GoHealth
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Chicago, IL

Director, Technology Programs

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GoHealth is hiring a Director of Technology Programs for our fast scaling program. Are you passionate and experienced in all areas of technical project management, project life-cycle, and ensuring that end products fulfill and exceed client expectations? Do you have a strong understanding of strategic decisions and how they drive ROI and revenue? This position is excellent for someone that enjoys empowering teams, mentoring employees, cross-collaboration across departments and has an interest in building industry-leading technology products that help millions of Americans find the insurance coverage that they need. It reports to the VP of Product Management.

Frequently cited statistics show that women apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. GoHealth encourages you to break that statistic and to apply. No one ever meets 100% of the qualifications. We look forward to your application!

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with the Product and Engineering leadership to manage all projects across all programs related to the research, development, and operation of GoHealth products.
  • Through program management and cross-department collaboration within a fast scaling, agile environment, you will manage a program consisting of about 100 concurrent projects (and growing) with an average development duration of 4 to 6 weeks.
  • Build creative and flexible processes and systems that provide stakeholders and partners visibility to program performance status, variances to plan, and execution quality.
  • Empower a team of up to 15 employees to achieve optimal program performance.
  • Model change management communication and negotiate execution priority with product managers, engineers, and executives across the company.
  • Ensure an efficient deployment of GoHealth’s technology project budget (about $20MM annually) that captures valuable, measurable business outcomes.

Skills & Experience:

  • 8+ years of experience in technical project management, project life-cycle, product delivery, and team management. Bachelors in Science, Engineering, Business or Project Management
  • Record of meeting deliverables and exceeding expectations.
  • Record of developing and operating tool- and data-driven program oversight processes.
  • Experienced in creating change management process, communication, and building business cases
  • Concise communication leader and relationship builder
  • Empowered leader of cross-department collaboration, team management, and empowering employees

Benefits & Perks:

  • Open vacation policy
  • 401k program with company match
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Commuter and transit benefits
  • Professional growth opportunities
  • Casual dress code
  • Generous employee referral bonuses
  • Happy hours, ping-pong tournaments, and more company-sponsored events
  • Subsidized gym memberships
  • GoHealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer 

Due to the unprecedented situation of COVID-19, GoHealth has decided to protect our current and future employees by managing our business remotely. This is inclusive of interviewing, on-boarding and each role day-to-day. Please consider that our roles will not be remote long-term and will return to an office setting once we're safe to do so following the guidance of local health authorities’ and the CDC.

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What are GoHealth Perks + Benefits

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Unconscious bias training is completed by all employees and key leaders.
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
At GoHealth you will find a very interactive Women@GoHealth, WomeninSales, Black Lives Matter ERGs to name a few. We continue to empower employees to create employee resource groups within
Hiring practices that promote diversity
From our gender neutralized job descriptions that encourage women and underrepresented groups to apply,to our interview practices, GoHealth strives to promote diversity when hiring.
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
GoHealth provides all employees access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) which provides well being and financial assistance. Our open PTO policy is also available for mental health days.
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Employee stock purchase plan
We have recently become public and will allow employees to purchase stock during certain times.
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
We provide 6 weeks of paid recovery time for new mom's and two weeks of bonding time to all new parents.
Family medical leave
Company sponsored family events
Pre-COVID 19, GoHealth sponsored children's day by celebrating GoHealth families.
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Our employees are encouraged to use our open PTO policy towards volunteering.
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Employees can use our open PTO policy towards sick leave.
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Company-sponsored happy hours
Pet friendly
Recreational clubs
We have runners groups, volleyball groups and other
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
All GoHealth employees receive a work from home stipend to improve their WFH environment.
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education available during work hours
Access to LinkedIn Learning has been provided to all employees as part of their professional and personal growth.
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

Additional Perks + Benefits

In addition to virtual company wide sponsored Health & Wellness Initiatives, employee referral bonuses, open vacation policy, we offer a work from home stipend to all new employees. We know that this pandemic has been difficult and working from home is a change. Every new employee receives access to a Work From Hope stipend to purchase items that will make your work from home experience much more comfortable.

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