Lead Product Manager, Finance & Reinsurance Systems

Security Benefit • Overland Park, KS

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead Product Manager, Finance & Reinsurance Systems is the senior-most contributor in the Product Management series supporting Security Benefit's Finance and Reinsurance domain. This role operates one level above execution, focusing on the practice and portfolio across the Finance & Reinsurance domain. The Lead Product Manager shapes how product management is practiced across Finance systems, designs frameworks and approaches for other Product Managers, serves as an escalation point, and provides input for people development, hiring, and promotions for PMs in that domain. Key partnerships include Finance functional leaders (FP&A, Reporting, Treasury, Tax, Actuarial) and Reinsurance stakeholders. The role requires leading through influence, credibility, and precise communication, translating between Finance/Reinsurance domain language and Technology/Product delivery language. The position reports to the Vice President, Portfolio Strategy & Delivery and can be based in Topeka or Overland Park, Kansas, or Des Moines, Iowa, with a hybrid work schedule.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of product management experience, including demonstrated, sustained strategic impact across multiple product areas within a domain.
• Meaningful exposure to Finance systems strategy, implementation, or transformation (e.g., ERP/GL, FP&A, actuarial, or reinsurance reporting systems).
• Demonstrated cross-team influence across three or more product or platform teams within a domain.
• Experience designing product management frameworks, playbooks, or capability programs.
• Track record of driving measurable business outcomes at the domain level through product leadership.
• Experience advising VP/Director-level stakeholders on product strategy and investment decisions.
• Demonstrated experience developing or coaching other Product Managers toward measurable growth outcomes.
• Exceptional communication skills: able to speak the language of Finance and Reinsurance to business leaders and the language of requirements to Technology and vendors.
• Strong project management instincts, with experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• Experience providing formal supervisory people management — coaching, performance management, and development planning — for direct reports.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or CPA preferred.
• Experience in insurance, financial services, or a similarly regulated industry with multi-entity complexity.
• Familiarity with statutory and regulatory reporting requirements relevant to life insurance or annuity companies (NAIC, RBC, AM Best).
• Background in or significant exposure to investment accounting, actuarial platforms, or reinsurance reporting systems.
• SAFe Product Management certification or equivalent enterprise product leadership credential.
• Experience building or scaling a product management practice within a maturing organization.
• Demonstrated thought leadership through internal programs, communities of practice, or cross-functional working groups.
• Experience working in a PE-backed or holding company structure with affiliated entity complexity.
• Big 4 or management consulting background with a finance systems or finance transformation focus.

Responsibilities

• Shape the 3-year product roadmap direction for the Finance & Reinsurance domain.
• Own the portfolio-level investment recommendation for Executive leadership.
• Serve as the product management perspective for Finance & Reinsurance in leadership discussions on digital strategy and CCDM model evolution.
• Drive product thinking for complex, multi-year initiatives within the domain, anticipating systems implications of regulatory changes, reinsurance structure evolution, investment management transitions, and entity-level changes.
• Identify gaps, redundancies, and integration risks across the Finance technology stack and develop recommendations.
• Support organizational scalability planning for the domain, anticipating future capacity needs.
• Establish/Maintain domain-level standards for Epic definition, roadmap construction, outcome measurement, and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead retrospectives and capability assessments of the product management practice within the domain and implement systemic improvements.
• Own cross-team product dependencies and alignment across three or more product areas within the domain.
• Resolve cross-product roadmap conflicts escalated by Senior Product Managers.
• Partner with Platform Leads on platform decisions affecting multiple product teams.
• Represent the Finance & Reinsurance domain's product management perspective at governance forums.
• Review domain-level QPE outcomes for systemic issues and patterns.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Finance functional leaders and Technology, including Technology Vendor Management.
• Work closely with Finance functional leaders to understand operational pain points, workflow inefficiencies, and unmet capability needs.
• Serve as a trusted resource and subject matter expert for Finance functional leaders on systems questions.
• Partner with Finance functional leaders to gain visibility into ongoing strategic Finance initiatives.
• Facilitate effective prioritization across competing Finance functional demands.
• Establish and maintain a regular governance rhythm with Product Managers and Technology Vendor Management.
• Participate in Technology project intake and prioritization forums.
• Partner with the VP of Technology Vendor Management on vendor strategy for Finance-adjacent systems.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and vendor capabilities relevant to insurance finance operations.
• Provide Finance-side oversight of systems projects in flight, monitoring progress.
• Elevate delivery risks early and work proactively to resolve blockers.
• Ensure Finance stakeholders are appropriately engaged throughout project lifecycles.
• Track and report on the Finance systems project portfolio status to Finance leadership.
• Serve as primary mentor for Senior and Professional Product Managers within the domain, accountable for their growth, capability development, and career progress.
• Own the hiring bar and interview loop design for Product Manager roles within the domain.
• Contribute to the enterprise-wide product management community of practice.
• Onboard and orient new Product Managers within the domain.
• Provide day-to-day supervisory oversight for direct reports.
• Conduct regular 1:1 coaching conversations, performance check-ins, and development planning sessions with direct reports.
• Set clear performance expectations, provide timely feedback, and document developmental progress for direct reports.
• Partner with HRBP and Growth Office leadership on performance concerns, compensation discussions, and growth planning for direct reports.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual incentive bonuses
• 33 days of paid time off (including PTO, holidays, Volunteer Day, and days of significance)
• Paid parental leave after 90 days of service
• Comprehensive medical, dental & vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match, plus Profit Sharing & Savings Plan
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and dependent care
• Life Insurance
• Educational assistance
• Associate assistance programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior