Senior Technical Product Manager

Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.

At Great American, we value and recognize the benefits derived when people with different backgrounds and experiences work together to achieve business results. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered, and enabled to perform at their best.

This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

P&C IT Services provides professional services to help our business units and corporate functions use technology to create, manage, and optimize information and business processes.  IT Services can include a wide range of activities such as: software development, data management, Cloud services, IT security, network security, technical support, establishing and overseeing access rights, procuring and maintaining equipment or software, managing the infrastructure, and defining security procedures,  The overall goal of IT Services is to provide technology solutions that increase efficiency, reduce costs, and give our company a competitive advantage over our competitors.

Great American’s culture is built on connection, shared learning, and strong relationships. To support this, employees in this role are expected to be on-site a minimum of two days a week, with the potential to work three days remotely. Core in‑office days are Tuesday and Thursday but will be determined by business needs.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Execution
  • Accountable for End-to-End delivery within the defined product
  • Accountable for partnering with other dependent teams, and their delivery leads, for successful product delivery
  • Coordinates across Product Owners, TPMs, and Delivery Leads to resolve blockers and delivery conflicts
  • Ensures backlog is refined, sustainable, and actionable by delivery team (meets team methodology needs)
  • Partners with delivery team to facilitate team ceremonies (standup, planning, retro, etc.)
  • Responsible for partnering with tech team to understand technical direction and capabilities for decision making and trade-off discussions
  • Partners with Product Owner on backlog prioritization and technical considerations
  • Ensures cross-functional collaboration and decision making (Balanced Team)
• Process
  • Accountable that defined SDLC practices are followed through all phases of development and maintenance
  • Accountable for creating sustainable operational model with most efficient use of AMS
• Delivery Strategy & Collaboration
  • Serves as the face of the product on the IT side - Primary escalation and communication point to the product team
  • Partners with business and IT stakeholders to define product level vision, objectives, and strategies
  • Partners with business stakeholders and Product Owners on further defining OKRs and overall success metrics for the product
  • Monitors and Ensures product performance (e.g. KPIs & Key Results) meets expected results
  • Accountable for ensuring Product Delivery team understands objectives and success criteria
  • Partners with Tech Leads, Anchors, and UX to create delivery options to meet business objectives
  • Partners with Delivery Leader on team needs, pain points, risks, and opportunities
  • Partners with UX and Product Owner on user feedback and user data for future product direction
  • Targets LEAN product principles (Lean teams, iterations, stories, releases)

Job Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.

Experience: Generally, a minimum of 6 years of related experience that includes experience in Technical Product Management. Certification in Lean methodologies preferred, with a strong understanding of product development and development framework -- ideally Extreme Programming. User-Centered Design certification preferred.

Scope of Job/Qualifications: Performs product management for complex products and may have product management duties for multiple teams. Instills Product Mindset with a balanced team approach by breaking down complex problems into simple solutions focused on important customer needs. Exhibits advanced analytical skills with the ability to gather and analyze data to drive problem solving and decision-making. May own product strategy and execution, ensuring alignment between customer needs, business goals, and technology capabilities. May participate in making recommendations for best practices and introducing new techniques/tools to the product management team. Exhibits advanced business knowledge and the ability to identify and define business needs including an understanding of the organization's business and technology operations. Demonstrates strong customer focus by being responsive, consultative, collaborative and accurate in work approach. Viewed as a senior resource on the team.

Business Unit:

Property & Casualty IT Services

Benefits:

We offer competitive benefits packages for full-time and part-time employees*. Full-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision coverage, wellness plans, parental leave, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement. Full-time and eligible part-time employees also enjoy Paid Time Off and paid holidays, a 401(k) plan with company match, an employee stock purchase plan, and commuter benefits.

 

Compensation varies by role, level, and location and is influenced by skills, experience, and business needs. Your recruiter will provide details about benefits and specific compensation ranges during the hiring process. Learn more at http://www.gaig.com/careers.

 

*Excludes seasonal employees and interns.