Product Manager, IT Platforms

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc.•Cincinnati, OH

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Product Manager for IT Platforms leads the product strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for the platforms and infrastructure that support our business applications. This role is responsible for driving initiatives that strengthen our cloud infrastructure and improve our security, development, and monitoring toolsets. This role partners closely with product management peers and stakeholders to translate the need for secure, reliable and maintainable applications into prioritized platform and infrastructure initiatives with clear value, scope, and outcomes, ensuring teams remain focused on the highest-value work. While primarily focused on future roadmap and pipeline planning (≈80%), the role also supports in-flight delivery by clarifying requirements, refining scope, and maintaining stakeholder alignment and communication.

Requirements

Strong written communication skills for technical and executive audiences (C-suite)
Practical experience with Agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban)
Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, layered security and development/monitoring tooling
Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams
Demonstrated habit of continuously teaching themselves new skills, with clear examples of recently applied learning
Deep understanding of Azure and AWS clouds, development tools and pipelines, security preferred
Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Business Administration related discipline (or equivalent practical experience)
3+ years in product management within Agile environments
3+ years driving cloud and/or security initiatives
Experience with Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence)
Experience using AI-enabled tools (e.g., Copilot) to improve productivity

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a regulated industry (insurance, financial services, healthcare) preferred

Responsibilities

Build deep partnerships with business leaders to identify pain points, opportunities, and measurable outcomes
Maintain an 18-month roadmap and a 6+ month ready backlog aligned to business priorities and capacity
Lead end-to-end business case development, ensuring clear value (ROI), defined scope, and approved prioritization
Balance feature delivery with technical investment (reliability, scalability, modernization)
Own requirements clarity, backlog prioritization, and stakeholder alignment across all initiatives
Provide clear, consistent progress and roadmap reporting, enabling informed stakeholder decisions
Define and track success metrics for delivered outcomes
Drive prioritization trade-offs based on value, risk, and capacity
Enforce intake, prioritization, and funding governance processes to ensure alignment to portfolio priorities