Lead Product Manager

Applied Systems, Inc.•,

1d•$135,000 - $210,000•Remote

About The Position

Ivans, a division of Applied Systems, is seeking a Lead Product Manager to join their Submissions Manager Product Management team. This role will own the product vision and strategy for Submissions Manager, Applied’s AI-powered platform for managing commercial insurance submissions within Applied Epic. Submissions Manager aims to centralize agency-carrier interactions, bring transparency to the trading relationship, and streamline the commercial insurance submission process, leading to faster business writing and improved submission quality. The ideal candidate will possess strong product intuition, a history of delivering business outcomes for B2B products within a platform ecosystem, and a passion for improving the daily experiences of agents.

Requirements

Experience owning a B2B workflow product involving multi-step, multi-role processes with user handoffs.
7-10 years of product management experience, with a proven track record of owning strategy and delivering outcomes at scale.
Deep user empathy and practiced user research skills, including identifying pain points, prioritizing research, running discovery, and synthesizing findings.
Strong analytical skills, with the ability to lead product instrumentation and translate data into insights for stakeholders.
Experience mentoring or informally guiding other product managers.
Exceptional written communication skills for strategic narratives, executive summaries, and business cases.
Familiarity with Agile development and tools like Jira and Confluence.

Nice To Haves

Experience building products embedded within larger platform ecosystems (e.g., Salesforce apps, Microsoft 365 add-ins, ERP extensions).
Familiarity with AI-assisted workflows, including shipping features with AI automation and understanding human-in-the-loop trade-offs.
Insurance industry experience.

Responsibilities

Define and lead the product vision and long-term strategy for Submissions Manager, understanding its role in the marketing process and bind workflow of commercial submissions.
Own the adoption and activation strategy for Submissions Manager, identifying drivers and setting product direction to influence user behavior at scale.
Identify and prioritize user research initiatives with users and design partners to validate hypotheses and guide product direction.
Oversee cross-functional execution across design, engineering, product marketing, customer experience, and operations, managing dependencies and aligning initiatives.
Lead execution in a multi-team environment, proactively identifying and resolving roadblocks with minimal oversight.
Identify and own integration opportunities with adjacent Applied product areas, driving roadmap alignment through influence.
Own roadmap prioritization and product requirements within Submissions Manager, ensuring a clear understanding of development goals.
Define and track key metrics, and communicate product strategy and business outcomes to executive leadership and senior stakeholders.