Product Program Manager/Senior Manager

GEICO • Washington, DC

22d

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. GEICO is looking for a Product Program Manager that operates autonomously to deliver key initiatives, which drive strategic outcomes for the GEICO product organization. This is a critical leadership role responsible for managing all aspects of delivery across the product development lifecycle, ranging from ideation to release. Effective communication and collaboration will be critical in keeping a diverse set of stakeholders aligned and engaged to address delivery obstacles.

Requirements

• Ability to lead autonomously and effectively
• Experience developing comprehensive program plans to drive the delivery of complex initiatives and products with multiple stakeholders
• Attention to detail and ability to adapt to ongoing change
• Complex facilitation and dependency management experience.
• Proficiency in resolving conflicts and having strong organization/priority setting skills.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• 5+ years of experience in program/project management within a Product organization
• 2+ years of experience with agile methodologies
• Bachelor’s degree required

Nice To Haves

• Insurance industry experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Product Manager (CPM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFE Agilist, Lean Portfolio Management, or Azure certifications preferred

Responsibilities

• Drives the overall delivery of high priority, cross cutting initiatives
• Develops and maintains program delivery plans, which include dependencies and work sequencing to ensure overall program success.
• Proactively employs problem solving to identify and solve delivery obstacles and challenges.
• Consistently and clearly communicates progress towards delivery objectives and highlights key developments and risks with stakeholders.
• Defines and aligns standards for program communication, work tracking/tooling and risk management.
• Coordinates the implementation of go-to-market strategies to ensure successful rollout and monitoring of new capabilities.
• Ensures product team is leveraging product management, design thinking, systems thinking, and agile best practices as part of the product development lifecycle.

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: Mid Level