Associate Manager Legal Systems

Progressive Insurance; United States; Remote; USD 98,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Medical, dental & vision

Wellness programs

Life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition assistance

Onsite gym (at large locations)

Job summary

Progressive Insurance is seeking an Associate Manager of Legal Systems to lead people, portfolio delivery, and operational support behind the systems Corporate Legal relies on. You will guide a team of business systems consultants and partner with Legal Systems leadership on strategy, roadmaps, and priorities.

This remote role requires deep experience in business systems, strong leadership, and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder priorities while delivering secure, compliant solutions

Qualifications

• A minimum of eight years experience in business systems (e.g., systems integration, implementing technology solutions, project management, process design and optimization, testing and troubleshooting systems, training and supporting users, ensuring compliance and security, gathering and documenting requirements).
• Bachelor's degree or higher and a minimum of five years experience in business systems (e.g., systems integration, implementing technology solutions, project management, process design and optimization, testing and troubleshooting systems, training and supporting users, ensuring compliance and security, gathering and documenting requirements).

Responsibilities

• Lead people, portfolio delivery, and operational support behind the systems Corporate Legal relies on.
• Manage and develop business systems consultants while providing leadership, guidance, and oversight.
• Partner with Legal Systems leadership on portfolio strategy, priorities, roadmaps, and overall direction.
• Manage the portfolio and budget day-to-day and ensure strong support models, standards, and best practices.
• Combine people and portfolio leadership with hands-on business systems expertise and guide complex work.

Skills

Business systems experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Progressive is dedicated to helping employees move forward and live fully in their careers. Your journey has already begun.

As an associate manager of legal systems, you'll lead the people, portfolio delivery, and operational support behind the systems Corporate Legal relies on. You'll manage and develop business systems consultants while providing the leadership, guidance, and oversight needed to help the team deliver high-quality solutions and support. You'll partner with Legal Systems leadership on portfolio strategy, priorities, roadmaps, and overall direction. You'll manage the portfolio and budget day-to-day and ensure strong support models, standards, and best practices are established and consistently followed. You'll combine people and portfolio leadership with hands-on business systems expertise, allowing you to guide and review complex work, navigate escalations and decisions, and step in to lead initiatives. You'll also work closely with Corporate Legal leaders, Legal Operations, Legal IT, and vendors to build alignment, navigate competing priorities, and support effective delivery and ongoing operations across the portfolio.

This is a remote position with occasional travel to Cleveland, OH for meetings and/or training.

Minimum Qualifications

• A minimum of eight years experience in business systems (e.g., systems integration, implementing technology solutions, project management, process design and optimization, testing and troubleshooting systems, training and supporting users, ensuring compliance and security, gathering and documenting requirements).
• {OR} Bachelor's degree or higher and a minimum of five years experience in business systems (e.g., systems integration, implementing technology solutions, project management, process design and optimization, testing and troubleshooting systems, training and supporting users, ensuring compliance and security, gathering and documenting requirements).

Preferred Skills

• People leadership experience, focused on coaching, employee development, and building team capability.
• Lead-level business systems consulting experience, with the ability to guide and review complex systems work, coach others through requirements and solution development, provide recommendations, manage escalations, and directly lead complex initiatives.
• Experience providing day-to-day operational, delivery, and financial leadership across a systems portfolio, including managing priorities, roadmaps, budgets, support models, standards, best practices, vendors, contracts and renewals, and security and risk reviews.
• Strong stakeholder and executive communication skills, with experience influencing leaders and partners, building alignment across business, Legal, IT, Sourcing, compliance, and vendor partners, and navigating competing priorities, ambiguity, and complex decisions to drive adoption.
• Experience supporting Corporate Legal, compliance, or other complex SaaS business systems in environments with significant operational, risk, or compliance considerations.

Compensation

• $98,400 - $131,200/year
• Gainshare annual cash incentive payment up to 30% of your eligible earnings based on company performance.

Benefits

• 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 6%
• Medical, dental & vision, including free preventative care
• Wellness & mental health programs
• Health care flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, & life insurance
• Paid time off, including volunteer time off
• Paid & unpaid sick leave where applicable, as well as short & long-term disability
• Parental & family leave; military leave & pay
• Diverse, inclusive & welcoming culture with Employee Resource Groups
• Career development & tuition assistance
• Onsite gym & healthcare at large locations

Energage recognizes Progressive as a 2026 Top Workplace for: Innovation, Purposes & Values, Work-Life Flexibility, Compensation & Benefits, and Leadership.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without the need or potential need, of current or future sponsorship for employment. Progressive does not hire candidates with (e.g., F-1 CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT, H-1B, O-1, E-3, TN) statuses for this role.