The Platform Consultant Senior Expert engages in solution design for business & technical problems at the platform level. The Platform Consultant has very strong Insurance Domain & technical expertise and is considered a subject matter expert over products and platform, driving the horizontal platform consultant community and contributing to building consistency across the enterprise. They Expert acts as a technical mentor for the platform consultant community and the technical strategy across a large organization. This position is responsible for aligning product design to local and enterprise standards/patterns and can unlock business value while enabling engineering focus. This role interacts with senior leaders in the organization within technology, architecture and business to understand future visions to align strategic direction with tactical needs across the entire ecosystem. This role combines hands-on engineering capabilities with the ability to lead and influence architecture direction.
Key Responsibilities- Define & execute on Data strategy and analytics needs for the Insurance Pricing & UW needs
Expertly manages the priorities, value and time to support the platform to achieve measurable impact to business outcomes - Conducts stakeholder and risk analysis along with problem solving with the dedicated platform consultant as high priority initiatives arise and critical decisions need to be made
- Influences Discovery and Framing sessions across entire ecosystem. Engages in applying simplicity to achieve desired outcomes
- A key contributor to the overall landscape of technical architecture those platform consultants contribute to
- Liaison between technical leaders and business leaders. Provides direction and guidance of future strategy ensuring the roadmaps for both business and technology align tactically and strategically
- Builds trust and influence with engineering directors and principal engineers, along with our design leaders to influence backlogs and engineering practices
- Demonstrates subject matter expertise and considers input from the Community of Platform in reaching decisions, enabling strategies/patterns and when handling ECC red to green situations
- Applies industry standards and engages in emerging technologies. Filters important findings to the rest of the community
- Thought leader with the ability to influence technical decisions in a collaborative manner by questioning and considering implications
Experience• 10 or more years of experience (Preferred)
Supervisory Responsibilities• This job does not have supervisory duties.
SkillsAnalytics, Business, Business Outcomes, Business Values, Collaboration, Data Strategies, Design, Platform Architecture, Prioritization, Product Design, Solutions Design, Strategic Direction, Taking Initiative, Technical Architecture, Technical Strategy
CompensationCompensation offered for this role is 160,200.00 - 227,550.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.
Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse. Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs.
When working from home, you must have a dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating. Reliable internet is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.
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