Digital Product Manager - Data Security

Allstate Foundation; Illinois; On-site; USD 120,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Allstate Foundation in the United States seeks an experienced Digital Product Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of security-focused products that protect enterprise data and enable secure-by-design capabilities.

You will own the lifecycle of critical security tools, leverage AI to optimize workflows, and collaborate with engineering and security teams to drive measurable outcomes, governance, and data protection.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in product scoping, backlog management and Agile delivery for a digital product team.
• At least 1 year coaching and mentoring early PM peers across a broader technology organization.
• Strong understanding of security principles, secure SDLC, and data protection, governance, compliance and risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to define KPIs/OKRs, make data-driven decisions and plan strategically for long-term product impact.
• Proven experience in Agile product delivery (backlog management, ceremonies, iterative releases).

Responsibilities

• Define product strategy, vision, roadmap and success metrics.
• Plan for scalability and future security needs.
• Incorporate AI into workflows to automate repetitive tasks and improve decision-making.
• Enforce data governance standards, ownership models and policies across the enterprise.
• Collaborate with engineering to deliver secure-by-default capabilities in developer workflows.
• Define and monitor KPIs to measure adoption, effectiveness and risk reduction.

Skills

Product backlog management

Coaching & mentoring

Security principles

Security by design

Agile delivery

Data governance

AI in workflows

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Copilot

Cursor

APIs

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

We are seeking an experienced Digital Product Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of security-focused products that protect enterprise data assets and deliver security-by-design capabilities that enable data discovery, governance, protection, compliance, and responsible data use across the enterprise. This role will own the lifecycle of critical security tools and platforms, utilized by the enterprise. The ideal candidate combines strong product management expertise with a deep understanding of security principles, DevSecOps practices, and modern engineering workflows. Additionally, the candidate will leverage AI-driven capabilities to optimize workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and enhance efficiency across security operations and product management processes.

This role requires forward-thinking and strategic planning to anticipate future security needs, define measurable outcomes, and ensure products deliver long-term value. Success will be measured by risk reduction, improved data governance maturity, increased adoption of security controls, enhanced user experience and compliance adherence.

Key Responsibilities

• Define Product Strategy & Vision:Establishand communicate the vision, roadmap, and success metrics for security products aligned to enterprise risk posture and compliance requirements.
• Set Clear Outcomes:Define what success looks like for each product, including measurable KPIs.
• Plan for Scalability & Future Needs:Anticipateevolving security threats and compliance requirements. Design products that scale and adapt to future enterprise needs.
• Incorporate AI for Efficiency:Identifyopportunities to integrate AI into daily workflows to automate repetitive tasks, improve decision-making, and maximize efficiency.
• Data Governance & Stewardship: Partner with business and technology stakeholders to enforce governance standards, data ownership models, stewardship processes, and policies that improve data quality, protection, and accountability across the enterprise.
• Manage Product Development:Collaborate with engineering and security teams to design and deliver secure-by-default capabilities integrated into developer workflows and experiences that support data discovery, classification, DLP, access governance and lifecycle management. Maintain backlog, write and groom user stories, and drive iterative releases using Agile methodologies.
• Enable Data-Driven Decisions:Define and monitor KPIs to measure adoption, effectiveness, and risk reduction. Leverage analytics and reporting to inform prioritization, validate assumptions, and optimize product outcomes.
• Stakeholder Communication:Lead product ceremonies and communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs to engineering leadership, security teams, and partners.

Essential Skills

• Minimum of 5years' experienceconductingproduct scoping, discovery,framing,owningand managing a backlog(in agility or similar tools)of productsfor a digital product team.
• Minimum of 1year ofexperienceoperatingas a 'coach' partnering & mentoring earlyintrade product management peers acrossa broader technologyorganization.
• Strong understanding of security principles, secure SDLC practices, and the design of applications and platforms that enable data protection, governance, compliance, and risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to define success metrics (KPIs/OKRs), makedata-drivendecisionsand plan strategically for longterm product impact.
• Proven experience inAgile product delivery (backlog management, ceremonies, iterative releases)
• Understanding of modern software development practices, automation, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and security controls required to support data protection and governance outcomes.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with data discovery, classification, labeling, DLP, DSPM, access governance, privacy, retention, and regulatory compliance initiatives.
• Understanding of modern data ecosystems including Microsoft 365, SharePoint, OneDrive, Azure, AWS, GCP, SaaS platforms, data warehouses, and AI/ML environments.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Security+, CSSLP, CISSP, CCSP, CDMP, CIPM) or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, Cursor) and ability toleveragethem for productivity gains.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job does not have supervisory duties.

Skills

Backlogs, Business Case Analyses, Compliance, Data Discovery, Data Governance, Data Quality, DevSecOps, Enterprise Data, Product Development, Product Management, Product Roadmapping, Product Strategies, Systems Thinking

Compensation

Compensation offered for this role is 120,000.00 - 193,725.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

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.

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