Director, Technical Program Manager

GEICO • Seattle, WA

18d • $150,000 - $300,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers. Director, Technical Program Manager (Chief of Staff) GEICO is on a multi-year journey to re-platform the Insurance industry, removing friction across Customers, Partners, Marketplace, Segments, Channels, and Experiences. GEICO is looking to bring on board a Director Technical Program Management. This Director support directly the Enterprise Engineering organization in Geico and will collaborate with technology partners on high priority projects. A key priority will be to define and lead operational excellence across all of GEICO’s Enterprise Engineering organization with other technology stakeholders , while partnering with executive leadership and communicating regularly to ensure operational priorities are aligned with strategic company goals . This role will also support infra and human resource budgetary for multiple initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in technology, business, operations, or related field degrees or work experience .
• 8+ years of experience in program management .
• Must be familiar with Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) .
• Excellent project management skills, with a proven track record of successfully leading and executing projects .
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling messages for diverse audiences .
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and guide stakeholders at all levels of the organization .

Responsibilities

• Directly support the Enterprise Engineering VP in ensuring the success of key priorities: influencing, tracking, communicating, and removing roadblocks across various functions (product, design, business, etc.) to ensure alignment and accountability.
• Ensuring that the organization’s strategies are clearly defined, operationally feasible , and aligned across teams. This includes facilitating the annual strategic planning cycle and translating broad strategic objectives into measurable initiatives .
• Partner with other pillars outside service to drive horizontal deliveries .
• Acting as a gatekeeper and sounding board for executives, preparing briefing materials, and facilitating their engagement with key priorities .
• Analyzing metrics, preparing reports, and presenting insights to executives to support informed decision-making
• Promote AI first mindset across technical roadmap and influence initiatives and roadmaps .
• Defines and executes Technology OKRs and technical business reviews (TBR) .
• Collaborates with business operations on company-wide OKRs in QBR s and MBRs
• Responsible for coordinating and follow up to ensure that initiatives meet our approved budget, timeline, service reliability, quality standards, objectives , and the strategic plan .
• Drive data driven culture, rigor, and mindset .

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director