United States onlyAt 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
Allstate’s Enterprise Consumer Product Innovation team (EPIC) helps drive Allstate’s future by identifying compelling business opportunities rooted in consumer needs and developing selected opportunities into thriving businesses. We bring together skills in strategy, design, technology, data, and AI to create new, consumer-focused insurance and protection products. Examples of past product and business innovations include:•Exploration of risk assessment technologies that resulted in a B2B big data new co.
•Exploration of the emerging device (e.g. smart phone) protection space that resulted in a $1.4B acquisition
•Exploration of the digital protection space that resulted in a $525M acquisition
•Exploration of the peer-to-peer economy that resulted in a P2P car sharing new co.
•Exploration of the future of consumer data and AI that resulted in series A investment and joint product development with a leading Web3 startup
EPIC’s new product development initiatives typically feature cross-functional teams with expertise in Business Strategy, Product, Technology, and Design. Cross-functional initiative leads are the hands-on people and project leaders of these teams and are responsible for the “end-to-end” (desirability, viability, and feasibility) and “0 to 1+” delivery of new products and businesses in market. They spearhead Allstate’s new product efforts by leading their direct teams and collaborating closely across the Allstate enterprise. They are generalists who can come from a variety of backgrounds, but who have top tier business, technology, and consumer acumen.
The internal Allstate job title used for this role is Business Architect Senior Manager.
Key Responsibilities
Lead a cross-functional product development team to identify, define, and build winning products, strategies, and business models. In early stages, this includes framing the problem/opportunity, scoping the work and delivery process, answer/hypothesis generation, and design of analyses. In the later stages, this includes leading software delivery teams and go-to-market execution.
Integrate strategies, business models, and goals of Allstate’s new product development efforts with broader enterprise goals and activities, identifying and capturing synergy opportunities. Additionally, the person will execute a product roadmap and vision that innovates against our current product portfolio.
Manage a cross-functional and cross-enterprise stakeholder group. Build alignment through clear communication – rooted in a warm, collaborative engagement style. Tactically, this will require designing and structuring crisp discussion messaging and materials. Interpersonally, this will require developing strong relationships across multiple levels of the organization and earning influence and credibility along the way.
Drive a wide portfolio of strategic partnerships – e.g. product capability licenses with startups, distribution agreements with commercial partners, and a variety of cross-Allstate, cross-functional partnerships.
As the project scales, build up the team and the company’s capabilities. Additionally, this person will deliver and execute an integrated, repeatable development process, designed for speed to ideas, with the ability to test products in market and move to scale.
Define, drive, and execute a product roadmap and vision that innovates against our current product portfolio and builds a pipeline of new product innovations that meet clear customer needs and a defined business opportunity.
Advance our connectivity strategy with digital, mobile-first product ideas designed to increase a connected relationship with our customers.
Execute an integrated, repeatable development process, designed for speed to ideas, with the ability to test products in market and move to scale.
Create comprehensive go-to-market plan, launch, and sustain to ensure success in market.
Develop outcome-based metrics tied to market opportunity and ability to capture growth across distribution channels.
Relevant Experience
Candidates will have 5+ years of experience and a track record of cross-functional leadership and value creation at top companies.
Product Development Experience: the ideal candidate will have experience building new products and bringing them to market at leading digital consumer product companies.
Ideal candidates can demonstrate an ability to build and lead cross-functional product development teams (incl. strategy & ops, product, design, software engineering).
Ideal candidates are passionate and conversant about business today and in the future, with an eye for differentiation through digital technology, data/analytics/AI, and customer experience.
Other Relevant Experience: other qualified candidates may also demonstrate a combination of:
Start-Up/High Growth Experience: roles in product, strategy & ops, and/or business development with a hand in growing and scaling businesses in open-ended and fast-moving environments.
Structured Thinking: critical thinking skills are vital to this role, including broad business acumen to tackle a wide range of issues in an integrated fashion (e.g. market landscape, technology landscape, consumer landscape) and the ability to identify and define problems, collect data, establish facts and demonstrate a ‘nose for value’ to discern what is important and draw valid conclusions. Additionally, Strong systems thinking with the ability to see across the organization and connect the dots.
Analytical Excellence: Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to bring a creative approach and demonstrate “next level of thinking” is required. Ability to synthesize complex information and present it in a clear, concise, and strategic manner.
Powerful Communication: The right fit candidate will possess excellent presentation skills, powerful communication ability, and strong interpersonal skills.
Leadership / Stakeholder Management: Successful track record of leading, developing and influencing a high-performing team at all levels of the organization, and experience developing strong relationships, including with executive stakeholders.
Execution Orientation in Ambiguity: The successful candidate will thrive in ambiguity and is an out-of-the-box and creative thinker who is comfortable with questioning the status quo and generally accepted beliefs while delivering major strategic initiatives.
Education: A bachelor’s degree with a differentiated academic track record is preferred. MBA and/or technical degree is also preferred.
Experience: 10 or more years of experience (Preferred)
Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has supervisory duties.
Skills
Analytical Thinking, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Functional Leadership, Market Opportunities, New Product Development, Problem Solving, Process Development (PD), Product Development, Product RoadmapCompensation
Compensation offered for this role is $125,200.00 - 207,550.00 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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