Associate Product Manager- Pet

Nationwide; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide is seeking an Associate Product Manager for its Pet Insurance team. This role involves leveraging insurance product management expertise to drive product performance and profitability. You will gather insights, analyze product performance, and develop strategic plans to meet customer needs, ensuring our products remain competitive in the market.

Responsibilities

• Gather information from internal and external sources for comprehensive analysis.
• Analyze product performance and develop recommendations to improve profitability.
• Manage timelines and coordinate project work for timely completion.

Skills

Insurance Product Management Expertise

Analytical Proficiency

Technical Skills

Financial Acumen

Strategic Thinking

Communication Skills

Project Management

Relationship Building

Continuous Learning

Job description

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Are you passionate about being part of a team that delivers extraordinary care to help individuals and businesses prepare for and protect their retirement? If so, then Nationwide Financial could be the place for you! At Nationwide, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

Join Nationwide's Pet Insurance team as an Associate Product Manager and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of pet insurance products. This position offers a unique opportunity to leverage your insurance product management expertise while incorporating advanced analytical skills and coding knowledge. You'll be at the forefront of driving product performance, profitability, and strategic initiatives, ensuring our products meet the evolving needs of our customers and the market.

Ideal Skills And Capabilities

• Insurance Product Management Expertise: Extensive background in insurance product management, with a deep understanding of commercial lines insurance products, pricing architecture, and state regulations.
• Analytical Proficiency: Strong analytical skills with experience in data analysis, trend analysis, and competitor data. Proficiency in analytical tools, relational databases, data visualization techniques, and statistical software.
• Technical Skills: Knowledge of coding languages such as R or SQL to support data analysis and product management tasks.
• Financial Acumen: Solid understanding of financials, product profitability, business mix, and forecasting performance.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop detailed product plans to achieve long- and short-term financial objectives, influence regional strategy, and implement strategic decisions in alignment with market strategies.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively present information, influence internal and external partners, and translate complex data into understandable communications.
• Project Management: Ability to manage timelines, coordinate project work, and handle multiple priorities to ensure timely completion of key processes.
• Relationship Building: Proactively build and strengthen relationships with peers, internal and external partners, and participate in cross-functional teams to support business initiatives.
• Continuous Learning: Commitment to ongoing education and professional development to increase personal, professional, and technical knowledge and skills.

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Job Description Summary

Our work is essential to helping Nationwide build future capability to serve customer needs. Keeping existing products relevant and marketable and building new products takes research, critical thinking, practicality and collaboration. If you enjoy gathering input and information, working independently and on a team and creating innovative solutions for customers, we want to know more about you!

As an Associate Product Manager, you'll be responsible for positioning products for profitable growth within states that are generally smaller or less complex. You may have opportunities to work on a portion of a more sophisticated state in support of Product Manager. Work will include implementing processes related to financial planning, rate reviews, market development and communication. You'll support regional and corporate objectives through ongoing analysis and monitoring of results to ensure alignment to objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Gather information from internal and external sources, including competitor filings, reports, and verbal inputs, to perform comprehensive analysis.
• Analyze product performance, identify opportunities at various levels, and develop recommendations to improve profitability.
• Manage timelines and coordinate project work to ensure timely completion of processes like rate reviews.
• Determine product positioning strategies to enhance profitability, influencing decisions with internal and external partners.
• Develop detailed product plans aligned with financial and strategic objectives, influencing regional strategies.
• Consult with leadership and partners on analysis and business performance, supporting initiatives with data and insights.
• Communicate complex data and strategic concepts effectively to diverse audiences, both verbally and in writing.
• Build and maintain relationships with peers and partners, supporting project and business needs.
• Participate in training, education, and mentoring activities to enhance knowledge and skills.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned. Reports to the Senior Product Manager.