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Product Manager- Commercial Lines

Selective Insurance Company of America Short Hills, NJ

Short Hills, NJ

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$146k - $189k/yr Full time Customer Experience Product Development Product Management

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Job Description

The Product Manager will be accountable for business value and outcomes while evangelizing a product mindset and driving end-to-end delivery of strategic imperatives across an agile program. In this hybrid role based in Short Hills, NJ, you will act as a chief user and customer advocate, leading Product Owners and program-level execution through prioritization and outcome measurement.

Role Focus

Own program-level value delivery and measurable outcomes, ensuring alignment between strategic goals and program development plans.
Translate product strategy into an executable, customer- and business-outcome oriented roadmap across an agile delivery environment.
Lead customer advocacy and feedback integration to refine product and program vision.

Responsibilities

Interpret and synthesize product strategy into a clear, inspirational, and actionable vision that supports agile development and delivery.
Convert vision and development plans into a value-based, iterative roadmap, communicating business and customer outcomes on an appropriate timeline.
Collaborate with product leaders, IT leaders, business leaders, stakeholders, and delivery teams to ensure strategic alignment.
Serve as chief customer advocate and proxy by engaging internal and external customers, building feedback mechanisms, optimizing feedback, and incorporating outcomes into the product and program vision.
Conduct and participate in market and competitive research, applying findings to product initiatives.
Identify and direct the collection of relevant data, and perform refinement and analysis to inform decisions.
Apply an economic view to evaluate cost, benefit, and business value when prioritizing product and program work.
Lead development and enrichment of a product mindset across the agile program and organization, ensuring shared understanding of product strategy.
Promote innovation and guide teams through ambiguity and change.
Lead a team of Product Owners within an agile program by setting direction, fostering collaboration, enabling decision-making, and removing obstacles.
Own, manage, and regularly prioritize the program-level and feature backlog.
Direct feature refinement in partnership with Product Owners, IT leads, end users, customers, stakeholders, and partners.
Align and direct demonstrations of business value for product leadership, business partners, stakeholders, end users, and customers.
Guide agile ceremonies and program planning activities, including business value assignment, defect prioritization, and continuous improvement.
Proactively manage inter- and intra-program dependencies, aligning prioritization and communicating impacts as appropriate.
Measure, track, and communicate outcomes with program-level status reporting.

Requirements

Comprehensive understanding of the P&C insurance industry, with product line or domain expertise and aptitude for continued learning.
Mastery of distilling and decomposing business strategy into a compelling, actionable vision.
Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, including appreciation for diverse perspectives.
Expertise in customer and user engagement and related methodologies.
Expertise in market and competitive research and related methodologies.
Ability to manage, coach, empower, and develop direct reports comfortably and effectively.
Expert problem-solving capability with intellectual curiosity and a development-focused mindset.
Mastery of data collection and analysis, with the ability to apply insights in decision-making.
High comfort level navigating ambiguity.
Ability to operate effectively across both strategic and tactical levels.
Comprehensive understanding of and extensive experience with product and software development lifecycles.
Expert knowledge of and practical experience with agile methodologies and tooling.
Expert knowledge of and practical experience writing and refining agile requirements.
Experience and comfort working with regulated products.
Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

Minimum Qualifications

5+ years of business analysis experience.
2+ years of experience in an insurance line of business role.
2+ years of leadership experience.

Education

College degree preferred.

Compensation

Pay Range: USD $146,000.00 - USD $189,000.00 /Yr.

Benefits

Competitive base salary
Incentive plan eligibility at all levels
Comprehensive health care plans
Retirement savings plan with company match
Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program
Tuition assistance and reimbursement programs
20 days of paid time off

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