Senior Technical Program Manager, Martech

GEICO•Palo Alto, CA

2d•$130,000 - $260,000

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 seeking a highly experienced Senior Program Manager to drive execution excellence across a complex portfolio of Marketing Technology initiatives . This role owns the operating rhythm, cross-team coordination, dependency management, delivery predictability, and executive visibility across multiple product and platform teams. You will partner directly with senior product leaders, engineering, AI, marketing, legal, compliance, privacy, and operations teams to ensure programs land on time, at quality, and at scale. This role is ideal for a systems thinker who thrives in ambiguity, manages large cross-functional portfolios, and brings rigor to execution without slowing teams down. Success will be measured by improved delivery predictability, faster cross-team execution, reduced operational risk, and high confidence from executive stakeholders.

Requirements

7+ years of program or technical program management experience leading large cross-functional initiatives.
Proven track record managing complex portfolios with multiple teams and interdependencies.
Strong operational rigor in planning, execution tracking, and risk management.
Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
Experience operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading programs in Marketing Technology, AdTech, Growth platforms, Data platforms, or AI/ML platforms .
Familiarity with agile delivery models, scaled planning frameworks, and modern engineering practices.
Strong systems thinking with the ability to connect strategy to execution.
Comfort working with technical architecture concepts, data pipelines, and platform dependencies.
Experience in regulated or compliance-driven environments (financial services, insurance, healthcare).
PMP, PgMP , or similar certification a plus (not )

Responsibilities

Portfolio Program Leadership Own end-to-end program management across a portfolio of Marketing Technology and Growth initiatives ( messaging automation platform (emails, notifications, SMS, etc ) experimentation platforms, personalization, AI , analytics, SEO/AEO, data platforms).
Translate strategic roadmaps into integrated execution plans with clear milestones, dependencies, risks, and resource alignment.
Drive operating cadence across the portfolio: quarterly planning, roadmap reviews, execution health reviews, MBRs/QBRs, and executive updates.
Cross-Functional Orchestration Align product, engineering, analytics, marketing, security, privacy, legal, and operations stakeholders toward shared delivery goals.
Proactively surface and resolve cross-team dependencies, resourcing conflicts, and sequencing constraints.
Facilitate crisp decision-making and tradeoff alignment at the right altitude.
Execution Excellence & Delivery Predictability Establish standardized program management practices: milestone tracking, risk management, change control, capacity planning, and delivery forecasting.
Drive consistent execution metrics: on-time delivery, scope stability, throughput, risk burn-down, and operational readiness.
Identify systemic execution bottlenecks and continuously improve operating mechanisms.
Risk, Compliance & Operational Readiness Ensure regulatory, privacy, security, and compliance requirements are integrated early into program planning and execution.
Partner with legal, security, and governance teams to manage reviews, approvals, and launch readiness.
Drive production readiness, go-live coordination, and post-launch retrospectives.
AI & Platform Enablement Programs Manage cross-cutting AI and platform initiatives that span multiple teams and require tight coordination (data readiness, model deployment, experimentation infrastructure, observability, governance).
Track AI program maturity across data quality, model readiness, infrastructure stability, and compliance controls.
Executive Communication & Visibility Build clear executive-level narratives on portfolio health, risks, tradeoffs, and investment impact.
Produce concise dashboards, status reports, and operating reviews aligned to leadership expectations.
Anticipate escalations and proactively manage executive alignment.

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.

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