Lead Product Manager

IVANS Insurance Solutions

2d•$100,000 - $170,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Make a Difference at Ivans Digital connectivity is the lifeblood of innovation. At Ivans, a division of Applied, we are at the heart of what is driving innovation across the entire insurance ecosystem. This is just one of the things that makes Ivans such a cool place to work. Making a difference – for the industry and within our team – is what pushes us to do better each day. Our culture is about more than developing the best technology. It’s about being innovative, investing in our team, creating a customer-centric environment, and setting the industry up for the future. Position Overview We’re searching for a Lead Product Manager to join our Product Management team in a remote or hybrid setting. This role sits at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and user experience, with a focus on building products that transform how insurance agencies and carriers work together. Applied is redefining collaboration across the insurance value chain, meeting users where they already work and enabling data to flow seamlessly across systems and partners. Our AI-powered platform helps customers make smarter decisions, operate more efficiently, and collaborate more effectively across the global insurance ecosystem. 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.

Requirements

10+ years’ work experience with at least 8+ years in product management.
Comprehensive knowledge and experience of a wide range of product management practices, skills, and methodologies.
Deep understanding of the insurance industry and customer needs, including the ability to identify and act on new industry trends.
Experience in constructing cross -functional plans to deliver both features and releases, and successfully influencing stakeholders.
Experience in leading any product management ceremony, including retrospectives, stand-ups, refinement, and planning.
Ability to quickly identifying and prioritizing work to be done while removing barriers with no supervision.

Responsibilities

Define and own product strategy within the carrier–agency collaboration domain, delivering initiatives that balance near-term business outcomes with long-term customer and platform value.
Develop a deep understanding of carrier and agency workflows, underwriting and distribution dynamics, and evolving market needs - clearly articulating the value delivered to internal stakeholders and external partners.
Lead complex, cross-team initiatives in partnership with Applied product teams and the Cytora organization, aligning priorities across platforms, data services, and shared roadmaps to solve multi-party industry challenges.
Drive system and experience design for end-to-end workflows, collaborating closely with engineering and architecture partners to define scalable, resilient solutions that span data ingestion, automation, triage, and collaboration.
Independently own complex, ambiguous product initiatives end-to-end, from problem discovery and solution definition through execution, launch, and impact measurement, with minimal oversight.
Drive clarity in ambiguous situations by framing problems, evaluating options, and making informed product decisions rather than waiting for direction.
Spearhead planning and execution ceremonies across multiple teams, providing a unified view of customer value across features, workflows, and release milestones.