Director, Product Management

Posted:
12/18/2024, 4:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Zionsville, Indiana, United States ⋅ Indiana, United States

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Product

Group 1001 is a consumer-centric, technology-driven family of insurance companies on a mission to deliver outstanding value and operational performance by combining financial strength and stability with deep insurance expertise and a can-do culture. Group1001’s culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, core business focus, risk management, and striving for outcomes. This goal extends to how we hire and onboard our most valuable assets – our employees.

Group 1001, and its affiliated companies, is strongly committed to providing a supportive work environment where employee differences are valued. Diversity is an essential ingredient in making Group 1001 a welcoming place to work and is fundamental in building a high-performance team. Diversity embodies all the differences that make us unique individuals.  All employees share the responsibility for maintaining a workplace culture of dignity, respect, understanding and appreciation of individual and group differences.

Summary:

The Product Manager works with a tight-knit team of engineering, product, operations, marketing, and other business stakeholders to grow the experience for the administrative platform. This role focuses on evolving the platform to meet consumers' needs which involves the full product life cycle from ideation to development to launch. This position is a key contributor to own one of the organization’s highest-priorities – expansion of Onyx’s capabilities. 

Main Accountabilities:

  • Own and lead the Onyx product roadmap (consumer-facing and internal-facing apps), and feature prioritization for core platform
  • Define and evangelize the product roadmap, aligning on the outcomes in tandem with other leaders in the organization -- thereby enabling our team to define and execute the output, features, and products that consistently deliver value to our customers
  • Responsible for shipping all product capabilities on the roadmap.
  • Own the stakeholder communication for risk mitigation, issue resolution, and escalations
  • Establish, implement, and monitor best practices and rigor in the Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC) that optimizes for impact on our business, velocity, and throughput
  • Lead and facilitate cross-functional alignment, strong relationships, and a feeling of inclusiveness in the PDLC with leaders from Engineering, Operations, Marketing and other supporting teams
  • Work directly with key stakeholders, gathering feedback, requirements, and insights into future platform development and integration
  • Lead the team to deliver the roadmap through agile sprint cycles, breaking down the product roadmap into executable stories and requirements
  • Define success metrics and consistently measure the impact of the team’s work

Qualifications

  • 7+ Years of experience in Product Management in a consumer software company
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, or a related field or equivalent combination of experience and instruction
  • A strong background in product management and a passion for building delightful consumer product experiences
  • Deep customer empathy and experience shaping product direction and execution 
  • We are a fast-growing and evolving team; things are going to happen. Be pragmatic, and optimistic, and find the solution.
  • Demonstrate a proven track record of managing the end-to-end product lifecycle
  • Ability to define and translate a vision into detailed and actionable plans
  • Strong understanding of agile product development, delivery, and tools
  • Ability to communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Data-driven mindset and a measurable approach to problem-solving
  • Relentlessly resourceful, ruthless prioritize, intellectually curious, efficient executor, and biased towards action

Benefits Highlights:  

Employees who meet benefit eligibility guidelines and work 30 hours or more weekly, have the ability to enroll in Group 1001’s benefits package. Employees (and their families) are eligible to participate in the Company’s comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plan options.  Employees are also eligible for Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability, and to enroll in the Company’s Employee Assistance Program and other wellness initiatives.  Employees may also participate in the Company’s 401K plan, with matching contributions by the Company. 

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