GEICO

Senior Engineering Manager - Workday Financials (HYBRID)

Palo Alto, CA Full time

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.

At GEICO Technology, we are on a journey to revolutionize the Insurtech space with our technology offerings in the Insurance market and provide excellent service with better efficiency to our Customers and Associates. To achieve our vision and mission, we are focusing on transforming our existing tech to deliver products and capabilities that are marketplace ready and are agnostic of the Line of Business or the Channel utilized.  

 

With this massive mission, we are adding to our technical leadership team within the Finance Technology organization and are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Workday Financials technology team.  

 

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will be an engineering leader leading our Workday Financials Engineers to innovate and build new engineering solutions, improve and enhance existing solutions as well as leverage engineering solutions to solve critical operational problemsThe Senior Manager will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new capabilities  

 

Position Responsibilities 

As a Senior Engineering Manager with the Workday Financials team, you will: 

  • Define strategy and manage a roadmap that aligns with stakeholders' needs for the Workday Financials system  

  • Provide technical direction and organizational leadership for a team of Engineers who design, implement, test, deploy and maintain Workday Financials systems built to support GEICO’s transformation strategy 

  • Present a vision and strategic recommendations with clarity and concision to stakeholders having varying degrees of technology fluency 

  • Build and nurture a high-performing technology team, providing mentorship, coaching, and guidance to foster a culture of continuous learning 

  • Champion the implementation of engineering quality to include unit testing, automation testing, security testing, among others 

  • Work closely with the GEICO Finance organization to manage, innovate, and create new programs, direction and analytics that balance and improve the associate experience 

  • Foster effective collaboration and communication across teams to align priorities, share best practices, and ensure smooth coordination for incident response, system maintenance, and upgrades 

  • Manage resource allocation, and vendor relationships to optimize costs and maintain high-quality outcomes 

Qualifications 

  • Proven experience in a technology leadership role implementing Workday Financials system at large enterprise. 

  • Deep knowledge of Workday development tools (Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Workday Studio, Workday Report Writer, BIRT, Workday Cloud Platform - Extend and Orchestrate) 

  • Experience architecting and implementing new and current Workday Financial systems 

  • Experience leading the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of solutions for complex integrations 

  • Familiarity with cloud security best practices and compliance standards 

  • Experience developing and deploying applications in Azure, AWS or similar public cloud environment 

  • Excellent verbal/written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate to both Senior Leadership and Highly Technical personnel  

  • Excellent problem-solving skills, proactive, and ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment  

  • Ability to prioritize and balance multiple assignments across the team and engage team members effectively   

  • Clearly able to see how projects interrelate and have a strategic impact  

  • Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen eye for detail and a passion for driving operational efficiency and automation 

  • Experience with strategic planning, establishing and communicating roadmaps, budgeting and allocation of resources, as well as vendor collaboration 

  • Outstanding leadership and team management skills with a passion for mentoring and fostering professional growth 

Experience 

  • 10+ years of ERP software architecture and implementation/coding experience with 6+ years experience specifically with Workday Financials

  • 5+ years leadership and management of development teams 

  • 5+ years of development in a large-scale, mission-critical environment   

  • 3+ years of experience with automated testing including Unit, Integration, and End-to-End functional testing  

Education 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience 

Location

This is a Hybrid role working locally out of one the following hubs:

  • Palo Alto, CA

  • Dallas, TX

  • Chevy Chase/Bethesda, MD

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Annual Salary

$140,000.00 - $300,000.00

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.


 

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified 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.