Responsibilities
The Product Manager I is responsible for delivering valuable and viable solutions in partnership with the product team for small and/or low complexity/sensitivity products. They are responsible for executing the strategy via delivery of the product backlog. They partner effectively with product team disciplines to drive to outcomes. They demonstrate curiosity, open-mindedness, and motivation to gain exposure and experience in all phases of the product lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Product Strategy - Partners with a Product Manager or Senior Product Manager to understand the product strategy for a lower complexity / sensitivity product. Develops understanding of product strategy in context of the enterprise and business strategies. Responsible for executing against the strategy as part of a product team(s)
- Product Discovery - Accountable for understanding and defining key business outcomes and requirements for their product. In partnership with PM or Senior PM, identifies opportunities/problems to solve and articulates hypotheses. Leads the product team (design, engineering, and various business roles) in ideating and running experiments. Executes experiments as part of a product team (in partnership with design, engineering, and various business roles). Assesses value of experiments, collaborates to draw out insights, and shares learnings with key partners and stakeholders. Based on learnings, determines which work should be prioritized into the product. Accountable, with Product Manager or Senior Product Manager, for improving or maintaining an effective parallel discovery and delivery model.
- Product Delivery - Is accountable for success of product delivery in collaboration with technology and non-technology partners. In partnership with other members of a team, work to remove impediments and manage dependencies that the team may face in the pursuit of value creation. Ensures the product team has the business, customer, user, and stakeholder context required to solve problems effectively and efficiently. Collaborates with team to break down work in a manner which frequently releases valuable product changes. Typically plays the role of product owner for SCRUM teams, collaborating on story creation and refinement, definition and success criteria, prioritization, and accepts work as done. Participate in team/agile ceremonies (effective structure & routines). Partner with team members to deliver value with quality. Communicates product releases to stakeholders & partners.
- Product Assessment - Consults with Product Manager or Sr. Product Manager to ensure every goal-aligned unit of value created by the team(s) is measurable and can show progress towards product goals. Monitors and communicates product health, impact of product releases, and progress against product goals. Responsible for assessment practices of a team(s). Responsible and accountable for meeting product outcomes and if necessary, making enhancements to the go to market strategy, product, etc. to meet them.
- Stakeholder Management & Communication - Communicates discovery and delivery priorities, results of experiments, quantifiable progress to goals, and delivery health of their product with stakeholders. Communicates effectively as part of the product management team supporting a broader product family or portfolio. Identifies opportunities to improve the product management practice within their sphere of responsibility; and works as part of the product management team to continuously improve.
Qualifications
Must have skills :
Domain Insurance (Life Insurance)
Product Manager experience in Policy Admin System
Business Acumen (Novice Advanced)
- Industry and product type subject matter
- Financial acumen - including budget and forecast management
Customer Development (Novice Intermediate)
- Understanding of, and experience with, process & techniques
- Deep customer understanding
Technical Acumen Novice - (Novice Intermediate)
- Comprehensive knowledge of technology and its role in solving business problems
Communication (Novice Intermediate)
- Solid communication skills including the ability to influence and negotiate
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to influence and negotiate at all levels
Problem Solving (Novice Intermediate)
- Demonstrates analytical problem solving, including ability to manage/manipulate data to derive insights
- Root cause analysis
- Conceptual problem solving
Leading Teams (Novice)
- Coach and motivate others
- Change management
- Stakeholder Management
Focus on driving value (Novice Intermediate)
- Data-driven decision maker and problem solver
- Takes a value-based approach to backlog prioritization and work structuring
Ownership Mindset (Novice Intermediate)
- Decision-making based on broader business outcomes
- Takes accountability for key decisions
- Actively embraces change and new ideas
Education And Certification(if Required)
- 8+ years of business, technology, or product management experience; or equivalent demonstrated through the following: work experience, military experience, or education. 5+ year working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment with product or engineering teams and stakeholders.
- Basic experience in a product environment and exposure to the Product Manager role.
- Basic experience with strategic thinking and decision making in a professional context.
- Basic experience with managing multiple workloads and/or competing priorities in a professional context.
- Basic experience with stakeholder and relationship management in a professional context.
- Demonstrated experience leading, influencing, and negotiating in a professional team environment.
