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.

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.

We are seeking a results driven Technical Product Manager to join one of our product delivery teams. This role will partner closely with key members of our business unit as well as our delivery teams to drive alignment on solutions that are valuable, usable, and feasible. This will be a hybrid role based out of Cincinnati, OH.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Ultimately accountable for partnering with the Delivery Leader on the delivery and product operations of one or more product teams

• Leads collaboration with stakeholders to gather and refine objectives, outcomes, and overall delivery direction

• Partners with both business and delivery stakeholders to translate complex business needs into detailed technical specifications and user stories.

• May be responsible for the performance and coaching of staff and may have a participatory role in decisions regarding talent selection, development, and performance management for direct reports.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Execution

• Coordinates across roles and teams to resolve blockers and delivery conflicts

• Partners with business partners to ensure 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.)

• Ensures cross-functional collaboration and decision making (Balanced Team)

Strategy and 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 and refine product level vision, objectives, and strategies

• Partners with business stakeholders on further defining OKRs and overall success metrics for the product

• Partners with Delivery Leader to monitor and ensure 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

• Targets

• LEAN product principles (Lean teams, iterations, stories, releases)

Skills & Competencies

• Leadership

• Product Mindset

• Collaboration & Teamwork

• Communication

• Drives for Results

• Customer Focus

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 or Scrum.

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.