Director/Sr. Director, Engineering – Associate Experience Portal

This role will be part of GEICO’s technology leadership team. You will help drive GEICO’s technology vision, strategy, and roadmap in multiple domains and help our teams achieve Engineering and Operational excellence. You will architect, design, and develop teams to build a single pane of glass, revolutionizing the enterprise associate experience through a personalized, seamless, and innovative platform that empowers every individual to excel in their roles and drive organizational success. If you enjoy working in a rapidly changing environment and influencing the strategic direction of a large organization, this position will provide you with a challenging opportunity. This is a critical technical leadership role that requires strong engineering design experience, thought leadership and your abilities to build and scale engineering teams. You will partner and collaborate with C-level business leaders, product managers and other engineering leaders to develop platforms and products that operate at scale.
Overview: GEICO is on a multi-year journey to re-platform the Insurance industry, removing friction across Customers, Partners, Marketplace, Segments, Channels, and Experiences. The Enterprise Engineering team is at the heart of accomplishing this mission, building enterprise capabilities – from Mobility systems, Productivity Platforms, Collaboration tools, Billing & Payments Platforms to ERP systems for Enterprise Financials and Human Capital Management that enable the company to accelerate efficiency of internal operations.
We are looking for technically conversant leader with a decade plus of software engineering experience and brings deep knowledge of how to architect, design, and develop new software for GEICO’s enterprise associate experience solutions.
To be successful in this role, you will need to:
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Develop and own relationships with your enterprise partners, engineering, marketing, and product management.
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Grow the team over the coming year by advocating for additional resourcing and hiring into new open positions.
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Present the vision and strategic recommendations with clarity and concision to stakeholders having varying degrees of data fluency.
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Manage and prioritize requests from partners and set realistic expectations. Transparently communicate about priorities on a regular basis.
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Enhance the team's abilities to report on performance, focus on impact, and provide transparency about critical workstreams.
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A creative and innovative problem solver and storyteller with data, comfortable with helping partners think and solve difficult business challenges.
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You thrive on partnership and can build the bridge between the requirements of the business and help the business reach their goals.
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Have experience building applications that operate efficiently and at scale.
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Have consistently coached different engineering roles (e.g. engineers, software developers, managers, etc.) of your teams and growing leadership (managers and senior individual contributors) on your teams throughout your career.

Benefits:

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Training and Licensures

*Benefits may be different by location.  Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.

**Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.