Remote State Expansion Program Manager

Remote Jobs; United States; Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Remote Jobs is seeking a State Expansion Project Manager to lead strategic planning, governance, and execution of launching new states. The role partners with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to drive the program roadmap and ensure readiness for market entry.

You'll collaborate with Product, Underwriting, Compliance, Legal, IT, Claims, Finance, Operations, Marketing, and vendors to deliver end-to-end expansion plans, manage risks, budgets, and post-launch stabilization, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience leading large, cross-functional enterprise initiatives.
• Property & Casualty insurance experience required; state expansion or regulatory implementation experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience presenting to and influencing executive leadership.
• Strong understanding of project governance, portfolio management, and project management methodologies.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple complex initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end planning, governance, execution, and delivery of strategic state expansion initiatives.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, budgets, and resource plans.
• Partner with executive leadership to define expansion strategy, priorities, launch readiness, and success metrics.
• Lead cross-functional teams to ensure all business areas complete required deliverables on schedule.
• Facilitate executive steering committee meetings, project status meetings, and decision-making sessions.
• Identify, assess, and proactively mitigate project risks, issues, dependencies, and resource constraints.
• Coordinate regulatory filing activities with Compliance and Legal while aligning operational readiness to approval timelines.
• Oversee third-party vendors, implementation partners, and consultants to ensure contractual deliverables and timelines are achieved.
• Collaborate with Product, Underwriting, Claims, IT, Finance, Operations, Marketing, and Customer Service to prepare each business area for launch.
• Manage project budgets, vendor statements of work, implementation schedules, and financial tracking.
• Prepare executive dashboards, presentations, and status reports highlighting milestones, risks, decisions, and overall portfolio health.
• Support testing, operational readiness, training, go-live planning, and post-launch stabilization activities.
• Establish standardized project governance, documentation, templates, and best practices for future state expansion efforts.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline launch processes and reduce implementation timelines.

Skills

Project management

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Risk management

Job description

Remote Jobs is seeking a State Expansion Project Manager to lead strategic planning, governance, and execution of launching new states. The role partners with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to drive the program roadmap and ensure readiness for market entry.

You'll collaborate with Product, Underwriting, Compliance, Legal, IT, Claims, Finance, Operations, Marketing, and vendors to deliver end-to-end expansion plans, manage risks, budgets, and post-launch stabilization, and