Senior Technical Program Manager

Senior Staff Technology Portfolio Manager

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 Senior Staff Technology Portfolio Manager with a blend of technical and portfolio management experience to help drive our insurance business transformation as we move from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission. In this role, you will oversee the planning, execution, and management of technology programs and projects. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful delivery of technology solutions that align with business objectives.

Key Accountabilities

• Define and drive an enterprise AI roadmap aligned with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and emerging opportunities.
• Define and track AI performance metrics and KPIs, including accuracy, drift detection, ROI, adoption rates, and ethical compliance.
• Champion agile and experimental delivery methods tailored for AI initiativesintegrating rapid iteration, data-driven experimentation, and continuous learning.
• Partner with data science, engineering, and product teams to prioritize and sequence AI initiatives based on value, feasibility, and impact.
• Educate and upskill stakeholders (technical and non-technical) on AI concepts, best practices, and responsible usage.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging AI technologies and platforms to enhance the company's innovation and competitive advantage.
• Ensure cross-functional alignment and adoption of AI solutions, driving organizational change and cultural readiness for AI transformation.
• Regularly communicate AI program progress and impact through dashboards, executive briefings, and transparent reporting mechanisms.

Qualifications

• Strong strategic thinking, collaboration, and project management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong technical acumen and proven experience guiding technical project teams.
• Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional technology programs and projects.
• Demonstrated understanding of the underlying technology in core areas such as product, platform, enterprise, data AI/ML, cyber, or infrastructure.
• Proven experience developing impactful relationships at all levels to influence and drive change.
• Ability to work with complexity, strong critical thinking, and excellent problem-solving skills.
• Proactive, with the ability to thrive in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and qualitative skills; data driven and results-oriented; detail-oriented.

Experience

• 10+ years of proven experience in a technology leadership role.
• 10+ years of proven experience in technology portfolio, program, and project management.
• 8+ years of proven experience with project management tools.
• 5+ years of proven experience with agile development methodology.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, business, or equivalent education or work experience.

Annual Salary $85,000.00 - $185,000.00. The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate's work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

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

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life's twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we're constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

We're an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers' expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you'll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people's lives.

Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career and your potential in mind. You'll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.

As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.

• 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.

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.