Sr. Associate Product Manager (PPI)

Job Overview

Ivans, a division of Applied Systems, is currently seeking a Sr Associate Product Manager (data-driven). The Sr. Associate Product Manager will play a key role in shaping and enhancing our data products, which leverage unique insurance industry datasets to power analytics and AI-driven solutions. This role is designed to deepen product management expertise, build experience in data strategy, and refine cross-functional collaboration skills. The Sr. Associate Product Manager will focus on researching market needs, regulatory considerations, and competitive trends in insurance data, ensuring our solutions deliver high-value insights to carriers and MGAs. This role requires strong analytical thinking and the ability to translate data insights into product features, while actively collaborating with the team and receiving constructive feedback from managers and cross-functional leads.

What You’ll Do

• Ensures delivery of data-related features, stories, and enhancements as per the agreed timeline and quality standards, as recognized by the product manager.
• Demonstrates a clear understanding of how insurance carriers and MGAs use data, analytics, and AI-driven insights.
• Produces well-defined product requirements with measurable success criteria, focusing on data models, integrations, and analytics capabilities.
• Research and define data product requirements for analytics and AI solutions built from insurance policy and transaction data.
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify emerging trends in data-driven insurance solutions.
• Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, and developers to define and refine data pipelines, APIs, and analytics features.
• Translate complex data insights into user-friendly product features and interfaces.
• Assist in formulating and executing the data product roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Define user stories and acceptance criteria for data-driven features, ensuring clear alignment with carrier and MGA use cases.
• Prioritize the data product backlog, balancing customer needs, regulatory compliance, and technical feasibility.
  
  

What You’ll Need To Succeed

We’re looking for someone who:

Can work remotely or from an Applied Systems office.

Your experience should include some or all of the following:

• 2+ years product management, data analytics or engineering, or 4+ years transferrable experience (non-PM/Eng) with experience in data-driven decision-making.
• Solid understanding of product management principles, with a focus on data and analytics.
• Ability to translate complex datasets into actionable insights and product enhancements.
• Experience with writing user stories and defining requirements for data and APIs.
• Experience with SQL, data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker), and data pipeline concepts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience in storytelling and articulating data value.
• Bachelor’s degree in the areas of Data Analytics, Information Science, Computer Science, or related disciplines
• We proudly support and encourage people with military experience, as well as military spouses, to apply.
  

Additionally, you may have:

• Understanding of insurance data (policy, claims, underwriting)
• Experience working with Data Engineering and Data Science teams to build AI-driven products.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and product management tools such as JIRA
  
  

What You’ll Gain

• Benefits from Day One
• Health insurance plans, dental, and vision
• Wellness incentives
• 401(k) and/or RRSP retirement savings plans with employer match
• Work-Life Balance
• Competitive paid vacation time and a free day for your birthday
• Personal/sick time
• Paid holidays
• Flex Time
• Paid parental leave (U.S. candidates)
• Volunteer time off
• Empowering Career Growth and Success – We invest in talent, care about our people and are empowered by the results of our work. We grow our teams from within and give our employees opportunities to advance.
  

What We Value

We strive for excellence at every turn to be the best at what we do. We invest in talent, care about our people, and are empowered by the results of our work. We fulfill the promise of insurance – safeguarding and protecting what matters most in people’s lives. And there is no more important job than that.

Our focus on the workforce, workplace, and marketplace gives us a qualified individual in an environment in which they can be productive while we maintain our position in the industry. To help drive that change toward a vibrant, modern workplace, we have employee-driven networks with commonalities in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and military status.

Who We Are

Applied Systems is the leading global provider of cloud-based software that powers the business of insurance. Recognized as a pioneer in insurance automation and the innovation leader, Applied is the world’s largest agency and brokerage management systems provider, serving customers throughout the United States, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. By automating the insurance lifecycle, Applied’s people and products enable millions of people worldwide to safeguard and protect what matters most.

For 40 years, Applied Systems has led an industry we helped to create with a mission to continuously improve the business of insurance. From partnerships, acquisitions, and insurance innovation initiatives, Applied has focused on efforts to be the indispensable partner in our industry.

It’s an exciting time at Applied. You can do big things here, in an environment that supports creative thinking and bold ideas. Visit http://www.AppliedSystems.com for more information on how you can challenge what’s possible.

EEO Statement

Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation. At Applied, we don’t discriminate, and we are committed to recruit, develop, retain, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.