Director/Sr. Director

Role Summary: This key transformational role is a part of the Enterprise Engineering leadership team. We are looking for a proven people leader that has experience in productivity toolsets with an emphasis on Microsoft 365. The primary charter includes articulating and delivering a multi-year transformation strategy for this space, as well as hiring and growing the talent necessary to activate that strategy. Note: this role will focus less on Microsoft Teams and more on the other parts of the Microsoft stack + other productivity tooling.

Organization 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 critical enterprise capabilities – from Mobility systems, Productivity Platforms, Collaboration tools, Billing & Payments Platforms to ERP systems for Enterprise Financials and Human Capital Management systems that enable the company to accelerate efficiency of internal operations.

In this role you will:

• Develop and own relationships with a diverse set of cross-functional partners, including engineering peers, business operations, communications, governance teams, and executives.
• Grow the team over the coming year by evaluating existing talent structures, advocating for additional resourcing and hiring into new open positions.
• Clearly and concisely present your vision and strategic recommendations to stakeholders having varying degrees of tech fluency.
• Manage and prioritize requests from partners and set realistic expectations. Transparently communicate updates on priority projects on a regular basis.
• Build a culture of engineering excellence and best practices
• Enhance the team’s abilities to report on performance, focus on impact, and provide transparency about critical workstreams.
• Be a creative and innovative problem solver, comfortable with helping partners think and solve difficult business challenges.
• Thrive on partnership and build the bridge between the requirements of the business, and today’s and tomorrow’s tech capabilities

Ideal candidates will have:

• Demonstrated track record and experience scaling and growing teams and being able to deliver with pace.
• Demonstrable experience navigating large, complex enterprises and managing multiple stakeholders while driving improved associate experiences.
• Repeated success driving large platform migrations, deployments, and sunsets.
• Consistently coached different engineering roles (e.g. data engineers, software developers, business intelligence, etc.) and grown leadership (managers and senior individual contributors) on your teams throughout your career.
• Deep subject matter expertise and demonstrated leadership experience with Microsoft 365, including emphasis on Sharepoint and Exchange
• A strong understanding of Microsoft licensing structures and how to optimize those costs
• General tech fluency with adjacent engineering areas and how they affect and interface with the experience of M365 products: network, endpoint management, authentication and identity management
• A product mindset—being able to start with the target end-user experience in mind
• Experience partnering with governance partners like legal, privacy, and data security

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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.