Business Architect Senior Consultant II

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Job Description

Allstate is hiring a Business Architect Sr. Consultant II. This is an individual contributor opportunity. This role will develop, and drive solutions forward that allow our organization to reach its goals by partnering with technology, business stakeholders and user experience. You will be the key bridge between business and technology stakeholders to both uncover and drive the change forward. Aspects of this role include pilot program engagement and measurement and applying end user feedback to the development of future requirements. This role requires somebody who can evaluate and uncover current opportunities, influence and lead the strategic development of a solution, and drive the development and implementation of the solution alongside our tech, business and user experience partners. Additionally, experience with project management, A/B testing, and an understanding of the Allstate Exclusive Agency technology ecosystem and agency processes would be beneficial.

Key Responsibilities

* Analyzing, understanding and recovery of the organization's current business processes, goals, and objectives.

* Help guide the implementation of the initiative, collaborating with stakeholders to align business strategies with technology solutions, working with other product owners to ensure integration between capabilities within a platform.

* Use customer feedback, detailed market analysis, and data gathering to provide recommendations on decisions about product strategy and iterations

* Identifying opportunities for improvement, optimization, and reuse within the business architecture while adhering to design principles and user experience.

* Assist in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of business architecture solutions and making recommendations for enhancements as needed, performing process development, improvement, rollout, and integration activities, and optimizing process oversight with process agility.

* Engage in discovery/test and learn activities to quickly validate assumptions and capability or solution direction to achieve business results

* Assist with execution of initiatives, proactively engaging with field stakeholder groups to collect insights and feedback.

* Translating business requirements into technical specifications and guiding the implementation of initiatives, operating at the capability level, in support of broader platforms, and developing functional systems flow to ensure the efficacy of new capabilities.

Education

* 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred)

Experience

* 3 or more years of experience (Preferred)

* 3 or more years of project management (Preferred)

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Ability to interact effectively, and coach othersoninteracting effectively, with internal or external customers and act with empathy.

• Ability to craft strategic storylines.

• Ability to obtain and apply working knowledge ofinsuranceindustry.

• Applies knowledge of analytical procedures to reconcile, manipulate, and recognize patterns of data.

• Applies knowledge of problem solving and preparation of reports for analysis.

• Ability tovalidateand prioritize product backlogs byleveragingcustomer-centric thinking, discovery and research, rapid iteration, and lean practices.

• In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

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Compensation

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

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