GEICO

Our Senior Manager is an engineering leader who works with the engineering staff to innovate and build a high performing open-source solution that seamlessly integrates with our various applications within our ecosystem. A Senior Manager will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate will define a strategy for adoption of all our new data quality services. You will partner and work closely with the Enterprise Data Governance, Product, and Business teams to ensure that the platform supports the needs of our governance initiatives.

Position Responsibilities 

As a Senior Manager, you will: 

• Work with your Director to address project dependencies, negotiate and estimate incremental delivery dates for milestones with the stakeholder community, and deliver projects on time 
• Identify and raise appropriate project risks, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable solutions or alternatives 
• Understand how requirements and design choices may impact systems across multiple areas 
• Report on your team’s progress for project and other key metrics, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable ideas for areas to further improve or influence product or project delivery 
• Initiate and support performance evaluation of team members 
• Cultivate a culture that motivates all levels of performers to higher levels of achievement 
• Build and maintain relationships with your team members to support an environment of trust 
• Influence those you motivate and coach to be receptive to feedback by cultivating a culture that acknowledges and expects individuals to grow and be accountable as a result of the experience gained (growth mindset) 
• Identify where technical or analytical skill gaps put future team deliverables at risk and craft a plan to remediate, consistently challenge team members to share knowledge and learn new technologies 
• Proficiently execute difficult conversations on development and performance 
• Craft and deliver strategic and well-structured persuasive arguments to drive projects that drive process improvement, enhance cost leadership, and/or customer experience
• Manage up to leadership as well as give feedback when appropriate 
• Administer coaching plan(s) and Performance Improvement Plan(s) 
• Craft fully compliant quality documentation 
• Compliant negotiation and execution of warning administration and/or involuntary termination 
• Develop the team budget and be accountable for reporting on results achieved at regular intervals 
• Significantly contribute to the team planning process to include surfacing associate level proposals 
• Lead people, products, and process and be a thought leader to innovate how we transform into a data driven organization
• Demonstrate strategic thinking and strong planning skills to establish long term roadmap and business plan
• Strong relationship building to establish and foster great relationships with tech teams and business partners
• Able to work independently while functioning as part of a cohesive cross-functional management team
• Coach, develop, and manage associates and supervisors, including establishing goals and evaluating performance
• Empower team by fostering a culture that allows critical thinking and open communication
• Work with stakeholders to establish and meet data quality requirements, SLAs and SLOs for data ingestion
• May be required to be on call for production support 24x7

Qualifications 

• Strong understanding of data Ingestion, data transformation, data management, data quality, and data lineage concepts
• Hands-on experience with Metadata management tools (Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Alation, Informatica, etc.)
• Knowledge of cloud computing technologies and concepts (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.)
• Working knowledge of object-oriented development, Gang of Four (GOF) Design Patterns, Microservices, Dependency Injection with IOC containers, and both frontend and backend unit testing
• Proven ability to concentrate and demonstrate a capacity for learning technical concepts and adapting to new technologies quickly
• Strong Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure etc.) platform knowledge
• In-depth knowledge of MS Office tools such as PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, and WebEx for effective communication
• Proficiency in Project Management and work item management tools such as Azure DevOps and Portfolio
• Proficiency in Program Management tools such as MS Project, Visio, and Excel
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and core computer science concepts
• Experience in existing Operational Portals such as Azure Portal
• Fluency with SQL, Spark, PowerBI
• Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
• Experience in PowerShell Scripting
• Constructing, interpreting, and applying metrics to your work and decision making, able to use those metrics to identify correlation between drivers and results, and using that information to drive prioritization and action 
• Experience in Data Engineering and modern warehousing technologies such as Snowflake
• Knowledge of Java, Python, .NET, SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), Data Ingestion and streaming tooling such as Kafka, Spark, or similar technologies
• Ability to prioritize and drive results based on business value to the organization
• Strong critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate to both Senior Leadership, highly technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience designing, building, optimizing, and scaling solutions using distributed computing
• Strong leadership experience leading, coaching, and developing teams and associates in software or data engineering or similar role
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines and build and release practices

Experience 

• 6+ years coding experience
• 5+ years of development in a large-scale, mission-critical environment
• 5+ years of hands-on work experience supervising personnel in a technical environment
• 2+ years' experience with automated testing including Unit, Integration, and End-to-End functional testing

Education 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent experience

Annual Salary

$120,000.00 - $261,500.00

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.

Benefits:

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Training and Licensures
• Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.
• Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.

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.