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
As a Senior Manager, you'll lead a team of Business Architects and Business Architect Sr. Consultants, driving the strategic direction and development of Allstate's product portfolio. Your responsibilities include defining and executing the product vision, strategy, and roadmap to align with business objectives and customer needs. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and executives, you'll spearhead product innovation, growth, and profitability. Additionally, you'll be accountable for achieving business outcomes, enhancing the value of the product portfolio, and fostering the professional growth of team members through mentoring and development programs.Key Responsibilities
- Engage in discovery/test and learn activities to quickly validate assumptions and capability or solution direction to achieve business results.
- Identifying opportunities for improvement, optimization, and reuse within the business architecture, while adhering to design principles and user experience. Monitor budgets and operational effectiveness, devising strategies for adjusted courses of action as needed.
- Lead the strategic alignment and delivery of consistent customer and employee experiences across all Allstate Corp entities, fostering applicability and reusability.
- Evaluate and strategize key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of product initiatives and inform the broader product strategy.
- Provide mentorship and guidance to less experienced Digital Business Architects to support their career progression, with the opportunity for advancement into supervisory roles.
- Lead the development and recommendation of new techniques and processes to foster innovative solutions.
- Partner with technology to make decisions on technology feasibility and product build or reuse.
- Collaborate with stakeholders within and outside the organization, presenting as the product expert for designated product areas to field teams and at events.
- Evaluate alternatives and consider service and business implications in decision-making processes.
- Collaboratively drive transformation initiative strategy, vision, and roadmap, advocating for innovative ideas across the organization.
Preferred Experience
- 10+ years of experience working cross‑functionally across business, technology, and product teams in a complex enterprise environment.
- Demonstrated success leading large, cross‑functional teams or enterprise programs delivering strategic business outcomes.
- Proven people leadership experience, including team development, coaching, and performance management.
- Experience partnering closely with Technology teams, including exposure to emerging technologies such as AI and advanced analytics.
- Prior experience in a Business Architect or Digital Business Architect role, leading capability‑driven and outcome‑oriented initiatives.
- Experience managing or directly supervising teams, with accountability for delivery, talent development, and operational effectiveness.
Travel
Once or twice a quarter or 10% of travel a year.
Supervisory Duties
This job has supervisory duties.
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Skills
Business Architecture, Collaboration, Enterprise Business Architecture, Leadership, Team ManagementCompensation
Compensation offered for this role is 134,000.00 - 209,750.00 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 Northbrook, Illinois, USA Office
2775 Sanders Road, Northbrook, IL, United States, 60062
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