Digital Product Manager (Broker Rating)

Allstate Canada; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 89,300 - 139,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work Arrangements

Employee Discounts

Good Office program

Student Loan Matching

Retirement Savings

Wellness Allowance

Personal Days

Tuition Reimbursement

Community Involvement

Job summary

Allstate Canada Group is seeking a Product Leader to drive the Broker Rating Team, shaping rating capabilities that power pricing, quoting, and underwriting across the broker ecosystem. You will partner with engineering and business stakeholders to define outcomes and prioritize investments for growth and efficiency.

The role requires navigating complex regulatory and business requirements, delivering measurable outcomes, and modernizing a foundational capability in the insurance value chain.

Qualifications

• Strong product leadership in complex, cross‑functional environments.
• Translate ambiguous business/tech challenges into outcomes and priorities.
• Proven backlog management, user story creation, prioritization, sequencing.
• Influence and align stakeholders across business and tech.
• Advanced communication and facilitation across technical and non‑technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the Rating Team product vision, roadmap, and priorities.
• Translate rating, underwriting, regulatory, and operational needs into backlog and plan.
• Partner with engineering and stakeholders to deliver rating enhancements and modernization.
• Lead discovery, framing, and inception sessions with underwriting, actuarial, regulatory, sales, and tech.
• Define product strategy balancing investments, ops needs, regulatory commitments, and debt.
• Ensure rating solutions support speed-to-market with accuracy and compliance.
• Define and track KPIs measuring value, impact, and delivery outcomes.
• Support end-to-end testing, releases, and validation of rating changes.
• Co-own incident response and root cause analyses with engineers and stakeholders.
• Communicate strategy and progress through reviews and demos.

Skills

Product leadership

Backlog management

User story creation

Stakeholder alignment

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Engineering collaboration

Facilitation

Tools

Guidewire PolicyCenter

Job description

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Job Description

Who is Allstate:

Allstate Insurance Company of Canada is a leading home and auto insurer focused on providing its customers prevention and protection products and services for every stage of life. Serving Canadians since 1953, Allstate strives to reassure both customers and employees with its “You’re in Good Hands®” promise and is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada for nine consecutive years. Allstate is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it operates through partnerships with charitable organizations, employee giving and volunteerism. To learn more, visit allstate.ca. For safety tips and advice, visit goodhandsadvice.ca.

Through our Employee Value Proposition, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do.

Role Designation

Hybrid

Benefits To Joining Allstate

• Flexible Work Arrangements
• Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services)
• Good Office program (receive up to $400 back after purchasing office equipment)
• Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans
• Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions
• Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing
• Personal days
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Working within the community and giving back

Job Description

In this role, you will lead product direction for the Broker Rating Team—a critical platform that powers pricing, quoting, and underwriting decisions across the broker ecosystem. You will be responsible for shaping and evolving rating capabilities that ensure accuracy, regulatory compliance, business agility, and a seamless experience for brokers and customers.

You will work at the intersection of business strategy, actuarial and underwriting requirements, technology delivery, and customer experience. Partnering closely with engineering, business stakeholders, and subject matter experts, you will define product outcomes, prioritize investments, and drive delivery of rating enhancements that directly impact growth, profitability, and operational efficiency.

This role requires a product leader who can navigate complexity, balance competing priorities, and drive measurable outcomes while modernizing a foundational capability that sits at the heart of the insurance value chain.

This is a high-impact opportunity for a product leader who thrives in complexity, drives measurable outcomes, and wants to influence experiences that directly impact brokers, customers, underwriting effectiveness, and business performance at scale.

Accountabilities

• Own and drive the product vision, roadmap, and priorities for the Rating Team, aligned to business goals and customer outcomes
• Translate complex rating, underwriting, regulatory, and operational requirements into a clear product backlog and delivery plan
• Partner with engineering and business stakeholders to deliver rating enhancements, production stability, and modernization initiatives
• Lead Discovery and Framing and Inception sessions with stakeholders across underwriting, actuarial, regulatory compliance, sales, business architecture, and technology
• Define and evolve product strategy, balancing strategic investments, operational needs, regulatory commitments, and technical debt
• Ensure rating solutions support speed-to-market while maintaining accuracy, consistency, compliance, and maintainability
• Define and track meaningful success metrics to measure customer value, business impact, operational performance, and delivery outcomes (KPIs)
• Support end‑to‑end testing, production releases, and validation of rating changes and enhancements
• Co‑own and lead incident response and root cause analysis activities with the Managing Engineer and business stakeholders
• Clearly communicate product strategy, priorities, decisions, and progress through stakeholder engagement, reviews, and demos
• Participate in after‑hours Emergency Conference Call (ECC) bridge calls as required

Qualifications

• Strong product leadership experience in complex, cross‑functional environments with competing priorities
• Ability to translate ambiguous business and technical challenges into clear outcomes, priorities, and execution plans
• Proven strength in backlog management, user story creation, prioritization, and delivery sequencing
• Ability to influence and align stakeholders across business and technology functions
• Advanced communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to technical and non‑technical audiences
• Data‑driven mindset with experience using metrics to guide product decisions and measure impact
• Experience partnering closely with engineering teams in outcome‑based delivery environments
• High ownership, sound judgment, and adaptability in fast‑paced, evolving environments

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter modernization initiatives, including rating, product model, underwriting, or policy administration capabilities
• Experience with insurance rating, pricing, underwriting, or policy administration platforms
• Knowledge of insurance products, rating engines, and regulatory requirements within the Property & Casualty industry
• Experience working in regulated environments with compliance-driven delivery requirements
• Knowledge of Extreme Programming (XP), Agile, or Product Operating Model practices
• Experience supporting broker, agent, or customer‑facing experiences with a focus on efficiency and usability
• Strong facilitation skills across discovery, prioritization, and stakeholder alignment sessions
• Familiarity with product, operational, financial, and delivery performance metrics

Allstate Canada Group has policies and practices that provide workplace accommodations. If you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Skills

Data Driven Decision Support, Guidewire PolicyCenter, Prioritization, Product Backlog Management, Product Management Leadership, Product Ownership, Property & Casualty Insurance, Stakeholder Alignment

Compensation

Expected compensation for this role ranges from $ 89,300.00 - 139,300.00 annually. Actual salary offered to successful candidates will vary based on their skills and experience.

Joining our team isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger – a winning team making a meaningful impact.

Allstate Canada Group uses AI technology tools to assist in screening, selecting, assessing, and scheduling interviews with candidates as part of the recruitment process.

This job posting is for a current open role within the organization.