Director, Global Travel Operations, Corporate Card & Meetings Management

Allstate

Director of Global Travel Operations at Allstate overseeing travel operations and corporate card management. Leading enterprise-wide strategies across travel services in a regulated multinational environment.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $167,500 - $229,750 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provides enterprise-wide leadership for Allstate’s global travel, meetings & events, corporate card, and travel & expense ecosystem.
Serves as the operational owner and strategic integrator of travel operations, payment programs, meetings governance, duty of care, supplier performance, traveler experience, and financial controls.
Owns end-to-end global travel operations, ensuring consistency across regions, agencies, airlines, hotels, ground transportation, rail, meetings travel, and technology platforms.
Develops and executes a multi-year travel operations roadmap aligned to enterprise financial goals, employee experience, sustainability, resilience, and risk tolerance.
Partners with the Allstate Catastrophe organization and external service providers to ensure readiness and resilience in response to climate-related events.

Requirements

What you’ll need

15+ years of progressive leadership in global travel operations, meetings management, corporate card/T&E programs, or adjacent enterprise operations.
Demonstrated ownership of enterprise-wide programs in large, complex, regulated organizations.
Deep experience with supplier negotiations, governance, and performance oversight.
Strong financial and analytical acumen managing large budgets, KPIs, and risk controls.
Proven success leading cross-functional initiatives across Finance, Procurement, Security, Technology, Risk, and Audit.
A digital native demonstrates strong fluency with technology.
Executive-level communication skills with the ability to influence without authority.
Track record of operational transformation, process improvement, and technology adoption.
Relationship-based role: Acts as a strategic partner responsible for building and maintaining relationships across all touchpoints.

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse.
monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs.

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Hard Skills & Tools

global travel operationsmeetings managementcorporate card programstravel & expense programssupplier negotiationsfinancial controlsbudget managementKPI managementrisk controlsoperational transformation

Soft Skills

leadershipexecutive-level communicationinfluence without authorityrelationship managementcross-functional collaborationanalytical acumenprocess improvementstrategic partnershiptechnology fluencyresilience