Assurant

Strategic Program Director, Global Housing

Assurant$144K — $241K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years in project management with ownership of concurrent initiatives.
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams through complexities and change.
  • Ability to drive consensus and influence stakeholders at various levels.
  • Strong skills in project management, communication, and relationship-building, with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and prioritize business initiatives based on strategic factors.
  • Lead planning and execution across multiple projects from start to finish.
  • Establish governance with tools like roadmaps and dashboards to ensure transparency.
  • Align teams and resources around project objectives, timelines, and budgets.
  • Translate complex information into clear recommendations for action.

Benefits

  • Up to 20% travel required annually depending on business needs.
Full Job Description

Overview of Position
Assurant Global Housing is seeking a strategic, action-oriented program leader to turn critical business priorities into measurable results. In this highly visible, role, you will lead a portfolio of initiatives that advance scalability, automation, operational performance, and profitability. You will bring structure to complex work, create transparency through disciplined governance and reporting, and build the cross-functional alignment needed to move high-impact programs from idea to execution.


What will be my duties and responsibilities in this job?

  • Identify, assess, and prioritize business initiatives based on strategic value, effort, risk, scalability, and profit impact.

  • Lead end-to-end planning and execution across multiple initiatives, programs, projects, and workstreams, from intake and approval through delivery and closeout.

  • Establish practical governance through roadmaps, schedules, dashboards, status reporting, action logs, risk and issue management, project documentation, and executive updates.

  • Align leaders, cross-functional teams, and internal or external project resources around objectives, responsibilities, budgets, timelines, and decisions; resolve barriers and sustain momentum.

  • Turn complex, time-sensitive information into clear recommendations and actions while identifying trends, streamlining opportunities, and improvements to program and project management practices.


What are the requirements needed for this position?

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or a related field (or relevant experience)

  • 5+ years of project management experience, including ownership of concurrent initiatives or complex cross-functional work.

  • Experience leading project resources or direct reports and guiding teams through ambiguity, competing priorities, and organizational change.

  • Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional consensus, create urgency, analyze complex information, make sound decisions, and influence stakeholders at multiple levels.

  • Strong project and program management, communication, facilitation, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio.

What other skills/experience would be helpful to have?

  • Insurance or underwriting experience.

  • Experience with Agile development processes.

  • Portfolio management expertise and experience delivering work for large internal or external stakeholders.

  • Proficiency in PMI methodology or a PMP certification.

  • Deep expertise in a business function relevant to the portfolio.


How much should I expect to travel?
Up to 20% travel annually, as projects or business needs may require.

Pay Range:

$144,700.00 - $241,600.00

Any posted pay range considers a wide range of compensation factors, including candidate background, experience and work location, while also allowing for salary growth within the position.

If there is no posting end date listed then this is a pipeline requisition, and we will continue to collect applications on an ongoing basis.

About Assurant

The Warranty Group is the world’s premier provider of extended service plans and related benefits, with operations in 33 countries and 1800 employees. We have $5 billion in assets with almost $2 billion in revenues (2010). Our wholly-owned subsidiary, Virginia Surety Company, Inc., is rated "A-" Excellent by AM Best Company, as is our UK based company, London General Insurance. By providing underwriting, claims administration and marketing expertise, The Warranty Group is a global single-source solution for manufacturers, distributors and retailers of consumer goods including autos, homes, consumer electronics, medical devices, furniture and appliances as well as financial institutions. We partner with our clients to drive revenue through customer acquisition and retention, while providing financial modeling and regulatory services. The Warranty Group is a unit of Onex Corporation (TSX:OCX), one of Canada's largest publicly-held companies with assets of $40 billion, revenues of $35 billion, and 212,000 employees worldwide(2011).

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Joining Assurant means becoming part of a team that is committed to supporting your career growth and innovation in the insurance sector. As a global provider of risk management solutions, Assurant is where professional aspirations meet opportunities for real impact.

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Size
15,600 employees
Market Cap
$6.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$441.8 million
Founded
1892
5 Year Trend
+6.2%
Revenue
$10 billion
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