Senior Product Manager

Security Benefit Business Services / Everly Life•Topeka, KS

55d•Hybrid

About The Position

Security Benefit is looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead and/or run multiple delivery teams to launch new, innovative annuity products for Financial Advisors and Customers. This involves building intuitive and customer centric digital capabilities that enable self-support, efficiencies, and AI driven insights. The ideal candidate may work remotely but will be required to travel to our home office in Topeka, Kansas or our New York office periodically. Security Benefit associates are working in a hybrid environment with both remote and on-site work. As a Senior Product Manager, you’ll be responsible for:

Requirements

6+ years as a Digital Product Manager or relevant role
Bachelor's degree or Master Degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration or Software Engineering
Proven experience as a Product Manager independently leading delivery teams
Experience in the Financial Services industry as this role will focus heavily on Retirement Accounts, Retirement Financial Products, and regulated business activities.
Solid understanding of user-centered design principles and methodologies.
Experience working in a variety of technology environments including but not limited to the following: partnering with vendors, partnering with third party teams, and working with internal engineering resources

Responsibilities

Regularly conducting customer discovery meetings, mining for and validating problems, problems, setting success metrics, and leading usability testing
Influencing senior leaders and diverse cross-functional teams to align priorities and to resolve critical issues
Gathering voice of the customer and translate insights into clear, prioritized product requirements
Knowledge of advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI technologies, especially as they apply to insurance (e.g., risk assessment, personalized offerings).
Thinking strategically about technology and its role in the business, including making decisions on technology investments.
Shaping the high-level business capabilities necessary to articulate a product vision that evolves into a technical architecture
Prioritizing investments that maximize existing solutions and are scalable to other use cases
Building product strategy and roadmap for their areas independently, balancing priorities based on impact and risk
Aligning the product strategy and roadmap around clear customer-backed themes and patterns to drive alignment between stakeholders and aligns with the company’s strategic goals
Understanding and proactively addresses the cascading impacts of their roadmap inside and outside the organization, including broader business impacts
Defining an iterative, vision backed product agenda that solves diverse customer problems and delivers business outcomes
Collaborating with stakeholders to define go-to-market strategies and deployment activities
Leading with future focus and pushes back on narrow perspectives such as "it's always been done that way"

Benefits

Competitive salary and annual incentive bonuses to reward your contributions.
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 to give you peace of mind.
Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and dependent care.
Life Insurance to protect your loved ones.
Educational assistance to support your career development.
Associate assistance programs for your personal and professional well-being.