Product Manager

Rate Insurance, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Vacation benefits

Health benefits

Flexible benefits

Life insurance

Pet insurance

Well-being benefits

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Rate Insurance, LLC is seeking a Product Manager to drive the evolution of our Salesforce-based CRM and collaborate with AI tooling to accelerate product delivery. You will own roadmaps, write clear user stories, and work with stakeholders to align technology with business goals.

Ideal candidates have 2–3 years in product management, 3+ years in software products, and an interest in Insurtech. This is a remote, full-time role with opportunities to collaborate across teams and vendors.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of product management experience.
• 3+ years of software product experience.
• Background in P&C Insurance or Insurtech preferred.
• Experience with agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine product roadmaps aligned with business goals.
• Translate vision into well-documented user stories.
• Own the backlog and accept completed stories.
• Coordinate delivery plans and change management.
• Track product performance via adoption metrics.

Skills

Product management

Agile methodologies

Communication

Documentation

Backlog management

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot Workspace

Cursor

Job description

Rate Insurance is an independent insurance brokerage offering an unmatched value proposition to our customers, our referral partners, and our team members. Our unique business model allows us to consistently achieve new heights and redefine excellence, which has positioned us as one of the fastest organically growing brokerages in the country. Since 2012, we have achieved double-digit growth, year over year, and now represent over 100 different property and casualty insurance providers in all 50 states.

Job Profile

Product Manager

Job Description Summary

We are committed to providing a competitive and equitable total rewards package. The compensation for this role is designed to attract, retain, and motivate top talent. The expected base salary range for this position is $120,000 to $145,000 annually.

Job Description

Who We Are

Rate Insurance, LLC is an independent, Top 100 P&C agency offering personal, life, and commercial insurance products to our customers. Rate Insurance is one of the fastest organically growing insurance brokerages in the country. Over the last five years, Rate Insurance has achieved an average growth rate of 40% and now represents over 100 top-rated property and casualty insurance providers across all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

Who You Are

As a Product Manager, you thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities. You are an excellent communicator with strong documentation skills, capable of translating complex ideas into clear, actionable requirements. You take ownership of execution and delivery, ensuring that initiatives move forward efficiently. You excel at collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and identify how technology solutions can best support their goals. Your primary focus will be enhancing and evolving our Salesforce-based CRM—and while prior Salesforce experience is not required, you bring a strong eagerness to learn. You're also comfortable working alongside AI agents and agentic coding tools like Claude Code as part of how you plan, document, and ship work, and you're eager to keep building that skill as our team leans further into AI-assisted development.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and refine product roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand their challenges and determine how technology solutions can help meet their needs.
• Define and prioritize features that deliver measurable value.
• Translate product vision into well-documented user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Own the backlog, accepting completed stories that meet the definition of done.
• Adapt to shifting priorities and evolving business needs with agility.
• Manage trade-offs, priorities, and escalations to resolve blockers.
• Coordinate delivery plans, training, and change management efforts.
• Foster strong relationships with stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Ensure teams understand business objectives and downstream impacts.
• Track product performance through adoption metrics and user feedback.
• Use AI agents and agentic developer tools (e.g., Claude Code) to speed up ticket writing, documentation, QA, and other day-to-day product work.

What Makes You a Perfect Fit

• 2–3 years of product management experience.
• 3+ years of experience working on software products.
• Background in P&C Insurance or Insurtech, preferably from a broker perspective.
• Experience working with agile methodologies.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong documentation skills to ensure clarity and alignment across teams.
• Expertise in backlog management tools like JIRA and Confluence.
• Hands-on comfort with agentic AI tools and coding-agent harnesses (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot Workspace, Cursor, or similar), and quick to pick up new ones.
• Skilled in facilitation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder alignment.
• Technical knowledge of software engineering and architecture.
• Salesforce experience is not required, but eagerness to learn is a must.
• Familiarity with SQL and BI tools like Metabase is a plus.
• Highly focused on execution and delivery, driving projects to completion.

Employee Details

Employee Type: Full-Time
Location: Remote
Travel: 2-4 times per year

Equal Opportunity Employer

Rate Insurance is an Equal Opportunity Employer that welcomes and encourages all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, sex, religion, color, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital or parental status, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy or other reason protected by law.

Benefits

• The company offers a comprehensive benefits program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k)
• vacation benefits
• eligibility for medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits
• flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts)
• life insurance and death benefits
• critical care insurance
• personal accidental insurance
• commuter benefits
• pet insurance
• certain time off and leave of absence benefits
• well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program)
• other supplemental benefits (e.g. legal planning assistance; identity theft protection; pet insurance; wellness resources)

Additional Company Information

Guaranteed Rate Insurance is a premier independent insurance brokerage providing insurance coverage to customers in all 50 states. We work with over 100 of the country's top carriers to find the competitive rates on the coverage customers need. Home | Auto | Condo | Renters | Life | Pet | Jewelry | Umbrella | Small Business | Commercial Insurance Guaranteed Rate Insurance, LLC: New Hampshire (License 2065537) and Texas (License 2557056).