The Product Manager works with business owners and creates, maintains and communicates the Product Vision and Product Roadmap to develop technical changes to a moderately large / complex business solution. Alternatively, their accountability may be for several smaller, less complex solutions. The Product Manager owns the outcomes at the Agile Release Train (ART) level, breaking down the roadmap into a program increment roadmap that is clearly communicated to product owners and developers on release trains. The Product Manager also ensures alignment at all times with the product vision.
Requirements
- Minimum of three years’ experience working within the Commercial insurance industry coupled with eight years’ experience as a Product Manager, Senior Product Owner, Product Owner, or similar role.
- Experience leading large Underwriting-related initiatives, supporting multiple business units and stakeholders.
- Deep knowledge in the Underwriting and Operations processes, including experience with multiple P&C lines of business.
- Broad underwriting experience preferred, topics include: risk assessment and pricing tools, low touch Underwriting processes, global coverage placement.
- Proven ability to effectively coach, develop, mentor and inspire a team using the Lean-Agile Mindset
- Expert domain knowledge of the solutions being developed and proven ability to deliver outcomes across business functions in pursuit of value within their area of expertise and for the company
- Proven ability to think strategically and develop plans and roadmaps to realize outcomes aligned with business strategy
Responsibilities
- Owns, and has final authority for, the business strategy, content and priorities for the ART
- Collaborates with Business Owner / Initiative Owners to decompose Initiatives into ART-level work efforts
- Develops and owns the Agile Program Vision, Backlog and Program Increment (PI) Roadmap, continuously communicating to the Portfolio and Team levels
- Develops Benefit Hypotheses and acceptance criteria
- Works with Portfolio Management, where applicable, actively engaging in Portfolio-level meetings and providing insights into budget parameters
- Partners with system architects to prioritize architecture work aligned with the architectural runway and business priorities
- Actively participates in Team-level PI ceremonies
Other
- This hybrid role works from the office in Chicago, IL or the potential for remote work with travel to/from Chicago as needed.
- Support change management, training and communication needs.
- Supports the development of a high performing Product Management team at CNA. Provides leadership and mentoring, coaching and development support to empower Product Owners to proactively manage product backlogs to deliver business value.
- Strong ability to resolve conflicts, facilitate discussions, propose viable alternatives, and consider different approaches
- Proven ability to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including business and technical/product teams; building and maintaining collaborative relationships
