GEICO
Senior Director, Head of Associate Relations
Bethesda, MD, USA · Director
No sponsorship$195k-$315kDetected 8 hours ago
Process ImprovementHREmployee RelationsLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
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About the role
- GEICO is seeking an experienced, strategic people leader to serve as Head of Associate Relations.
- This role is critical to GEICO as it has direct influence and impact to while helping shape the broader associate experience.
Responsibilities
- Evolve the operating model across organizational design, governance, processes, decision rights, service standards, and escalation pathways.
- Build strong partnerships across Legal, Compliance, Operations, Communications, HR Business Partners, HR Operations, and the broader People Group to advance enterprise people strategies.
Requirements
- Proven success leading enterprise-scale functions, transformations, operating model redesigns, process modernization, or service delivery improvements.
- Experience influencing senior executives and aligning diverse stakeholders in complex organizations.
- 12+ years of progressive leadership experience across multiple people disciplines, with meaningful Associate Relations or Employee Relations experience spanning workplace concerns, investigations, employment practices, and workforce risk management.
- Demonstrated leadership beyond traditional employee relations, such as HR operations, business partnership, organizational effectiveness, workforce transformation, employee experience, or enterprise change.
- Ability to use data, associate feedback, workforce insights, and qualitative themes to drive decisions and continuous improvement, supported by strong business acumen.
- Exceptional communication, executive presence, judgment, relationship-building, and commitment to fairness, integrity, inclusion, accountability, confidentiality, and ethical leadership.
- Brings the credibility to lead Associate Relations from day one and the breadth to contribute across the larger Associate Experience portfolio as a strategic partner to senior business leaders.
- Understands how organizational design, leadership behavior, manager capability, processes, workplace norms, and associate sentiment interact, and can move comfortably between strategy and execution.
- Views Associate Relations as both a risk management function and a source of insight into organizational health, trust, and associate experience.
- Annual Salary
- $195,000.00 - $315,000.00 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.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Leadership, Psychology, or a related field
- advanced degree preferred.
- Preferred Candidate Attributes:
Compensation
- $195,000.00 - $315,000.00 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.
- Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.
Benefits
- Organizational Health, Trust, and Workforce Insights
- Monitor organizational health and connect individual concerns to broader opportunities to strengthen trust, engagement, accountability, leadership effectiveness, and workplace experience.
- 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.
Company info
- Protecting customers through life's twists and turns with innovation and integrity.
- Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.
- Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.
- Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.
- 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.
- Why Join GEICO?
- 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 on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide.
- Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States.
- 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.
Visa & Work Authorization
- At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position
This listing is sourced directly from GEICO's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.