and its affiliates are part of Delta Dental Plans Association (DDPA), a not-for-profit national association based in Oak Brook, Illinois. Through our national network of Delta Dental companies, we offer dental coverage in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. We offer vision coverage through DeltaVision in 15 states and the District of Columbia. Collectively, we deliver benefits to more Americans than any other dental insurance company.
Delta Dental Ins. is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a professional work environment free from discrimination and harassment. Individuals seeking employment at Delta Dental are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, actual or perceived physical or mental disability, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other legally protected category. Delta Dental is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Accordingly, we have adopted and maintain an Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, Harassment-Free Work Environment Policy, and Respectful Workplace policies and will not tolerate violations of these policies.
Unfortunately, our Delta Dental Enterprise is unable to hire individuals residing in Alaska, North Dakota, Nebraska, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Vermont, Maine, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Wyoming, Puerto Rico, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) or other US Territories at this time.
Proof of eligibility to work in the United States must be provided if selected for hire.
- Delta Dental includes: Delta Dental of California, Delta Dental Insurance Company, Delta Dental of Pennsylvania, and Delta Dental of New York
