Personal Lines Product Development Manager (hybrid/remote)

Summary: This position is responsible for executing the product development and strategic business plans for assigned line of business to achieve the profit and growth goals per annual and long-term plan. Could consider Assistant Product Development Manager or Product Development Manager based on relevant experience.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Strategy/Research
  • Work with National Product Experience Leader(s) to assist in the development and execution of company strategies.
  • Demonstrate awareness of each state's regulatory environment and legislative rules to ensure that compliance standards are met.
  • Conduct market and competitive research. Support consumer research projects.
  • Lead the evaluation of vendors and their contracts. Assist with building business cases and CBA documentation.
• Design/Prototype
  • Support team by providing Product and Underwriting knowledge in decision-making, informing team of business decisions that will impact development, and establishing product design and features.
  • Lead the team through the design and decision-making process for MVP development.
  • Engage and support digital team with product enhancements.
  • Support the development and documentation of the customer journey map.
• Development
  • Actively participate and represent the product in the agile product(s) development process.
  • Define business requirements and road maps for country-wide products and versions implemented by each state.
  • Execute the strategy by setting priorities of assignments for the IT Team(s).
  • Identify issues that block or hinder progress. Surface the appropriate issues to National Product Development Line Leader for resolution.
  • Collaborate with IT, Agency Interface and Underwriting in delivering and maintaining a market-leading efficient and accurate quoting and business submission platform.
  • Support GTS and the enterprise with the investigation and resolution of production defects.
• Go To Market
  • Collaborate with Sales, Marketing and the Product Managers in supporting all National Experience and Ancillary Lines project and product roll-outs.
  • Produce countrywide documents, templates, training materials.
• Reporting
  • Communicate with business leaders on the progress, issues and developments of the National Experience Team and Ancillary Lines products.
  • Perform product analysis to provide clarity of desired results through various corporate reports and creating/maintaining requirements of dashboard reporting from Business Intelligence Unit.
  • Track progress against the version calendar and identify any deficiencies or deviations.

What You'll Bring To The Company:

• Bachelor's degree preferred with concentration in Risk Management, Math, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Economics, Finance, or related analytical discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years Personal Lines experience, including at least 3 years Product Management experience.
• Must have knowledge of industry trends, state regulations, and compliance processes.
• Must be able to demonstrate analytical and strategic ability.
• Must possess interpersonal communication skills and be comfortable working in a matrix environment.
• Must be able to manage ambiguity when making decisions and possess the ability to convey complex technical issues in an easy-to-understand format.
• Experience working in an iterative development environment with a functional knowledge of Agile methods and tools a plus.

About Us:

Grange Insurance Company, with $3 billion in assets and more than $1.3 billion in annual revenue, is an insurance provider founded in 1935 and based in Columbus, Ohio. Through its network of independent agents, Grange offers auto, home, life and business insurance protection. Life insurance offered by Grange Life Insurance and Kansas City Life Insurance. Grange Insurance Company and its affiliates serve policyholders in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. With partner Integrity Insurance based in Appleton, Wisconsin- the 13-state Grange Enterprise has nearly $3 billion in assets and more than $1.3 billion in annual revenue and holds an A.M. Best rating of "A" (Excellent).

Who We Are:

We are committed to an inclusive work environment where we welcome and value diversity and inclusion. We hire great talent from a wide variety of backgrounds, and our associates are our biggest strength. The diversity of our associates, their backgrounds, experiences, and individual differences are the foundation for our success. Our inclusive culture empowers all of us to "Be One Team", "Deliver Excellence", "Communicate Openly", "Do the Right Thing", and "Solve Creatively for Tomorrow". We have active Associate Resource Groups and a Diversity and Inclusion Team, that focuses on professional development, networking, business value and community outreach; all which encourage and facilitate an environment that fosters learning, innovation, and growth. Together we use our individual experiences to learn from one another and grow as professionals and as humans.

We welcome the unique contributions that you bring from education, opinions, culture, beliefs, race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, handicap, disability, sexual orientation, gender stereotyping, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, pregnancy, veteran status, and citizenship.

Grange Enterprise is proud to be part of the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion™, a national initiative of more than 1400 CEOs working for the advancement of diversity and inclusion within the workplace.