Business Architect - New Products

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional product development team to identify, define, and build winning products, strategies, and business models. In early stages, this includes framing the problem/opportunity, scoping the work and delivery process, answer/hypothesis generation, and design of analyses. In the later stages, this includes leading software delivery teams and go-to-market execution.

• Integrate strategies, business models, and goals of Allstate's new product development efforts with broader enterprise goals and activities, identifying and capturing synergy opportunities. Additionally, the person will execute a product roadmap and vision that innovates against our current product portfolio.

• Manage a cross-functional and cross-enterprise stakeholder group. Build alignment through clear communication - rooted in a warm, collaborative engagement style. Tactically, this will require designing and structuring crisp discussion messaging and materials. Interpersonally, this will require developing strong relationships across multiple levels of the organization and earning influence and credibility along the way.

• Drive a wide portfolio of strategic partnerships - e.g. product capability licenses with startups, distribution agreements with commercial partners, and a variety of cross-Allstate, cross-functional partnerships.

• As the project scales, build up the team and the company's capabilities. Additionally, this person will deliver and execute an integrated, repeatable development process, designed for speed to ideas, with the ability to test products in market and move to scale.

• Define, drive and execute a product roadmap and vision that innovates against our current product portfolio and builds a pipeline of new product innovations that meet clear customer needs and a defined business opportunity.

• Advance our connectivity strategy with digital, mobile-first product ideas designed to increase a connected relationship with our customers.

• Execute an integrated, repeatable development process, designed for speed to ideas, with the ability to test products in market and move to scale.

• Create comprehensive go-to-market plan, launch, and sustain to ensure success in market.

• Develop outcome-based metrics tied to market opportunity and ability to capture growth across distribution channels.

Candidates will have 5+ years of experience and a track record of cross-functional leadership and value creation at top companies.

Product Development Experience: the ideal candidate will have experience building new products and bringing them to market at leading digital consumer product companies.

Ideal candidates can demonstrate an ability to build and lead cross-functional product development teams (incl. strategy & ops, product, design, software engineering).

Ideal candidates are passionate and conversant about business today and in the future, with an eye for differentiation through digital technology, data/analytics/AI, and customer experience.

Other Relevant Experience: other qualified candidates may also demonstrate a combination of:

Start-Up/High Growth Experience: roles in product, strategy & ops, and/or business development with a hand in growing and scaling businesses in open-ended and fast-moving environments.

Education: A bachelor's degree with a differentiated academic track record is preferred. MBA and/or technical degree is also preferred

Structured Thinking: critical thinking skills are vital to this role, including broad business acumen to tackle a wide range of issues in an integrated fashion (e.g. market landscape, technology landscape, consumer landscape) and the ability to identify and define problems, collect data, establish facts and demonstrate a 'nose for value' to discern what is important and draw valid conclusions. Additionally, Strong systems thinking with the ability to see across the organization and connect the dots.

Analytical Excellence: Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to bring a creative approach and demonstrate "next level of thinking" is required. Ability to synthesize complex information and present it in a clear, concise, and strategic manner.

Powerful Communication: The right fit candidate will possess excellent presentation skills, powerful communication ability, and strong interpersonal skills.

Leadership / Stakeholder Management: Successful track record of leading, developing and influencing a high-performing team at all levels of the organization, and experience developing strong relationships, including with executive stakeholders.

Execution Orientation in Ambiguity: The successful candidate will thrive in ambiguity and is an out-of-the-box and creative thinker who is comfortable with questioning the status quo and generally accepted beliefs while delivering major strategic initiatives.