Job Details
As a Senior Manager, Product Management, you will lead a team to deliver on Openly's most critical objectives as we rebuild the insurance product experience for our customers and agents. This role will be responsible for overseeing the continued expansion of our product platform and defining the strategy of how we leverage technology to automate our models and processes. This will require you to work closely with our technology teams to understand feasibility, develop requirements, and implement sophisticated solutions to solve some of our most important challenges. You'll oversee a roadmap across multiple focus areas to achieve these key results, and will also collaborate closely with stakeholders, including our Insurance Product and Research teams, to execute that plan.
Key Responsibilities
Effectively manage multiple team members and support their continued development and growth at Openly. In addition to leadership responsibilities, this role will be an active contributor with their own set of initiatives and projects to drive forward. Assist in overseeing large scale initiatives focused on expediting our insurance product development process and platform. Define product strategy and roadmap to drive critical business outcomes and implement solutions to identified gaps Understand user experience and needs, and balance this with prioritization Prioritize initiatives/features that will maximize KPIs and reduce risk across teams Identify operational/functional needs and prioritize process and technology improvements that will optimize their results Support planning and coordination of operational activities required for execution Ensure change management (e.g., release notes, training, etc.) occurs to optimize improvements and team adoption Plan and coordinate software shipments and process changes across teams Understand and clearly communicate functional opportunities and challenges in executing on the roadmap Monitor our product and releases providing maintenance as needed in an ongoing fashion Requirements
Industry knowledge - strong understanding of homeowners insurance and ability to incorporate impact of state rules and regulations into prioritization and product strategy Managerial Engagement - prior experience for at least 2-3 years working as an effective manager that develops employees and builds engaging and effective teams Consistent execution - hits metric milestones while balancing competing priorities and staying within guard-rail metrics. Outcome oriented - experience driving positive business outcomes and collaborating well in cross-functional teams/projects including technology or shipping software products Great Communication - effectively, concisely, and consistently communicates to a wide range of stakeholders. Highly Collaborative - motivates and inspires cross-functionally and can lead/influence teammates from various backgrounds. Ability to see the big picture - understands company strategy and translates it into product vision and roadmap. Data-driven decision-making - incorporate data, customer research, and market analysis to prioritize at a fast pace. Customer centricity - enjoys learning about customer needs and is excited to build great products. Comfort with ambiguity - effectively manages uncertainty, can drive prioritization at a fast pace with incomplete information. #LI-CB1