Title: Standard Insurance Company a subsidiary of StanCorp Financial Group
1Standard Insurance Companya subsidiary of
StanCorp Financial Group
- Information Technology Division
- 2008 College Recruiting Program
2Who are we? Our History
- Over 100 Years of Delivering Excellent Customer
Service - Standard Insurance Company celebrated its
100-year anniversary on February 24, 2006. - In 1906, founder Leo Samuel started a life
insurance company that would provide quick and
fair claims payments with personal service to
Oregonians. - Through his years in Portland, Leo also served
the community through financial support of a
variety of civic improvements and charitable
efforts, including the city's first public
swimming pool. - The Standard provides financial services and
investment products to more than 7 million people
nationwide. - The value we place on relationships and our
commitment to our communities remains as strong
as it was 100 years ago.
3Who are we?Products and Services, Stock
- For Businesses
- Nearly 30,000 employers trust The Standard to
provide or administer their group insurance and
retirement plans. Many have done so for decades.
- Dental Insurance
- Disability Income Insurance and Services
- Life Insurance
- Retirement Plans
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For Individuals The Standard is trusted by
millions of people across the country for
insurance products to protect them, their
families and their business from financial
setbacks.
- Annuities
- Disability Income Insurance
4Who are we?How we do our work matters
5Where were goingWe need you
- This is an exciting time at The Standard!
- Heres where we want to be in 2014
- 50 million people served
- Customer service leader
- Sustainable, independent company
- International presence
Technology is going to be key to us achieving
these goals. We need fresh, innovative thinkers
that also support our commitment to customer
service and community involvement.
6Information Technology DivisionVision Mission
7Information Technology DivisionOrganization
8Information Technology Division
- Why choose a career with The Standards
Information Technology Division? - IT is seen as a corporate strength and as
critical to ensuring that the company achieves
its goals - With over 390 IT employees in 30 disciplines
there are many opportunities for experience,
growth, and career development just within IT - With nearly 3,500 employees in nearly every state
in the U.S. there are lots of opportunities
outside of IT - The People Although the company has grown
tremendously in the last few years and change is
a constant factor one thing remains the same
The Standard has interesting, friendly, and smart
people that make it a great place to work!
9Information Technology Division
- How our college internship program works
- Three months long (mid-June to mid-September)
- 18.50/hour pay rate
- 500 moving allowance
- TriMet Transit pass
- Housing location assistance
- Assignments will be either project based or
rotational -
- Interns are partnered with a manager and a mentor
to ensure they are successful - Variety of opportunities to learn about the
entire IT organization and The Standard during
the internship - Brown Bag Sessions
- Data Center Tour
- All Hands and Staff meetings
- Presentations
10Information Technology Division
- 2008 IT Internship Opportunities
- Supplier Management 1
- Project Management 1 - 2
- Training Communications 1
- Quality Assurance 2
- Business Solutions Development Services 2
- Business Solutions Systems Analysis 1
- Enterprise Architecture Enterprise Technology
Services 2 - Enterprise Architecture Data Services 1
- Information Security 1
11Information Technology 2008 Summer Internship
OpportunityIT Supplier Management
- Overview of Standards IT Supplier Management
Team - Mission/Vision Develop methodologies for
building and maintaining sustainable
relationships/partnerships with suppliers who are
deemed strategic in our supply chain. - The team is made up of a manager who reports to
an Assistant VP within IT, several Commodity
Managers, several Commodity Specialists, and
administrative support. - The major focus for 2008 will be to lay the
foundation and build out the structure that will
achieve the mission and vision. - Internship Opportunity
- Develop a repository of key policies and
processes for successfully managing a strategic
supply base. There needs to be an enterprise
approach taken, and the job will require a great
deal of interaction with the entire supplier
management team. A significant amount of
benchmarking will be required to ensure that all
policy and process that is adopted is best in
class. - This project directly supports supplier
managements ability to achieve its goals with a
unified approach. The company has moved towards
a more centralized approach to managing suppliers
and purchasing. The structure/process/policy to
effectively manage this change needs to be
completed. - Skills/Experience
- Business student within the supply chain
management program - Self-starter with initiative
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent skills within the Microsoft suite of
products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
12Information Technology 2008 Summer Internship
OpportunityIT Project Office
- The IT Project Office (ITPO) is the center of
excellence for IT Project Management - The ITPO is committed to facilitating the
delivery of IT projects aimed at achieving The
Standards Strategic and Operational priorities
with strict adherence to governing methodologies
and promoting a culture of focus and execution - 2008 Goals Mature Project Management Practices
Implement Project Management Methodology,
Support change by facilitating new work
processes, Build a track record of business value
delivery - All projects executed by the ITPO are directly
aligned to The Standards 2008 Operational
Priorities, the Project Management Intern will
leverage existing PM methodology and Solutions
Delivery Lifecycle to contribute to project
success - Project Management Intern
- Project Managers facilitate work teams across IT
in the delivery of solutions to meet The
Standards customers and business units needs - As a Project Management Intern you will support
the critical needs for one of two Strategic
projects aiding the Project Managers in project
lifecycle activities and fulfilling project
administrative duties. You will get immersed in
management and control activities such as
stakeholder communication, financial management,
and integrated schedule management, preparing you
for a career in Project Management - MBA candidate preferred. Familiarity with Project
Management processes including schedule, budget,
scope, change, and resource management.
Organization, Time Management, and Results
Orientation skills essential.
13Information Technology 2008 Summer
Internship OpportunityIT Training
Communications
- IT Training Communications Overview
- Mission Deliver strategic, integrated training
communications solutions that - Accelerate learning and change
- Grow IT core competencies and skills
- Enable broad-base, multi-directional
communications - Foster awareness, understanding, and commitment
- The team consists of three learning development
specialists and two internal communicators - Business objectives
- 5-year plan Increase organizational capacity and
capability by - Developing IT capabilities as corporate strengths
- Developing and implementing a comprehensive
workforce plan that contributes to The Standards
reputation as a great place to work - ITTC 2008 goal Enable development of IT
capabilities by - Aligning to the workforce plan that identifies
competencies, sourcing, and training and
development needs - Supporting growth of IT core competencies for
core job families
14Information Technology 2008 Summer
Internship OpportunityIT Training
Communications (cont.)
- Internship proposal
- Project management job family portal Develop and
launch a portal (one stop shop for PMs - see
concept on slide 3). This portal will serve as a
template for the four remaining core job families
and directly supports the growth of IT core
competencies. The portal will increase employee
efficiency and effectiveness by providing a
single online source for access to resources,
tools, templates, processes, training, etc. - Some content will already be available (documents
and best methods coming this spring) - Deliverables
- Plan and conduct audience needs (requirements)
assessment - Create a story board of the portal
- Design graphics or collaborate on graphic design
- Create content in collaboration with subject
matter experts - Complete web development
- Conduct user testing
- Advertise the portal
- Design a survey to assess audience satisfaction
- Skills/experience Graphic design, web
development, etc. - HTML and CSS coding
- Flash and actionscripting coding
- Audio editing experience
- JavaScript experience
- Working knowledge of PhotoShop and Illustrator
(preferred)
15Information Technology 2008 Summer Internship
OpportunityIT Quality Assurance
- QA Partners with teams across IT and the business
to ensure that solutions are fit for use when
delivered - Mission establish comprehensive quality
management that enables IT to consistently
deliver high-quality solutions that exceed
customer expectations - IT QA consists of Quality Management, Release
Management, Software Configuration Management
and Test Management - Focus areas for 2008
- Automation and security Testing
- Software Patch/Update Management
- Consistent enterprise level release and
configuration management - Quality Engineer - Performance Testing
(Opportunity 1) - Support performance testing of custom-built and
purchased software - Validate solutions meet response time, concurrent
usage, availability, reliability and security
requirements - Learn and perform non-functional requirements
engineering, system modeling, automated
performance testing (HP Performance Center) and
analysis of findings. - Interns are assigned to a highly experienced
performance test engineer - Looking for
- Motivated, technical individuals that are
interested in obtaining high demand skills - Exposure / skills in programming, distributed
architectures/designs, testing, troubleshooting
16Information Technology 2008 Summer Internship
OpportunityIT Quality Assurance (cont.)
- Quality Engineer - Functional Testing
(Opportunity 2) - Support functional testing of custom-built and
purchased software - Validate solutions meet business and system
requirements - Create test plans, test cases and test scripts
based on requirements from systems analysts - Learn and perform test planning, execution,
analysis of results and reporting - Interns are assigned to a highly experienced test
lead - Looking for
- Motivated individuals that are able to translate
business and system requirements into tests that
validate those requirements. - Exposure / skills in programming, testing,
troubleshooting and communication
17Information Technology 2008 Summer Internship
OpportunityBusiness Solutions Development
Services
- Department Overview
- Leverage enterprise standard technology sets,
design patterns, architecture standards and
guidelines to provide the business with
technology solutions that enable business
capabilities - Provide consultation on new projects as they
enter the feasibility phase provide ongoing
application-level production support for our
production applications - Multiple technologies
- Packaged, configurable vendor products and custom
developed applications - C, JAVA/J2EE, .Net/C, .Net/VB, PL/SQL,
PowerBuilder, SAS, Visual Basic, COBOL, CICS,
IBM, JCL, VSAM, HTML, JavaScript, Content
Management/Forms, WebSphere Portal,
Workflow/Rules and Publishing - Organization one director, 8 technology-focused
teams (5 to 12 members per team) 60 total FTEs - 2008 Goals
- Implement lasting solutions to reduce repeating
break-fix incidents - Identify number of standard design patterns and
frameworks in support of solutioning - Establish new solution development process (RISE)
across Dev Services deliver 50 of projects
within a 6-month delivery schedule - Provide input into system/application retirement
strategy identify potential candidates for
retirement - Identify project candidates for outsourcing and
execute using an outsource vendor - Enterprise Content Management Solutions team
(Opportunity 1) - Activities assist experienced developers in new
technology proof-of-concepts (e.g., mashups)
testing content conversion/migration ECM COE
intranet site maintenance. - Programming/technical skills .NET or Java
web-development (HTML, Java Script, XML/XSL),
SQL self-starter desire to learn new
technologies. - Maintenance team (Opportunity 2)
18Information Technology 2008 Summer Internship
OpportunityBusiness Solutions Systems Analysis
- Department Overview
- Solutions Services organization is focused on
systems analysis and requirement engineering for
all IT business solutions. We are aligned to
support each line of business i.e. Asset
Management, Insurance Services Group and
Enterprise Services. - Solution Services provides support to IT
functions in system analysis, requirements
analysis, business process analysis and design.
We collaborate and closely work with all line of
business and all IT teams to create high quality
business solutions by long lasting relationships,
embracing team work, integrity and a commitment
to excellence in systems analysis, requirements
gathering and management for IT projects. Our
success is built on a foundation of shared values
-- quality service and excellence. We understand
that every business process and application is
different. This is why our requirements and
system analysis process is flexible and unique to
fit all needs. - Internship Description
- The intern will function as an entry level
Systems Analyst and will develop requirements for
maintenance activities to go into the maintenance
release cycle. - Project or Rotation Description
- The intern will be assigned to Service Division
work requests that are considered maintenance or
small enhancement activities. The intern will
work with their mentor and business line
representatives to document work request
requirements, place the requirements in the
Requisite Pro tool, and work with Managers in IT
Business Solutions to make sure the change is
targeted for an upcoming maintenance release. - Skills Needed
- Good communication skills and the ability to
communicate technical concepts to non-technical
users. - Training in Systems Analysis and/or gathering
business requirements some work experience would
be a plus, but not required. - Understanding of software development lifecycle
methodologies. - Ability to organize and prioritize work
effectively. - Proficiency with MS Office Products.
- The following would be a plus, but not required
- Training and/or experience in UML.
19Information Technology 2008 Summer Internship
OpportunityEnterprise Architecture Enterprise
Technology Services
- Vision
- To be the internal partner of choice to deliver
shared technology services in line with
architectural direction that are scalable,
re-usable, robust, economical and enable the
business - Mission
- To establish comprehensive Technology Services
that enable I.T. to consistently deliver
high-quality cost effective solutions for our
customers - The mission will be achieved by
- Developing a staff of highly competent
technology professionals through training, growth
opportunities and defined career paths - Defining and using consistent software
development, implementation and delivery
processes that are aligned with governance
processes to insure efficiency and quality - Establishing a culture of innovation focused on
continuously adding value services and increasing
capabilities for our customers (internal and
external) - Fostering a strong, effective and positive
partnership within IT and Business through
education of products, tools, and capabilities of
enterprise services - Measuring and improving performance against set
targets - Internship Description
- There will be two intern positions to assist with
Middleware and ECM Operations, documentation of
procedures and automation and generation of
operational metrics. - How project/rotation supports company/division/dep
artment goals? - Increasing organizational capabilities by
developing new resource pipeline - Establish clear and meaningful metrics
- Process Improvement
20Information Technology - 2008 Summer Internship
OpportunityEnterprise Architecture Data
Services
- Vision
- The Enterprise Data Services team provides expert
data services, working closely with other IT
teams and business partners across the
organization to understand, document, organize
and manage StanCorp's data assets. - Mission
- Activities include strategic planning, data
centric application development and management,
and data standards and best practices. Some of
the focus area include - Data Analysis and Modeling
- Data Tools Management
- Database design and Physical Implementation
- Data-store Management
- Job Title ETL Developer
- Job Description This person will be
responsible for - Learning to write ETL specifications
- Learning to write code using ETL (Extract,
Translate, Load) tools. - The Intern candidate is expected to work with an
experienced team of analysts and developers
focusing on data design and documentation as well
as the use of data tools. The candidate will be
exposed to all the phases of software development
focusing primarily on data development, physical
implementation, testing, and promotion. - Qualifications
- Knowledge of development lifecycle, databases,
and programming - Education
- Degree BS/BA
- Major MIS/CS
- Student Status Completed Junior Year or Greater
21Information Technology 2008 Summer Internship
OpportunityEnterprise Architecture Data
Services (cont.)
- 2008 Goals
- Build out and execute on the Data strategic
- Initiatives
- Expand the use of the Customer Information
- Model
- Data Renewals
- Crystal Upgrade
- Outsourcing
- Process Improvements
- Human Resource Analytics
- Claims Analytics
- Support Business Projects and Initiatives
- Enrollment
- Claims Intake
Tools Software
Data Governance
Metadata Repository
Consolidated Data Stores
Business Intelligence And Analytics
Reduce Cost
Enterprise Data Model
Data Integration
Staffing
22Information Technology 2008 Summer Internship
OpportunityInformation Security
- Information Security collaboratively and
proactively protects the confidentiality,
integrity, and availability of The Standard's
information assets. - The team is comprised of Director of Information
Security and 7 Information Security Analysts. - The team provides incident response, risk
management, monitoring and advisory services to
internal customers. - An objective for 2008 is the development of
Information Security toolkits, such as Risk
Management, Incident Response and Policies and
Standards toolkits for Information Security
Analysts to streamline the processing of risk
assessments within the organization. - What is the Benefit of Information Security?
- Reputation protection
- Business information integrity maintained
- Management intent assurance
- Business differentiator
- Legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements
- Information Security Analyst Intern
- Will learn where a continuously improving
Information Security program starts and future
goals. - Will work closely and become an integral part of
the evolution of the Information Security
program. - Will provide unique and fresh insight into
process improvement components of the program. - Will participate in process improvement and
implementation. - The right candidate will have a passion for
protecting information and be results oriented.
The person should also be a business focused,
risk minded individual who is highly motivated to
learn and stretch beyond a prescriptive
internship.
23Information Technology Division
- Interested? Heres the next steps
- Give us your resume or
- Apply online http//www.standard.com/
- We will start interviews in March
- Targeting offers to go out in late March or April
Please indicate which internship opportunities
you are interested in on your resume.