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Central Agency Insurance - Van Wert, OH
posted 2 months ago
About the position
As a Senior Manager of Digital Products at Central, you will lead a team of Product Owners responsible for creating and delivering solutions that enhance our Core Policy Personal Lines, Core Policy Commercial Lines, Billing & Finance, and Claims Products. This role involves bridging Product Management and Engineering, breaking down long-term strategies into executable roadmaps, and ensuring effective collaboration between teams to maximize product development investments.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of Product Owners to create and deliver digital product solutions.
- Conduct user-focused market research and ensure continuous discovery work is shared with actionable findings.
- Coach the team on articulating the prioritization process to stakeholders and addressing root problems in enhancements.
- Facilitate relationships with legal and compliance teams, recognizing patent potential.
- Assist the team in developing market selection strategies and understanding routes to market.
- Coach teams on creating business cases and conducting viability analyses for product strategies.
- Review initiatives and suggest improvements for roadmaps and work breakdowns.
- Broker sizing conversations with Product Development, PM, and Design to ensure all perspectives are considered.
- Ensure the team is constantly testing assumptions and reporting on outcomes of tests.
- Develop collaborative relationships with engineering to ensure adequate detail is provided for development commits.
- Track outcomes and release progress, adjusting plans as needed.
- Ensure timely responses to enhancement requests and proper prioritization of requests.
- Coach the team on handling challenging stakeholder relationships and serve as an escalation point.
- Develop rollout plans for product releases and ensure compliance with internal audit and security teams.
Requirements
- Master's degree in business management or related field and 4 years of direct Product Management experience including 1 year management experience.
- Bachelor's degree in business management or related field and 4 years of direct Product Management experience including 1 year management experience.
- 8 years of direct Product Management experience including 1 year management experience.
- Ability to lead, mentor, and develop a team of product owners.
- Expert research skills to conduct primary and secondary market research.
- Expert ability to gather and synthesize large quantities of information to find unmet needs and opportunities.
- Expert strategic thinking skills to develop roadmaps.
- Basic financial accounting skills to populate predefined business case templates and make recommendations based on results.
- Clear written communication skills to convert research to requirements and evangelize products.
- Excellent public speaking skills.
Nice-to-haves
- Strong knowledge and experience with the software development lifecycle.
- Strong experience working in an agile environment.
- Ability to communicate in both software engineering jargon and non-technical language.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model
- Professional development opportunities
- Health insurance coverage
- 401k retirement plan
- Paid holidays and vacation time
