Communications Strategy & Operations Lead Consultant

About the role

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection. Allstate’s Agency Distribution channel is seeking a communications strategic Lead Consultant who has demonstrated success with writing, consultation and project management. Project ownership, strategy development, and serving as a consultant to the business are key factors in the opportunity. This role helps develop the strategic design, planning, and implementation of strategy for key Distribution programs and will include processes to support individual business function objectives with alignment to the enterprise strategy. The ability to build relationships across the enterprise as the subject matter expert and advocate for the agency channel will be another factor of this role.

Responsibilities

• Drives results through the development of effective relationships with cross functional leadership
• Develops change management and communication strategies and materials to support new plans, programs, or processes
• Analyzes statistical data as it relates to programs, projects and processes and provides action alternatives for improvement as appropriate
• Develops business cases and influences others to take recommended actions
• Demonstrates solid business knowledge, leadership, and strategic vision
• Enables leadership efforts for continuous improvements with processes & programs
• Takes an integrated approach to ensure initiatives align to the Company determined growth and profit goals
• Leads development of strategies to achieve plan objectives
• Leads the development/design of new plans, programs and processes
• Provides support in removing barriers to cooperative efforts with teams across functions

Requirements

• 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred)
• 5 or more years of experience (Preferred)
• 3 or more years of consultation or strategic planning experience (Preferred)
• Writing experience (Preferred)
• Ability to work cross functionally (Preferred)
• In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Skills

• Analytical Thinking
• Business Communications
• Business Writing
• Cross-Functional Teamwork
• Planning Ability
• Process Improvements
• Relationship Building
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Strategic Collaborations
• Strategic Communication Planning
• Strategy Development

Pay

Compensation offered for this role is 85,000.00 - 145,075.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

Benefits

Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse. Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs. When working from home, you must have a dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating. Reliable internet is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.