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
The Project & Program Management Expert is an individual contributor role responsible for leading complex, enterprise-wide initiatives that advance Allstate's strategic priorities, customer-focused outcomes, and Talent Enablement objectives. The role provides end-to-end leadership and expertise across planning, governance, stakeholder alignment, risk management, execution, and value realization while operating with a high degree of autonomy in a matrixed environment. Success in this role requires the ability to translate business goals into clear roadmaps, milestones, and measurable outcomes; connect initiatives to enterprise strategy and value realization; and ensure scope, timeline, resources, and dependencies are aligned from the outset. The role also requires strong enterprise thinking, disciplined execution, and the ability to role model Allstate's Shared Purpose, Values, and Behaviors through collaboration, constructive challenge, clarity, and actionable feedback.
Key Responsibilities
Lead planning, execution, and delivery of complex, multi-workstream programs aligned to enterprise strategy, transformation, and Talent Enablement priorities
Translate business goals into clear roadmaps, milestones, and measurable outcomes tied to value realization and customer impact
Drive delivery across scope, timeline, budget, and quality with strong governance, tracking, and reporting discipline
Build trusted partnerships across executives, cross-functional teams, and stakeholders; influence decisions and drive alignment without formal authority
Communicate complex concepts through clear, executive-ready insights, reporting, and recommendations on progress, risks, and trade-offs
Identify and mitigate risks, dependencies, and change impacts to protect delivery and maintain momentum
Lead cross-functional teams and forums to ensure accountability, decision-making, and successful execution
Drive outcomes and adoption by focusing on benefits realization and integrating change, communication, and implementation activities
Qualifications & Functional Skills
Strong expertise in project and program management, governance, and structured delivery within complex, matrixed organizations
Proven ability to lead enterprise work through influence, building alignment, engagement, and accountability across diverse stakeholders
Strong business acumen with the ability to translate strategic priorities into executable roadmaps, measurable outcomes, and business impact
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, including executive presence and trust-building capabilities
Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and risk management skills, including assessing trade-offs and recommending mitigation strategies
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complexity into clear, actionable, executive-ready messaging
Strong execution discipline with the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining governance, tracking, and reporting rigor
Experience with enterprise project management, reporting, and collaboration tools (e.g., Power BI, Excel dashboards, Teams, SharePoint, Smartsheet, Jira, Microsoft Project)
Experience
8+ years of experience in project management, program management, business transformation, operations, or a related field
Experience leading large, cross-functional initiatives with high complexity, enterprise visibility, and multiple dependencies
Proven experience developing roadmaps, governance materials, executive communications, status reporting, and risk management approaches
Experience working across business, technology, operations, and Talent Enablement in a matrixed environment, achieving results through influence and partnership
Supervisory Responsibilities
This is an individual contributor role with no formal people leadership responsibilities
Success in this role requires leading through influence, establishing clarity, and driving accountability across stakeholders
Expected to role model Allstate's Values and Behaviors and contribute to strong, collaborative ways of working
Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse. Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs.
When working from home, you must have a dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating. Reliable internet is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.
Skills
Leading Project Teams, Project Communications Management, Project Implementations, Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC), Project Planning
Compensation
Compensation offered for this role is 100,000.00 - 170,500.00 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. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger - a winning team making a meaningful impact.
Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.
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Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse. Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs.
When working from home, you must have a dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating. Reliable internet is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.
Who We Are
The Allstate Corporation is the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurer. A Fortune 100 company, with $131 billion in total assets, Allstate sells 13 major lines of insurance, including auto, property, life and commercial. Allstate also offers retirement and investment products and banking services. Allstate is widely known through the ";You're In Good Hands With Allstate®"; slogan. Allstate was founded in 1931 and became a publicly traded company in 1993.
Our People
The Allstate Corporation encompasses more than 70,000 professionals. Of our employees, 33 percent are minorities; 58 percent are women.
Our Customers
Allstate helps individuals in approximately 16 million households protect what they have today and better prepare for tomorrow, and is committed to serving customers how, when and where they choose to be served.
Corporate Governance
Allstate has always had an exemplary governance program. Our commitment to strong principles and the highest ethical standards is critical to our goal of driving sustained shareholder value.
Diversity
As a company with a diverse population of employees, agents and customers, Allstate embraces diversity in everything we do - not only the customers we serve and the communities in which we invest, but also the people we hire and the businesses we use as suppliers. It's a testament to the company's corporate citizenship and a sound business strategy.
Culture
Our high performance work environment encourages individual accountability, innovative thinking and continuous learning and improvement. Our work environment is fast-paced, challenging, and collaborative. It's our goal to provide challenging work that is interesting and meaningful and to reward employees' efforts based on a pay for performance approach. Allstate offers a comprehensive total compensation package.
Our Network
Allstate has more than 12,500 local agency owners in the United States. Customers can access Allstate products and services such as auto insurance and homeowners insurance through Allstate agencies, or in select states at allstate.com and 1-800 Allstate®. Encompass® Insurance brand property and casualty products are sold exclusively through independent agents. The Allstate Financial Group provides life insurance, supplemental accident and health insurance, annuity, banking and retirement products designed for individual, institutional and worksite customers that are distributed through Allstate agencies, independent agencies, financial institutions and broker-dealers.
Our Economic Impact
In 2010, Allstate reported $19 billion in total property-liability insurance claims and claims expense. The Allstate Foundation donated $17.8 million to support social impact programming, with emphasis on teen safe driving and economic empowerment of domestic violence survivors. Allstate currently holds $16 billion in municipal bonds.
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