Sr. Product Manager

Applied Systems

Sr. Product Manager

Posted 9 Hours Ago

3 Locations

Remote or Hybrid

100K-160K Annually

Senior level

Cloud • Insurance • Payments • Software • Business Intelligence • App development • Big Data Analytics

Creating the best products with the best people in insurance technology!

The Role

The role involves defining and managing the product vision and strategy for an internal data lake collaborating across functions to enhance data governance and quality and engaging with senior stakeholders on product development and prioritization.

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Job Description
Amazing Career Moments Happen Here
Transforming the insurance industry is ambitious we know. That's why at Applied we're building a team that shows up every day ready to learn willing to try new things and driven to deliver innovative software and services that make us indispensable to our customers - all within a culture built on values that make us indispensable to each other too. With 40+ years of experience in the Insurtech game we're not just redefining what's achievable; we're creating a place where amazing career moments are made possible.
Position Overview
We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to own the product vision strategy and roadmap for our internal data lake. This is a high-impact cross-functional role at the heart of our data organization - you will define how the company collects governs and derives value from its data assets partnering closely with Data Engineering Data Science Analytics and business stakeholders to build a best-in-class platform on Google BigQuery.
This role demands both strategic thinking and operational depth - balancing long-term platform vision with near-term execution navigating competing stakeholder priorities and ensuring data quality privacy and governance are first-class concerns.
To keep us headed in the right direction we're looking for people who understand winning is a team sport who value and seek to learn from our team's diverse experiences and backgrounds who welcome a challenge and take risks in the pursuit of creating better outcomes for our customers and who can at any given time step back to laugh and have some fun.
What You'll Do

Define and own the multi-year data lake product strategy translating business needs into a prioritized roadmap that balances platform reliability new integrations and insight enablement.
Identify opportunities to consolidate data sources and reduce duplication; communicate vision and trade-offs clearly to executive engineering and business audiences.
Serve as the primary product contact for data consumers across Finance Marketing Operations Sales and Engineering - running alignment sessions managing expectations and negotiating prioritization with senior stakeholders.
Define and hold the platform team accountable to clear SLAs for data availability and quality.
Own the intake process for onboarding new data sources - evaluating business value technical complexity and downstream impact including schema dependencies data lineage and fan-out effects on pipelines and dashboards.
Partner with Data Engineering to set ingestion standards and champion data cataloging so every dataset is findable and usable across the organization.
Work with Data Science to prioritize feature store development training dataset pipelines and experiment tracking infrastructure based on model roadmap needs.
Ensure teams have reliable well-documented access to curated datasets and co-define success metrics that bridge raw data availability to actionable business intelligence.
Build and own a comprehensive governance strategy on BigQuery covering data classification access control (RBAC/column-level security) retention policies and audit logging.
Define data ownership models and drive adoption of quality frameworks - profiling lineage tracking anomaly detection - while collaborating with Legal and Security.

We're Excited to Learn More About You
Your experience may include:

7+ years of product management experience with at least 2 years focused on data platform data infrastructure or analytics products.
Demonstrated ability to manage complex multi-stakeholder environments with competing priorities at senior levels.
Strong understanding of modern data stack concepts: data lakes warehouses ELT pipelines data catalogs and governance frameworks.
Hands-on familiarity with Google BigQuery
Ability to engage credibly with data engineers and data scientists on technical architecture decisions; excellent communication skills for executive audiences.

You may have other skills or credentials including:

Experience implementing governance frameworks: data mesh data contracts or metadata management tools (Dataplex Collibra Alation).
Familiarity with ML platform concepts: feature stores model registries training pipelines (Vertex AI MLflow).
Background in structured and semi-structured data across diverse source systems (CRM ERP product analytics third-party APIs).

We know that talent comes from all backgrounds and experience levels. We encourage military members and their spouses as well as candidates without a degree or a background in tech to apply!
When You Join Team Applied You Can Expect:
A culture that values who you are and recognizes that you aren't just an employee; you are a teammate and you matter. We thrive on the benefits of our different experiences and celebrate the uniqueness our teammates bring to work with them every day.
We flex our time together collaborating remotely and in-person to empower our teams to work in the ways that work best for them.
A comprehensive benefits and compensation package that centers our teammates and helps them to bring their best to work every day:

Medical Dental and Vision Coverage

Holiday and Vacation Time

Health & Wellness Days

A Bonus Day for Your Birthday

Learn more about the people behind our products at https://www1.appliedsystems.com/en-us/about-us/jobs/
Our targeted starting base salary in the United States for this position ranges from $100000- $160000 USD. To determine a new team member's starting pay we consider a variety of factors including someone's depth breadth and variety of experience skills and responsibilities. Depending on the role team members may also be eligible to participate in additional compensation plans such as bonus and commission.
Actual earnings are uncapped and many team members exceed on-target amounts by surpassing their sales goals. To determine a new team member's starting pay we consider a variety of factors including depth breadth and variety of experience skills and responsibilities.
Your Security Matters:
Our candidates' personal information and online safety are top of mind for us. At Applied we proactively protect your personal information and only communicate with candidates via a secure @appliedsystems.com email or through our official careers portal. Recruiters will never request payments ask for financial account information or sensitive information like social security numbers.
AI Utilization
We leverage AI tools to streamline parts of our recruitment workflow (such as resume parsing and interview scheduling). However candidate screening interviews and final decisions are conducted by real humans.
EEO Statement
Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity 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.
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Skills Required

7+ years of product management experience
2 years focused on data platform or analytics products
Ability to manage complex multi-stakeholder environments
Strong understanding of modern data stack concepts
Hands-on familiarity with Google BigQuery

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The Company

HQ: Chicago IL

3040 Employees

Year Founded: 1983

What We Do

Transforming the insurance industry is ambitious we know. That’s why at Applied we’re building a team that shows up every day ready to learn willing to try new things and driven to deliver innovative software and services that make us indispensable to our customers – all within a culture built on values that make us indispensable to each other too. At Applied we have a mission and a vision that guide us values that anchor us and a determination to achieve that propels us forward. We push the boundaries of innovation to solve the biggest challenges in insurance – helping us earn the title of indispensable partner from our customers. Our teammates show up as they are creating an authentic environment that fosters collaboration curiosity and connections – and one that doesn’t waste time on the unnecessary confines of corporate bureaucracy or hierarchy. No matter the role or title you have a voice at the table space to work hard and achieve and unending opportunities to be a great teammate.

Why Work With Us

Our commitment to you is simple: when you bring your best we promise you a place where amazing career moments are made possible.

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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

At Applied we trust that our people will achieve the outcomes and deliver high-impact results to our customers in whatever way - hybrid in-person or remote - that works best for them.

Typical time on-site: Flexible