Marketing Project & Program Management Lead Consultant

Allstate

About The Position

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. Job Description The Marketing Project/Program Management Lead Consultant is accountable for independently leading all aspects of multiple complex programs or projects with a high level of risk, organizational span, business complexity, team size, and interdependencies. Projects will engage multiple functional areas in marketing and are of strategic importance to the organization. Projects will include initiatives focused customer connectivity and the application of AI to improve marketing and the customer experience.

Requirements

Comfort with ambiguity, leading high complexity projects independently
Ability to work collaboratively across teams, find intersection points and see the bigger picture
Ability to create and implement a vision, with a bias for action and organization that drives results
Expert in written and verbal communication skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
5 or more years of experience (Preferred)
Business Requirements
Communication
Cross-Functional Teamwork
Leadership
Leading Project Teams
Project Communications
Project Implementations
Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC)
Project Planning
Taking Initiative

Responsibilities

Manages complex marketing initiatives focused customer connectivity and the application of AI
Motivates others to share in project challenges and inspires them to achieve project goals while constructively evaluating their performance
Delivers project communication on complicated projects and issues in an easily understood simplified style to any audience
Delivers project results through leadership and influence rather than authority and control; leverages organizational dynamics to influence outcomes through leadership and communication skills
Engages appropriate stakeholders in risk identification and mitigation
Represents the projects/program and its objectives in all governance and gating forums
Identifies solutions for complex issues typically involving enterprise-level considerations
Drives project execution. Provides direction and oversight throughout project lifecycle to project team to meet applicable business requirements
Directs strategic project/programs of high complexity and impact
Manages high complexity projects independently with no support or direction from others