Senior Product Manager, Money

Witt/Kieffer; Money; Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead their Insurance product line. This role involves understanding user needs, developing product strategies, and collaborating with various teams to enhance user experiences. The ideal candidate will bring 5-8 years of product management experience, particularly in the financial sector, and possess strong communication and problem-solving skills. Join a mission-driven organization that values diversity and fosters professional growth, all while making a significant impact on how consumers manage their personal finances.

Benefits

Paid Vacation Time

Medical Benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

Training Opportunities

Collaborative Work Environment

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of product management experience in the financial industry.
• Strong communication skills and ability to manage stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead product roadmap development for insurance products.
• Conduct user research to inform product features and improvements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product success.

Skills

Product Management

User Research

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Project Management

Problem-Solving

Agile Methodology

Financial Industry Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

JIRA

Airtable

Confluence

Job description

We reach more than 40 million people monthly during moments when they are most in need of expert advice and motivated to act on that advice directly on our platforms. Our signature franchises include our “Best” series of consumer guides on colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, diets, cars, financial services and more. These guides provide an easy-to-digest list for consumers to better understand and compare when making their decisions. We continue to publish annual guides of the authoritative Best Colleges and Best Hospitals rankings on our website and in print. And our U.S. News Live flagship conferences highlight important national conversations including Healthcare of Tomorrow and Healthiest Communities.

We believe in having a broad range of talent and backgrounds at U.S. News. We strive to maintain a welcoming workplace where everyone is given an opportunity to succeed and contribute to their fullest. Learn more about our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative.

Your role in helping us shape the future:

U.S. News empowers everyone to thrive. If you are a strong product leader eager to learn and grow in a supportive environment and care about helping people manage and grow their personal finances, this is the role you’ve been looking for.

This Senior Product Manager is responsible for our Insurance products and experiences (including auto, home, life and pet insurance). You will build a deep understanding of the user needs and be responsible for developing, delivering, and iterating the product roadmap to serve user needs in a timely manner.

You will play a pivotal role in the growth of our Insurance products, and you will have ownership of conducting deep user research to understand our users and customers, define feature requirements, and manage our initiatives alongside internal and external stakeholders. To do this well, you must be an excellent collaborator, communicator, and creative thinker, and have a ‘get stuff done’ attitude and entrepreneurial mindset.

Are you up to the challenge?

1. Be a thought partner and collaborator with the Director of Product Management for the Money division.
2. Proficiently create and manage a strategic roadmap that balances user needs, business goals and company objectives.
3. Oversee existing products and define new features and capabilities based upon consumer feedback including validating customer use cases for current and planned offerings.
4. Quickly and accurately identify when there's a need to adjust the solution if it's not meeting the hypothesis and iterate with speed and efficiency.
5. Manage multiple streams of discovery and analysis as well as know when and where it's appropriate to test quickly vs precisely.
6. Own our user journey through extensive primary user/customer research and secondary market research.
7. Ensure all product requirements are thorough, thought-through, testable, and visually successful.
8. Independently and proficiently uncover "the why" behind user needs and conduct discovery by gathering data and insights to form a hypothesis of a solution.
9. Effectively measure results for consumer/customer success metrics (pageviews, clicks, click conversion rate, etc) by working closely with various teams (Tech, Design, Marketing, Editorial, Compliance, etc) to deliver high quality work.
10. Have the capability to be an expert in the products and have a solid understanding of how the product affects adjacent and non-adjacent products.
11. Collaboratively work with immediate team members to deliver user requirements, foster collaborative opportunities between teams, and constructively take feedback from team members, stakeholders, and leaders.
12. Fail fast, learn from it, and turn the learnings into successes.

Position Requirements

You should definitely have:

• Five years to eight years of professional experience in product management, preferably experience in the financial / wealth industry.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience with the full product life-cycle from ideation (concept) to go-to-market (launch).
• Experience conducting and actioning user research and testing.
• Experience in project management and stakeholder management.
• Have strong oral and written communication skills.
• Are empathetic and are willing to try to understand our users and customers mindsets and needs.
• Hungry to build and take ownership for a digital product suite.
• Are detail oriented, organized and have strong time management skills.
• Superior interpersonal communications and problem-solving ability.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with the Agile scrum workflow and the Product Owner role.

It would be nice if you had:

• Experience in JIRA, Airtable, Confluence or other product development tracking tools.
• Experience with consumer facing sites and marketplaces.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the insurance category.
• An understanding of SEO.
• A passion for solving problems.
• A desire to help people improve their financial well-being.

What it’s like to work with us:

Talent is our best asset!

We invest in people with passion and potential who understand U.S. News’ dedication to our consumers.

• Entrepreneurial, mission-driven culture with core values of quality and integrity.
• Focus on fostering personal and professional growth.
• Competitive benefits including paid vacation time, medical, tuition reimbursement, and training.
• Collaborative Work Environment ~ Fun, diverse, inclusive and ambitious co-workers.

Other Job Info:

• These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this job.
• U.S. News & World Report strongly encourages all employees to be fully vaccinated (including boosters).
• Preference for New York and Washington, DC based applicants to work a hybrid schedule in those office locations. Remote applicants will be considered.
• The anticipated compensation for this position is $95,000 to $145,000. The actual compensation offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, interview performance, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time

Number of Openings: 1

About the Organization: U.S. News & World Report is a publisher of news and information that empowers people to make better, more informed decisions about important issues affecting their lives.

EOE Statement: We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.