Senior Technical Product Manager

Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.

At Great American, we value and recognize the benefits derived when people with different backgrounds and experiences work together to achieve business results. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered, and enabled to perform at their best.

P&C IT Services provides professional services to help our business units and corporate functions use technology to create, manage, and optimize information and business processes.  IT Services can include a wide range of activities such as: software development, data management, Cloud services, IT security, network security, technical support, establishing and overseeing access rights, procuring and maintaining equipment or software, managing the infrastructure, and defining security procedures,  The overall goal of IT Services is to provide technology solutions that increase efficiency, reduce costs, and give our company a competitive advantage over our competitors.

We are seeking a results driven Technical Product Manager to join one of our product delivery teams. This role will partner closely with key members of our business unit as well as our delivery teams to drive solutions that are valuable, usable, and feasible.

Great American’s culture is built on connection, shared learning, and strong relationships. To support this, employees in this role are expected to be on-site a minimum of two days a week, with the potential to work three days remotely. Core in‑office days are Tuesday and Thursday but will be determined by business needs.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Ultimately accountable for the delivery and product operations of one or more product teams
• Leads collaboration with stakeholders to gather and refine objectives, outcomes, and overall delivery direction
• Partners with both business, and delivery stakeholders, to translate complex business needs into detailed technical specifications and user stories.
• May be responsible for the performance and coaching of staff and may have a participatory role in decisions regarding talent selection, development, and performance management for direct reports.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Execution

• Coordinates across roles and teams to resolve blockers and delivery conflicts
• Partners with business partners to ensure backlog is refined, sustainable, and actionable by delivery team (meets team methodology needs)
• May actively own, or partner with others to own, the backlog including writing epics, features, and stories
• Partners with delivery team to facilitate team ceremonies (standup, planning, retro, etc.)
• Ensures cross-functional collaboration and decision making across both business and IT roles (Balanced Team)
• Ensures the team is active in discovery efforts, and frequently utilizes discovery to align resources and ensure technical direction matches business needs

Strategy and Collaboration

• Serves as the face of the product on the IT side - Primary escalation and communication point to the product team
• Partners with business and IT stakeholders to define and refine product level vision, objectives, and strategies
• Partners with business stakeholders on further defining OKRs and overall success metrics for the product
• Partners with Delivery Leader to monitor and ensure product performance (e.g. KPIs & Key Results) meets expected results
• Accountable for ensuring Product Delivery team understands objectives and success criteria
• Partners with Tech Leads, Anchors, and UX to create delivery options to meet business objectives
• Partners with Delivery Leader on team needs, pain points, risks, and opportunities
• Targets LEAN product principles (Lean teams, iterations, stories, releases)

Skills & Competencies

• Leadership
• Product Mindset
• Collaboration & Teamwork
• Communication
• Drives for Results
• Customer Focus

Business Unit:

Benefits:

We offer competitive benefits packages for full-time and part-time employees*. Full-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision coverage, wellness plans, parental leave, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement. Full-time and eligible part-time employees also enjoy Paid Time Off and paid holidays, a 401(k) plan with company match, an employee stock purchase plan, and commuter benefits.

Compensation varies by role, level, and location and is influenced by skills, experience, and business needs. Your recruiter will provide details about benefits and specific compensation ranges during the hiring process. Learn more at http://www.gaig.com/careers.

*Excludes seasonal employees and interns.