Director, Product Management
Denver, CO - USA
Job Summary
$160000 - $175000 Bonus
The insurance industry runs on Vertafore. We equip agencies MGAs and carriers with the core digital systems specialized AI and data-driven foundation to eliminate distribution drag across the insurance lifecycle spanning sales servicing and back-office operations.
Underpinned by unmatched speed and performance power we are the trusted backbone thats taking the insurance industry from friction to flow with Distribution Velocity speed performance and trust - to drive growth at scale.
With over 95% of the top agencies and insurers and 50% of industry compliance transactions running through Vertafore we lead at the intersection of innovation and trust giving insurance professionals the confidence to transform and win in the AI era.
Our reach is global with headquarters in Denver Colorado and offices across the U.S. Canada and India.
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are looking for an innovative technically savvy product leader with strong insurance finance or enterprise software experiencewith a preference for deep expertise in benefits insuranceto join our Product Management team which is focused on delivering transformational new solutions for the insurance agency market. This role will lead Vertafores workflow and cross-product strategy. This is an excellent opportunity to help shape the future of the insurance market and to bring the latest technologies to the agencies we serve and their end customers.
As a Director of Product Management you will own creating a vision and direction for Vertafores enterprise product BenefitPoint a leader in technology for insurance brokerages to manage their benefits business. You will work closely with our Customers Design team and Product Leaders to understand existing workflows identifying opportunities to enhance and improve not only the end user experience but also how the products can be more efficient in those workflows end-to-endparticularly within benefits-focused use cases such as quoting enrollment policy management and client servicing. You will operate both strategically and tactically defining the problems your products will solve aligning development teams and creating and maintaining a backlog of well-prepared features aligned with the roadmap. You may also partner closely with Go-To-Market and Product Operations teams to ensure successful launches for your products and releases. Your objectives are directly linked to business metrics of your product such as retention adoption new feature adoption and customer satisfaction.
You will serve as the internal and external evangelist for your product offering and work with sales marketing and key customers to help them understand the product positioning key benefits and the value of your product featuresespecially as they relate to benefits agency workflows and outcomes.
Core Requirements and Responsibilities:
Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:
Serve as a strategic product thinker while driving and implementing the product roadmap for workflows across our products with a strong lens on benefits insurance workflows and customer needs
Bring to market revenue generating customer-driven software products while managing the entire product lifecycle from strategy to execution
Identify market opportunities through customer research and insights including trends and needs specific to the employee benefits space
Specify market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by on-going visits to customers and non-customers
Inform product decisions with quantitative and qualitative data
Lead create and launch market-leading product offerings in partnership with other groups such as sales marketing and engineering
Recommend pricing strategy and understand competitive positioning for our product offering
Develop and implement a company-wide go-to-market plan working with all departments to execute
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
Ability to develop and execute a successful product roadmap with a proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle
Strong background in benefits insurance (e.g. employee benefits group health ancillary lines) highly preferred
Experience working in or closely with benefits-focused agencies brokers or platforms is strongly preferred
Familiarity with benefits administration/CRM platforms is a strong plus
Prior experience in the insurance industry is strongly preferred
Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to influence decisions in a matrix environment including senior level leaders
Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to roll up ones sleeves to get the job done
Successful history of delivering customer-driven products designed to create a great customer experience
Experience in software and/or technology product management is strongly preferred
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
MBA and/or Pragmatic Marketing training a strong plus
THE VERTAFORE STORY
Over the past 50 years Vertafore has advanced the entire insurance distribution channel with the best software solutions in the industry. Today were proud to say hundreds of thousands of Vertafore users rely on our solutions to write business faster reduce costs and fuel growth by increasing collaboration and streamlining processes. Vertafore leads the industry with secure cloud-based mobile products that provide superior reporting and analytics delivering actionable insight right when customers need it most. We partner with other leading technology companies to deliver comprehensive solutions to improve the way our customers do business and serve their customers.
The Vertafore Way
Insurance is about relationships and technology should make those relationships stronger. Thats why at Vertafore its our mission to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers becoming better every day and delivering results you can see we provide the level oftrustandsecuritythat insurance is all about.
Bias to Action: Were united by an innate drive to take action and make a difference in the technology and insurance spaces.
Win Together: We work together as one team showing empathy and respect along the way.
Show Up Curious: We work to challenge one another to push boundaries and think beyond the box.
Say It Do It: We honor every one of our commitments because integrity is important to us.
Customer Success is Our Success: We cultivate authentic relationships and follow up by actively listening to their needs.
We Love Insurance: We appreciate the impact insurance has on the world.
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Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings.
The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities duties skill or working addition this document does not create an employment contract implied or otherwise other than an at will relationship.
Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race color religion sex gender identity pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship age marital status physical disability mental disability medical condition sexual orientation genetic information or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.
We do not accept resumes from agencies headhunters or other suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us.
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
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