Senior Staff AI Program Manager

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That's why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers. Position Summary We are seeking a visionary and execution-focused Senior Staff AI Program Manager to lead and scale our core enterprise AI platform initiatives. This role sits at the intersection of platform strategy, portfolio governance, technology delivery, and cross-functional execution. You will own the definition, orchestration, and continuous evolution of our AI platform roadmap -- ensuring alignment with business goals, architectural standards, risk and compliance requirements, emerging technology adoption and long-term scalability. You will partner closely with senior leaders across AI, Engineering, Architecture, Product, Security, Legal, Risk, Finance, and Operations to translate enterprise strategy into actionable outcomes. You will oversee a portfolio of high-impact platform programs that enable product teams, accelerate delivery, and strengthen the foundation of our enterprise technology ecosystem. Key Responsibilities Strategic AI Platform Leadership Guide the enterprise AI platform strategy and roadmap, balancing foundational investment, scal,ability, developer enablement, cost efficiency, and business value. Lead cross-functional platform planning, intake, prioritization, and sequencing ensuring alignment across domains and dependent teams. Oversee platform investment and funding governance, ensuring spend aligns to strategic outcomes, architectural direction, and measurable value realization. Partner with AI, Architecture and Application leadership to ensure AI platform decisions support reuse, interoperability, and advancing technical factors Performance, Impact & Ethical AI Governance Facilitate and maintain platform KPIs and success metric development, such as adoption, reliability, resiliency, developer experience, time-to-market, cost efficiency, and operational health. Implement robust monitoring and reporting frameworks to track the impact, health, and business value of AI initiatives. Partner with Legal, Risk, and Compliance teams to integrate AI governance, fairness, and transparency into program delivery. Program Execution & Delivery Excellence Drive execution of complex, multi-team enterprise platform programs, managing dependencies, risks, milestones, and change across engineering, product, and operations. Champion agile, iterative, and experimental delivery methods tailored for AI/ML, emphasizing rapid prototyping, data-centric validation, and continuous learning. Ensure scalability and repeatability through documentation, operationalization strategies, and post-deployment evaluations. Stakeholder Alignment & Cultural Readiness Act as a trusted advisor to executive and senior leaders-- translating platform strategy and AI technical concepts into clear business outcomes and decision frameworks. Align AI platform team execution and consuming emerging AI application teams around shared priorities, sequencing, and expectations. Build organizational understanding of platform value, tradeoffs, and best practices, enabling teams to leverage platforms effectively. Technology Innovation & Ecosystem Integration Continuously evaluate, pilot, and integrate emerging AI technologies, platforms, and tools that accelerate our innovation edge. Establish partnerships with vendors, academia, and open-source communities to stay at the forefront of AI advancement. Qualifications Technical & Strategic Expertise 10+ years of experience leading large-scale enterprise technology or platform portfolios. Demonstrated, in-depth expertise in enterprise platforms - including developer platforms, cloud infrastructure, shared services, APIs, data platforms, and core enterprise systems. Ability to engage deeply with architecture and engineering leaders while maintaining a business- and outcome-oriented perspective. Leadership & Execution Proven track record delivering complex, high-impact initiatives in cross-functional enterprise settings. Exceptional program management skills-adept at managing ambiguity, dependencies, and risk while driving measurable outcomes. Strong influence and stakeholder management skills-able to align and motivate teams across tech, business, and compliance functions. Agility & Innovation Deep experience with agile, lean experimentation and iterative delivery models applied to platform and enterprise-scale initiatives, ideally with AI/data-driven environments. Strong change agent with a passion for improving how teams build, operate, and scale technology with a passion for driving organizational transformation through AI. Comfortable operating in ambiguity while driving clarity, structure, and measurable outcomes. Communication & Visualization Exceptional written and verbal communication skills-able to articulate complex technical topics to non-technical audiences and executive stakeholders. Proficiency in building and presenting AI dashboards, roadmaps, and impact stories using tools like PowerBI, Tableau, or internal data visualization platforms. Preferred Experience & Certifications Experience with GenAI, LLMOps, vector databases, and AI agents with enterprise use cases and enterprise applications. Familiarity with enterprise AI platforms (Databricks, Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, etc.). Certifications: SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), PMI-PgMP, AI Product Manager (e.g., from DeepLearning.AI), or Responsible AI certifications. Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or related field required. Annual Salary $120,000.00 - $260,000.00 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. The GEICO Pledge: Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life's twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we're constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs. We're an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers' expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you'll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people's lives. Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career - and your potential - in mind. You'll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels. Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose. As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers. Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future. Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family's overall well-being. Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance. Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance. Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year. 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.

Created: 2026-03-10