Apptad-Digital Product Manager

Jersey, NJ - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 13 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Digital Product Manager

Job Location: Jersey City NJ - Hybrid
Job duration: Long Term

We are seeking a high-caliber Senior Product Owner (DPM) to bridge the gap between US-based Insurance business stakeholders and a global engineering team. You will lead the Requirement Elaboration process maintain an impeccable Technical/Functional Documentation library and drive Agile Execution through high-quality Jira Story Writing. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring deep insurance domain knowledge and the ability to manage the functional lifecycle from a high-level roadmap down to the final UAT sign-off.

Key Responsibilities

1. Requirement Elaboration & Documentation

Discovery & Synthesis: Lead deep-dive discovery sessions with underwriters actuaries and claims experts to extract complex business rules.
Functional Specification: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation including Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs) Process Flow Diagrams and Data Mapping sheets.
Knowledge Repository: Own the Confluence (or similar) space ensuring documentation is version-controlled searchable and serves as a Single Source of Truth for both the client and the offshore dev team.

2. Jira Mastery & Story Writing

Backlog Excellence: Transform the high-level roadmap into a granular prioritized Product Backlog within Jira.
User Story Crafting: Write Ready-to-Dev user stories using the INVEST principle. Each story must include:
- Clear Business Context & Value Statement.
- Detailed Functional Requirements.
- Robust Acceptance Criteria (AC) including Happy Path and Edge Case scenarios.
Technical Mapping: Ensure Jira stories clearly define data source-to-target mappings and business logic for the Snowflake data platform.

3. Strategic Roadmap & Client Interaction

Vision Ownership: Partner with the Client VP/SVP level to define and evolve the Insurance Product Roadmap.
Stakeholder Alignment: Manage expectations regarding MVP (Minimum Viable Product) vs. future phases ensuring technical debt and business value are balanced.

4. Agile Execution (Onshore-Offshore Model)

Sprint Orchestration: Lead all Agile ceremonies (Daily Stand-ups Sprint Planning Refinement Retrospectives) across time zones.
Functional Triage: Act as the primary point of contact for the offshore team to resolve requirement ambiguities in real-time.
UAT & Quality Assurance: Lead the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) phase. Partner with business users to validate features manage defect triaging in Jira and provide final functional sign-off before production releases.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Insurance Domain Mastery: 10 years of experience in P&C Life or Specialty Insurance. Deep understanding of policy lifecycles claims processing or insurance regulatory reporting.
Agile Expert: Advanced proficiency in Agile/Scrum methodologies. You should be able to explain how youve scaled Agile in a global delivery model.
Tool Expert: Power-user level skills in Jira and Confluence. Experience with visual modeling tools (Visio Lucidchart or Miro) for process mapping.
Data Literacy: Sufficient technical depth to discuss Snowflake schemas SQL logic and API integrations with data engineers.
Communication: Masterful ability to translate Insurance Speak into Developer Speak.

Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Backlog Health: Having 2 3 Sprints of Ready stories at any given time.
Requirement Clarity: Minimal return-to-PO rate from the development team due to unclear requirements.
UAT Success: High percentage of First-Time Right UAT sign-offs by business users

Education

Bachelors or Masters in Information technology Computer Science or related field.

Job Title: Digital Product Manager Job Location: Jersey City NJ - Hybrid Job duration: Long Term We are seeking a high-caliber Senior Product Owner (DPM) to bridge the gap between US-based Insurance business stakeholders and a global engineering team. You will lead the Requirement Elaboratio...