Allstate Hiring for Strategy & Operations Manager (Remote) Job at Northbrook, IL Full Time

The world isn’t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needs. That’s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You’ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.

You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities. Plus, Allstate is changing how, when, and where we work-to lead us boldly into our future. We’re empowering our employees to create better ways of working through more intentional use of communication and collaboration practices, processes and tools.

Everything we do at Allstate is driven by a shared purpose: to protect people from life’s uncertainties so they can realize their hopes and dreams. For more than 89 years we’ve thrived by staying a step ahead of whatever’s coming next – to give customers peace of mind no matter what changes they face. We acted with conviction to advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws. We help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial empowerment. We’ve been an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more recently, device and identity protection. We are the Good Hands. We don’t follow the trends. We set them. Job Summary

This role develops the strategic design, planning, and implementation of programs and processes to support individual business function objectives and considers alignment with the broader corporate strategy. Also provides consulting, project management and support within AOR and across the enterprise for focused initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrates strong business knowledge, leadership, and general management skills
• Takes an integrated approach to ensure initiatives align to the Company determined growth and profit goals
• Formulates strategies to achieve plan objectives
• Develops strategic and operational parameters for collaborative efforts/teams with and across functional boundaries
• Drives results through the development of effective relationships
• Evaluates statistical analysis to provide guidance and direction on development programs, processes, and initiatives
• Anticipates and makes recommendations to solve market specific implications of business strategies
• Develops communication strategies and materials to support new plans, programs, or processes
• Helps interpret Allstate’s strategic vision into team priorities and activities
• Enables leadership efforts for continuous improvements
• Presents business cases and influences others to take recommended actions
• Modifies and aligns existing and new initiatives to support changing business tactics
• When applicable, seeks to connect resources across departments to share expertise when appropriate
• Consistently plans, implements, manages, and/ or sponsors highly complex projects
• Provides business/technical consultation on moderate to highly complex projects
• Establishes and tracks plan performance; coordinates and evaluates project controls and tracks/analyzes project ROI
• Helps determine and enroll resources/expertise necessary to successfully complete projects
• Plans and coordinates the integration and delivery of planned changes, projects, or programs
• Manages all-project-related expenses
• Supports governance processes

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job does have supervisory duties

Preferred Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 5-7 years’ experience
• 3 – 5 years project management and/or people leadership experience

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• None

Functional Skills

• Leadership skills necessary to lead team
• Strong project management skills including developing work plans, estimating and managing resources, time and budget
• Strong communication skills including written and oral
• Possesses working knowledge of processes, policies, and procedures
• Responsible for compliance with current industry standards/environment that impact decisions and indicates requirements
• Strong intellectual curiosity with ability to focus it on business problems and analytical efforts
• Has the ability to solve routine problems of complexity following established policies and procedures

Compensation Data

Compensation range for this position is $91,800 to $159,300 per year, based on experience and qualifications. Other compensation includes AIP bonus.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.

Good Work. Good Life. Good Hands®.

As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary – but that’s just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, you’ll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life — including a generous paid time off policy. For a full description of Allstate’s benefits, visit allstate.jobs/benefits

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