Digital Product Manager - API Management Platforms (Apigee & IBM DataPower)

Allstate Corporation; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Allstate is seeking a Senior Digital Product Manager to lead the strategy and lifecycle of our enterprise API Management platforms, including Apigee and IBM DataPower, from Bengaluru. You will drive roadmap, governance, and developer experience to scale secure API services across the organization.

Collaborating with security, architecture, and engineering, you will translate business needs into prioritized features, own backlogs, and measure adoption and performance to ensure high reliability

Qualifications

• 12+ years in Product Management, API Management, or middleware.
• Proven experience with Apigee and IBM DataPower at scale.
• Strong API design, lifecycle, governance and security concepts.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Strong stakeholder management and roadmap ownership.

Responsibilities

• Define and own product strategy, vision, and multi-year API roadmap.
• Prioritize features, manage backlogs, and coordinate releases.
• Establish API governance, security, and lifecycle standards.
• Drive platform adoption and developer experience across teams.
• Collaborate with security, architecture, and engineering for scalable APIs.

Skills

Product Management

API Management

Apigee

IBM DataPower

Enterprise Middleware

Agile PM

OAuth/JWT/mTLS

Cloud Platforms

Observability Tools

Stakeholder Mgmt

Integration Architecture

Kubernetes

Tools

Datadog

Splunk

Grafana

Terraform

Ansible

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 Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Digital Product Manager to drive the strategy, roadmap, adoption, and lifecycle management of our enterprise API Management platforms, including Apigee and IBM DataPower. The ideal candidate will possess a strong blend of product management, API ecosystem, integration architecture, platform governance, and stakeholder management experience. This role will be responsible for defining the product vision, prioritizing platform capabilities, driving modernization initiatives, enabling development teams, and ensuring the platform delivers secure, scalable, and reliable API services across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the product strategy, vision, and multi-year roadmap for API Management platforms including Apigee and IBM DataPower.
• Partner with business, architecture, security, operations, and engineering teams to identify platform needs and translate them into prioritized product features and capabilities.
• Drive API platform adoption across enterprise teams by promoting best practices, standards, and self-service capabilities.
• Manage product backlogs, feature prioritization, release planning, and stakeholder communications.
• Establish API governance, security, lifecycle management, and onboarding standards.
• Lead modernization initiatives involving API gateways, cloud-native architectures, AI-driven integrations, and developer experience enhancements.
• Work closely with engineering teams to define platform requirements related to scalability, resiliency, performance, observability, and operational excellence.
• Define and track platform KPIs, adoption metrics, API consumption trends, and customer satisfaction measures.
• Collaborate with vendor partners and internal leadership to evaluate emerging technologies and platform enhancements.
• Drive continuous improvement through feedback loops, platform analytics, and operational insights.
• Support budgeting, capacity planning, and investment decisions related to API management platforms.

Required Skills & Experience

• 12+ years of experience in Product Management, API Management, Integration Platforms, or Enterprise Middleware technologies.
• Strong experience with Apigee API Management and IBM DataPower Gateway platforms.
• Proven track record of managing enterprise platform products and driving platform adoption at scale.
• Deep understanding of API design, REST services, API lifecycle management, developer portals, and API governance.
• Experience working in Agile product management environments with responsibility for roadmap planning and backlog prioritization.
• Strong understanding of API security concepts including OAuth, JWT, mTLS, OpenID Connect, and Zero Trust principles.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Knowledge of observability and monitoring platforms such as Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, or similar tools.
• Understanding of enterprise integration patterns, microservices architecture, and event-driven systems.
• Experience partnering with senior business and technology stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI Gateway capabilities and GenAI platform integrations.
• Exposure to Kong, MuleSoft, Azure API Management, or other API gateway technologies.
• Experience with Kubernetes, container platforms, and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Relevant certifications in Product Management, Cloud, Apigee, or Agile methodologies.

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence decisions across cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strategic thinker with a customer-first mindset.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale platform transformation initiatives.
• Excellent presentation, negotiation, and organizational skills.

Success Measures

• Increased API platform adoption and developer satisfaction.
• Improved platform reliability, scalability, and security posture.
• Delivery of roadmap commitments aligned to business priorities.
• Reduction in API onboarding time and operational overhead.
• Enhanced observability, governance, and compliance across the API ecosystem.

Primary Skills

• Business Case Analyses, Product Management, Product Roadmapping, Product Strategies, Systems Thinking

About Allstate

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. The Allstate Corporation is one of the largest publicly held insurance providers in the United States. Ranked No. 84 in the 2023 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue, The Allstate Corporation owns and operates 18 companies in the United States, Canada, Northern Ireland, and India. Allstate India Private Limited, also known as Allstate India, is a subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation. The India talent center was set up in 2012 and operates under the corporation's Good Hands promise. As it innovates operations and technology, Allstate India has evolved beyond its technology functions to be the critical strategic business services arm of the corporation. With offices in Bengaluru and Pune, the company offers expertise to the parent organization’s business areas including technology and innovation, accounting and imaging services, policy administration, transformation solution design and support services, transformation of property liability service design, global operations and integration, and training and transition. Learn more about Allstate India here. At Allstate, we work hard to help people live a good life every day. Allstaters are dedicated to serving clients, customers, and communities, which allows employees to find meaning and value in their work. Allstate offers an environment that fosters innovative thinking where you’ll be able to explore your ideas and feel proud of the work you do. Allstate helps protect nearly 16 million households with auto, home, life, and retirement products. We want every professional connected to Allstate to be committed to giving our customers the best and that means finding the best talent. We want you to be our next great addition.