At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.
Job Description
The Product Manager Expert is responsible for defining, delivering, and managing the lifecycle of one or more products in Allstate s growing product portfolio. The Product Manager Expert manages strategic product vision, product discovery, roadmaps, and backlog to maximize the customer and enterprise value provided by their product. Successful Product Managers help to identify assumptions and validate those assumptions using product discovery techniques. The Product Manager Expert is responsible for working closely with key stakeholders and partners, ensuring the successful definition and execution of go-to market and communications strategies for their products.
Key Responsibilities:
- Contribute towards creating the product strategy for one or more products in our growing digital product portfolio.
- Authors, tests, and accepts stories.
- Use customer feedback, detailed market analysis, and data gathering to provide recommendations on decisions about product strategy.
- Define and manage metrics to measure the success of your efforts and to inform the overall product strategy.
- Represent the voice of the customer; invest significant time with current and potential customers to understand their needs and habits.
- Facilitate and engage in discovery/test & learn activities to quickly validate assumptions and product direction.
- Provide input on decomposing complex problems into smaller manageable tasks by creating and prioritizing a backlog for the Product Team.
- Assist with managing the product backlog, contribute towards creating an effective vision and provide timely stakeholder feedback on development iterations.
Functional Skills:
- Solid understanding of and experience working in a technology development environment
- Entrepreneurial with a strong inclination towards action, preferably with experience in application and platform modernization
- Advanced ability to communicate complex and innovative concepts to product development teams with proven experience in data-driven decision making.
- Experience operating in an environment driven by KPIs where you had the accountability to determine the best course of action to meet your goals.
- Ability to contribute towards data-driven decision making on complex and innovative concepts.
- Ability to proactively anticipate problems and seek opportunities.
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience at breaking down work for iterative and incremental delivery.
- Effective at stakeholder management and transparent communication
Education and Experience:
- 4-year bachelor’s degree (Preferred)
- 6 or more years of experience (Preferred)
- In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
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Notes:
The preceding description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities. May be required to perform other related duties as assigned. Regular, predictable attendance is an essential function of this job.
Skills
Agile Methodology, Backlogs, Business Case Analyses, Communication, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Customer Centricity, Customer Journey, Data Analytics, Decision Making, Digital Literacy, Digital Product Design, Digital Product Development, Digital Product Management, Digital Products, Digital Product Strategy, Inclusive Leadership, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Learning Agility, Product Management, Product Roadmapping, Product Strategies, Results-Oriented, Systems Thinking
Compensation
Compensation offered for this role is $112,000.00 - 196,750.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.
Joining our team isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. And one where you can impact the future for the greater good.
You’ll do all this in a flexible environment that embraces connection and belonging. And with the recognition of several inclusivity and diversity awards, we’ve proven that Allstate empowers everyone to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live.
Good Hands. Greater Together.
Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.
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