At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection. 

Job Description

The Product Manager Senior Expert is responsible for defining, delivering, and managing the lifecycle of two or more products in Allstate’s growing product portfolio. Product Manager Senior Expert manages strategic product vision, product discovery and roadmaps to maximize the customer and enterprise value provided by their product. Product Manager Senior Expert also collaborates with a Product Marketing Manager to plan and execute an integrated marketing plan to support market awareness and adoption for their product, as applicable

• Good understanding of network, voice infrastructure

• Good understanding to switching and routing, voice translation

• Partner with the Allstate Information Security team for risk assessments and risk mitigation

• Partner with external business units and remote office technology teams (collaboration tools, Voice, physical security, network security, Real Estate and Construction, etc.) in ensuring that Allstate is managing its real estate portfolio cost effectively.

• Partner with the Network Connectivity and Platform Consultants to ensure that network smart office solutions are evaluated and introduced to ensure the maximum productivity of the office

• Partner with real estate and datacenter team for lifecycle, fulfilment and hands and feet teams

they will work with the On-Prem business hosting teams to ensure that server deployments in the private cloud (data centers) are being done cost effectively, by managing the switch port allocations and consumption in the data centers and Colo’s.

• Monitor budgets and operational effectiveness; develop strategies for adjusted courses of action

• Weigh alternatives and considers service and business implications of decisions

• Lead development and recommendation of new techniques and processes to support innovative solutions

• Coach and mentor members of the team as well as members of the cross-functional development organization

• Define and manage KPIs to measure the success of your efforts and to inform the overall product strategy.

• Create, drive and execute holistic product strategy (i.e. not limited to software development) for 2 or more products in our growing digital product portfolio.

• Partner with stakeholders inside and outside of the enterprise, and present to field teams and at events as the “product expert” for your defined product area.

• Make build, buy and/or partner decisions to advance product strategy and maximize KPIs

• Invest significant time with current and potential customers to understand their needs & habits and to elicit their feedback to potential product concepts and/or released product iterations.

• Engage in discovery/test & learn activities to quickly validate concepts as appropriate for backlog investments.

Education

• 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred)

Experience

• 10 or more years of experience in product management

• Technical know how on network and voice infrastructure

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job has supervisory duties.

Education & Experience (in lieu)

• In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Primary Skills

Influencing Others, Product Management, Product Strategies, Strategic Management, Systems Thinking

Shift Time

Shift B (India)

Recruiter Info

Yateesh B G

ybgaa@allstate.com

About Allstate

Joining our team isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. And one where you can impact the future for the greater good.  

You’ll do all this in a flexible environment that embraces connection and belonging. And with the recognition of several inclusivity and diversity awards, we’ve proven that Allstate empowers everyone to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. 

Good Hands. Greater Together.

The Allstate Corporation is one of the largest publicly held insurance providers in the United States. Ranked No. 84 in the 2023 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue, The Allstate Corporation owns and operates 18 companies in the United States, Canada, Northern Ireland, and India. Allstate India Private Limited, also known as Allstate India, is a subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation. The India talent center was set up in 2012 and operates under the corporation's Good Hands promise. As it innovates operations and technology, Allstate India has evolved beyond its technology functions to be the critical strategic business services arm of the corporation. With offices in Bengaluru and Pune, the company offers expertise to the parent organization’s business areas including technology and innovation, accounting and imaging services, policy administration, transformation solution design and support services, transformation of property liability service design, global operations and integration, and training and transition.

Learn more about Allstate India here.