Sr. Manager, Product

The Sr. Manager, Product role that leads a team (or teams) that supports and manages insurance product performance in market by leveraging analysis, insights across a variety of internal and external sources to conduct root cause analysis. Researches solutions that inform recommended actions to improve profitability, growth and customer experience in support of annual profit and growth plans. Monitors/supports/adjusts actions and initiatives top and bottom-line aspects of product performance in market(s). Creates insights from intelligence about customer, market and competitors for problem solving and proactively monitoring trends in the market.Primary Accountabilities•Creates a collaborative, performance-driven work environment by facilitating and fostering trust, transparency, and inclusion. Works with team members to set clear goals, provide feedback, perform performance assessments, and support on-going development.•Leads with influence and expertise. Actively contributes to division or department leadership team. Communicates and supports organization mission, vision, values, policies, and practices.•Leads with a continuous improvement approach and recommends actions to improve premium volume growth and profitability.•Leads implementation of product development or product management changes. Includes other corporate stakeholders for opportunity identification, enterprise service linkage, vendor management and research.•Oversees product research and insights gathering and analysis including competitive intelligence, customer empathy, develop pricing models and analysis and innovation methodology.•Manages the analysis of business results, external market dynamics and other data sources to assess trends and develop actionable insights and recommendations to address business issues.•Works with business partners to identify and scope new opportunities for reporting and financial analysis applications to evaluate business performance and to support business decisions.•Responsible for communication and delivery of reporting and financial model results to business partners, supporting socialization and adoption of analysis results into business activities and decisions.Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements•Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.•Demonstrated experience analyzing and interpreting facts and data, including financial information, in a way that can lead to actionable conclusions.•Demonstrated experience communicating to a variety of audiences to review findings, arguments, options, risks, benefits, and other issues in a frame of reference that the audience can understand.•Demonstrated experience in driving to results in one or more of the following areas: sales, product lines, claims, or other core business functions.•Demonstrated experience managing and leading large complex projects or programs with a cross-divisional impact toward intended results.•Demonstrated effective experience leading people or projects.•Solid knowledge and understanding of root cause analysis and processes.•Demonstrated experience developing insurance product strategies.•Demonstrated leadership experience in product management and/or development with a focus on profit and loss.•Solid knowledge and of market research and marketplace and regulatory trends.•Solid knowledge and understanding of product design and product management.•Solid knowledge of and experience with advanced financial and data analysis techniques.In this flex office/home role, you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month from one of the following office locations: Madison, WI 53783; Boston, MA 02110, Denver, CO 80112; Eden Prairie, MN 55343; Keene, NH 03431; St. Joseph, MO 64507; Phoenix, AZ 85034;Candidates must reside within a 50-mile radius of the office location (or 35-mile radius for Boston