At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.
Job Description
Ivantage provides access to products Allstate does not manufacture or has reduced appetite to write. Working with select carriers, we make solutions available so Allstate can say yes to customers more often.
The Business Project Manager is accountable for leading all aspects of projects within the Ivantage portfolio. In this role, you will demonstrate the ability to manage small to medium moderately complex projects. This role requires the ability to work in a dynamic, collaborative environment, supporting our Go to Market initiatives. This requires effective communication with various audiences, with the ability to defining and utilizing escalation paths, and keeping stakeholders informed.
Key Responsibilities
- Accountable for driving execution and delivery of small to medium complex projects from start to finish.
- Demonstrates clear understanding of the project vision, objectives, scale, and scope of work, expected outcomes, business value and impact, timelines, roadmaps, resource level requirements.
- Establishes strong partnerships and engagement with project stakeholders.
- Create full-scale project schedules and gain alignment with multiple stakeholders of multiple projects or components.
- Ensures proactive scheduling of key deliverables, milestones, and deliverable tasks, and timely reporting.
- Work with our key stakeholders to establish project financial forecasts including resource plans and other expense plans as needed.
- Actively participates in process and practice improvements in the project management environment and serves as a catalyst for project management excellence.
- Provides management oversight, aligns, and leads cross-functional project teams to ensure critical day-to-day project deliverables progress forward to deliver specified requirements, objectives, and value.
- Identifies gaps in the project team’s accountability and ownership of deliverables.
- Fosters a team environment of self-organization, retrospect to learn and adapt with the goal of delivering the highest value in day-day workload.
- Communicates escalations to remediate risks/blockers impeding projects forward progression, as necessary.
- Prepares project status reports to demonstrate project overall health, key performance indicator (KPI), risk, issues, accomplishments, next steps, and escalation requests.
Functional Skills:
- Demonstrates a proven track record of delivering multiple projects, on time, within scope, and under budget.
- Excellent written/verbal communication and facilitation skills for communicating across all levels; including strong presentation skills.
- Strong time management, organizational, consultative, and customer focus skills.
- Ability to adapt to change and demonstrate skill agility.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Visio, Project, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
- Insurance Industry Experience including Industry’s concepts, practices, and procedures. (Preferred)
- Proficient in Smartsheet (Preferred)
- Excitement in what you do and a desire for growth.
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree (Preferred)
Experience
- 3 or more years of experience.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- This job does not have supervisory duties.
Education & Experience (in lieu)
- In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Skills
Accountability, Adaptability, Communication, Deliverables Management, Project Deliverables, Time Management, Waterfall Project Management
Compensation
Compensation offered for this role is $62,800.00 - 114,175.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.
Joining our team isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. And one where you can impact the future for the greater good.
You’ll do all this in a flexible environment that embraces connection and belonging. And with the recognition of several inclusivity and diversity awards, we’ve proven that Allstate empowers everyone to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live.
Good Hands. Greater Together.
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