Corporate Initiatives - Program/Project Manager

Why Join GEICO?

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 on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide. Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. 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.

Responsibilities

• Assume the role of main point of contact for all team resource needs.
• Establish Process for and Manages the streamlined intake, assignment, project planning, build and implementation of corporate initiatives.
• Develops detailed project tasks and realistic timelines, then Maintains all project timelines to ensure delivery by expected deadline.
• Schedule introductory and/or maintenance meetings to meet project plan and program deadline.
• Recognize team needs, regularly evaluates project planning processes, and Finds solution/ Makes recommendations to Optimize for efficiency.
• Works with appropriate department counterparts on opportunities.
• Implements and Facilitates streamlined review and approval processes with stakeholders as appropriate from intake through to completion.
• Operates with an open-mind, flexibility and calmly through ambiguity and as challenges arise.
• Demonstrates an aptitude to troubleshoot issues as they arise while mitigating impact.
• Identifies deficiencies and DETERMINES project risks on an ongoing basis, ESCALATING issues as needed.
• SCHEDULING necessary meetings, including weekly status and kick-off meetings, etc.
• Assumes primary responsibility for formalizing the process of budget planning with accurate, functional and practical processes and LEADS the tracking, forecasting and reconciliation of expenses, escalating needs for approvals as necessary to meet project goals.
• WORKS with Corporate Initiatives Director and other leadership to ensure planning and resourcing are in place to successfully deliver projects.

Requirements

• Must be able to, with or without accommodation, perform the essential functions which include, but are not limited to seeing, hearing, typing and speaking.
• Must be able to work both independently and collaborate in a team environment.
• Must have strong leadership, project management skills, and the ability to multi-task.
• Must have experience with effectively building and implementing processes with cross-functional teams, preferably with tech, communications, products and other business units.
• Must have proficiency aligning partners to shared goals and prioritized focus.
• Must have the ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail.
• Proactively employs problem-solving to identify and solve delivery obstacles and challenges.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have the ability to learn new platforms and applications.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in program/project management.
• Bachelor’s degree required or relevant experience.
• Preferred Qualification: Insurance industry experience, Experience with agile and/or lean methodologies, Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Product Manager (CPM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFE Agilist, Lean Portfolio Management, or Azure certifications.

Location

• Hybrid – 3 days/week
• Bethesda, MD
• Manhattan, NY
• Melville, NY
• Buffalo, NY
• Cleveland, OH
• Beechwood, OH
• Chicago, IL
• Remote will be considered
• Travel 10%

Annual Salary

Annual Salary: $88,150.00 - $157,850.00