Product Manager (UCP)

Job Overview
Ivans, a division of Applied Systems, is currently seeking a Product Manager (Data-Driven) to play a pivotal role in shaping and enhancing our new carrier-facing software offering, with a focus on Data-Driven product features. This position is an excellent opportunity to deepen your expertise in product management, develop a strong understanding of data strategy, and strengthen your cross-functional collaboration skills.
In this role, you will be responsible for researching market needs, providing feature specifications to the tech teams, and analyzing competitive trends within the insurance industry. Your insights will help us deliver high-value solutions to carriers and MGAs. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical abilities and the capacity to translate data into actionable product features, while actively collaborating with team members and receiving feedback from managers and cross-functional leads.
What You'll Do

• Provides Data-Driven insights on product performance and identifies areas for improvement, demonstrating a higher level of analytical skills and strategic thinking.
• Continuously expands knowledge of data products, the insurance industry, and data regulations.
• Assists in defining problems that guide research efforts, demonstrating a deeper understanding of the product's challenges.
• Conducts comprehensive market research and competitive benchmarking to identify customer needs or product gaps, showing a higher level of strategic thinking.
• Performs user research and testing to understand needs and pain points, demonstrating an advanced understanding of user-centric design.
• Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the customer value of the stories, features, or releases, and effectively communicates this, along with the product vision and value proposition, to internal stakeholders and customers.
• Synthesizes market and user data, showing advanced analytical skills.
• Defines product requirements and specifications for one or more features or a feature area, demonstrating attention to detail and strategic thinking.
• Leads the development and execution of product strategies for one or more features or a feature area, demonstrating leadership and strategic thinking.
• Translates insights into recommendations for feature enhancements, showing strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ensures feature delivery creates a connected customer journey, demonstrating a customer-centric approach.

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:

• 3 - 5 years of experience in Product Management, Product, Data Analytics, or Engineering 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 writing clear, detailed, and well-written user stories and defining requirements for data and APIs.
• Experience with SQL, Data Visualization tools (looker, Tableau, Power BI, and data pipeline concepts.

• 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.
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