Digital/Technical Product Manager Lead

USAA Life Insurance Company; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

USAA seeks a Digital/Technical Product Manager Lead for IAM to guide discovery, delivery, and performance of digital and technology products for members. You will collaborate across technology, security, UX, and product teams to define roadmaps, drive investments, and align stakeholders.

Remote eligible in the continental U.S.; within a 60-mile radius of USAA offices you will work on-site four days weekly, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.
• 8 years Digital/Technology Product Management experience, to include Digital/Technology experience in Strategy/Planning, Innovation, User Experience

Responsibilities

• Independently leverages digital or technology research and data-driven insights to define roadmaps and improve performance.
• Leads teams and stakeholders to translate opportunities into initiatives and drives execution strategy.
• shepherds complex product and experience opportunities from idea to market validation in collaboration with Business, UX, Technology, Ops, Marketing, etc.
• Drives and defends product investments through business cases and hypotheses, communicating value proposition.
• Continuously analyzes performance against KPIs/KRIs and shares best practices with the team.
• Guides the team to generate insights and implement opportunities for product improvement.
• Prepares compelling presentations for senior leadership and coordinates discovery, development, and validation activities.
• Manages risk and dependencies, ensuring alignment with risk and compliance policies.

Skills

Digital product management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values - honesty, integrity, loyalty and service - define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

We are proud to support active-duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs.

The Opportunity

As a dedicated Digital/Technical Product Manager Lead - Customer Identity and Access Management (IAM), you will lead the discovery, delivery, and performance of digital and technology products and their experiences for USAA and its members. Collaborate with technology, architecture, experience, information security, fraud, and product teams to tackle complex and challenging problems to optimize the customers' (internal/external) experience. Design and drive implementation of multi-platform technology and digital solutions. Optimize and improve existing products and experiences across delivery channels and platforms to drive Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs). Employ User Centered Design and Design Thinking methodologies to bring world-class Digital and/or Technology driven products to market. Develop the product strategy, vision, and goals and justifies decision-making related to the balance and mix of innovation types and investments for Digital and Technology products of complex and significant scope (portfolio level or enterprise reach). Ensure strategic alignment across the product and its stakeholders, suppliers, and customers.

This role is remote eligible in the continental U.S. with occasional business travel. However, individuals residing within a 60-mile radius of a USAA office will be expected to work on-site four days per week.

What you'll do:

• Independently leverages Digital or Technology research, business and market intelligence, and data-driven insights to identify opportunities, propose solutions, create and maintain roadmaps, and improve performance.


• Leads team and stakeholders to envision, define, and translate Digital or Technology product and experience opportunities (customer 'needs' and 'wants' as well as all other input forms into problems, gaps, etc.) into initiatives (i.e., requirements, epics, features) and drives execution strategy.


• Shepherds highly complex, highly integrated, and strategic Digital or Technology product and experience opportunities from idea to market validation through collaboration with all relevant stakeholders and SMEs (Business, UX, Technology, Ops, Marketing, etc.).


• Drives, quantifies, and defends Digital and Technology product and experience investments through Business Case artifacts and hypotheses, communicating the value proposition of Digital or Technology products and experiences.


• Continuously leverages expert data-driven problem-solving techniques and analytical rigor to understand and report on product and experience performance against KPIs/KRIs; shares best practices with team members.


• Guides team to generate meaningful insights through a variety of tools and resources to uncover areas of opportunity to inform Digital or Technology product and experience improvements; follows through to ensure applicable improvements are implemented.


• Sets the standard for preparing compelling presentations, and other forms of communication to communicate complex concepts to a diverse audience, including senior leadership, and facilitates Digital or Technology product definition, concept and collaboration sessions to coordinate discovery, development, delivery, and validation activities, as well as to mitigate risks and dependencies.


• Conducts internal and external research and conducts situational analysis to identify and apply industry best practices and trends to increase effectiveness of Digital or Technology products.


• Actively manages ambiguity, influences others to bring in 'big picture' thinking and drives clarity, solutions, and execution plan among team and stakeholders.


• Maintains and applies expert knowledge of the business, technology, UX, and relevant experiences and processes and an expert understanding of Product Management.


• Consistently provides guidance and mentoring to team members and acts as an escalation point and ensures issues are resolved.


• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.


• 8 years Digital/Technology Product Management experience, to include Digital/Technology experience in Strategy/Planning, Innovation, User Experienc