**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 through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. **
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.
Are you a recent college graduate ready to embark on a rewarding career in leadership? Do you have experience motivating and guiding others; whether leading academic projects, volunteer or philanthropic initiatives, serving in athletics or extracurricular activities, or supervisory roles? GEICO’s Leadership Development Program (LDP) is designed to help you transform your leadership potential into a dynamic career in the insurance industry.
We are looking for bright, driven, self-directed future leaders to join our LDP in our Melville/Downstate NY location on our Physical Damage team. This program combines industry-leading training, hands-on experience, and personalized mentorship to prepare you for a future in management. As an LDP Associate, you’ll learn to motivate, inspire, and develop a high-performing team while gaining invaluable insights into GEICO’s operations and culture.
Success in this role is built on the foundation of GEICO’s core leadership behaviors:
- Ownership: You take responsibility for outcomes in all scenarios.
- Adaptability: You navigate dynamic environments with creativity and resilience.
- Leading People: You empower individuals and teams to achieve their best.
- Collaboration: You build and strengthen partnerships across organizational lines.
- Driving Value: You use data-driven insights to align actions with strategic goals.
What You’ll Do:
- Participate in a structured leadership program with comprehensive training on insurance fundamentals, GEICO’s business operations, and team management.
- Work closely with mentors and leaders who will guide your professional growth and development.
- Gain hands-on experience managing teams, driving results, and solving real-world business challenges.
- Develop your ability to motivate, and inspire a team, fostering a culture of collaboration, excellence, and accountability.
- Learn to analyze business metrics and implement strategies that support organizational goals.
What We’re Looking For:
- College graduates with a Bachelor’s degree.
- At least 6 months of leadership experience in roles such as leading academic projects, participating in volunteer or philanthropic initiatives, serving in athletics or extracurricular activities, managing capstone projects or research, acting as a shift supervisor, or completing leadership focused coursework.
- A passion for motivating and inspiring others to achieve shared goals.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- Eagerness to learn and a desire to grow into a leadership role within the insurance industry.
- Adaptability and a proactive approach to problem solving.
- A valid driver's license (must meet company underwriting guidelines for at least the past 3 consecutive years), the ability to maintain applicable state and federal certifications and permits, and willingness to be flexible with primary work location, as position may require either remote/field/in-office work
Why Choose GEICO?
Meaningful Impact: Help customers feel secure and supported while growing your career.
Inclusive Culture: Join a company that values diversity, collaboration, and innovation.
Workplace Flexibility: Benefit from a hybrid work model—80% in-office, 20% remote after training—and enjoy the GEICO Flex Program, allowing up to four additional weeks of remote work annually.
Mentorship: Learn directly from experienced leaders who are invested in your success.
Professional Growth: Access GEICO’s industry-leading training programs and development opportunities:
- Licensing and continuing education at no cost to you.
- Leadership development programs and hundreds of eLearning courses to enhance your skills.
Ready to Take the Lead?
If you’re ready to take the first step in a leadership career and make a meaningful impact, apply today to join GEICO’s Leadership Development Program. Let’s build your future together.
Annual Salary
$32.05 - $50.36
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.
At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
The GEICO Pledge:
Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.
We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.
Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind. You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.
Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.
As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.
Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.
- Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
- Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
- Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
- Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.
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.