The Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) is a private American auto insurance company with headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland. GEICO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway and is the third largest auto insurer in the United States. In 2023, GEICO earned premiums worth over $40 billion U.S. dollars. 
 
GEICO is seeking an experienced Business Manager to support the Chief Technology Office in Palo Alto, CA.

This role will report to the Head of Strategy & Operations and will be part of the Technology organization. Based on an end-to-end understanding of the business, the CoS will partner with the business leaders and other key partners to manage priorities and provide actionable business insights to enable effective decision-making. The role is dedicated to supporting the Personal Auto Lines organization in driving, coordinating, and executing work that is critical to the day-to-day running of the business. The CoS will build and leverage positive working relationships that 

Responsibilities: 

• Run high visibility projects, ranging from operational efficiency, change management, analytic deep dives, team off-sites, and annual planning. 

• Manage and triage the workflow. Prioritize, delegate, and complete work. 

• Enable the team to prioritize and get after what is the most impactful for our internal customers and identify any roadblocks that might get in the way. 

• Ensure the team is a smoothly running engine, with team wellness and high engagement at the core, enabling healthy team collaboration, efficient project management, robust data and reporting, and effective stakeholder communication. 

• Outline overall business priorities, goals and metrics and maintain related progress updates. 

• In partnership with CITO, manage aspects of regular business reviews, financial/budget updates and other related reports and materials. 

• Manage business head’s engagement plan including internal and external meetings and related materials; work closely with key functional partners including HR Business Partner and Communications partner. 

• Own business head’s management team agendas, with a lens on strategic planning and prioritization of topics, desired outcomes and guest participants based on business priorities and with input from key partners. 

• Track and help execute follow-ups from key meetings. 

• Support vendor management and related strategy, reviews, decision-making processes 

• Serve as main point of contact for facilities related matters in GEICO’s Bay Area offices. 

• Manage a team of 2-4 Executive Assistants responsible for supporting C-level executives. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Finance, Business, Liberal Arts) and 8+ years of experience in financial management, insurance, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, or related role(s). 

• Effective written and oral communications with ability to story-tell business and financial analytics and build executive-level reports and presentations. 

• Ability to manipulate and analyze large sets of data. 

• Self-starter with strong collaboration skills, with proven ability to work across organizational and reporting boundaries to get things done. 

• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage competing priorities in fast-paced and ambiguous environment; can adjust priorities, decisions, and actions to respond to multiple demands, unexpected events, and current information daily. 

• Proven track record of identifying and implementing improvements that drive operational efficiency and effectiveness. 

• Strong Excel and MS Office applications skills with ability to create effective PowerPoint presentations and excel analyses. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience in business management or equivalent role in a complex operations organization that spans multiple US and/or international locations. 

• Experience working strategically and collaboratively across multiple functions. 

• Experience in diagnosing pain points for teams, moving them to good, and going the extra mile to ensure they are great. 

• Ability to smooth out collaboration across groups, challenge decisions, question judgment, and voice concerns. 

Location: This is a hybrid role, on-site 3 days per week in Palo Alto. The office will open within 3-6 months, candidate will work remotely until then.