Product Manager, Data

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc.; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision insurance

401(k) match

Employee Assistance Plan

Health Savings Account

Wellness program

Job summary

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. seeks a Product Manager for Data to lead strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle of data and reporting apps for internal and external users.

The role translates business needs into prioritized initiatives with clear value and outcomes, focusing on future roadmap (~80%) while supporting in-flight delivery. You will partner with business leaders, maintain an 18-month roadmap, drive data engineering and reporting initiatives, and ensure stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Business Administration (or equivalent practical experience).
• 3+ years in product management within Agile environments.
• 3+ years driving data engineering and reporting initiatives.
• Experience with Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence).
• Experience using AI-enabled tools (e.g., Copilot) to improve productivity.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Experience with Insurance Industry data (claims, premiums, Bordereaux files…) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build partnerships with business leaders to identify pain points, opportunities, and measurable outcomes.
• Maintain an 18-month roadmap and a 6+ month ready backlog aligned to business priorities and capacity.
• Lead end-to-end business case development, ensuring clear value (ROI), defined scope, and approved prioritization.
• Balance feature delivery with technical investment (reliability, scalability, modernization).
• Own requirements clarity, backlog prioritization, and stakeholder alignment across all initiatives.
• Provide clear, consistent progress and roadmap reporting, enabling informed stakeholder decisions.
• Define and track success metrics for delivered outcomes.
• Drive prioritization trade-offs based on value, risk, and capacity.
• Enforce intake, prioritization, and funding governance processes to ensure alignment to portfolio priorities.

Skills

Written communication

Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban)

Data modeling & governance

Data stacks & BI tools

Stakeholder management

AI-assisted tooling (Copilot)

SQL & data querying

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Business Administration

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

The Product Manager for Data leads the product strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for data and reporting applications serving internal and external users.

This role translates business needs into prioritized, approved initiatives with clear value, scope, and outcomes, ensuring teams remain focused on the highest-value work. While primarily focused on future roadmap and pipeline (≈80%), this role actively supports in-flight delivery by clarifying requirements, adjusting scope, and ensuring stakeholder alignment and communication.

Key Accountabilities/Deliverables:

• Build deep partnerships with business leaders to identify pain points, opportunities, and measurable outcomes
• Maintain an 18-month roadmap and a 6+ month ready backlog aligned to business priorities and capacity
• Lead end-to-end business case development, ensuring clear value (ROI), defined scope, and approved prioritization
• Balance feature delivery with technical investment (reliability, scalability, modernization)
• Own requirements clarity, backlog prioritization, and stakeholder alignment across all initiatives
• Provide clear, consistent progress and roadmap reporting, enabling informed stakeholder decisions
• Define and track success metrics for delivered outcomes
• Drive prioritization trade-offs based on value, risk, and capacity
• Enforce intake, prioritization, and funding governance processes to ensure alignment to portfolio priorities

Technical Knowledge and Understanding:

• Strong written communication skills for technical and executive audiences (C-suite)
• Practical experience with Agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban)
• Strong understanding of modern data stacks and reporting and visualization tools
• Literacy in Data Modeling, Data Ingestion, ML Modeling, Data Governance
• Deep understanding of the Microsoft data stack, including Microsoft Fabric and Power BI preferred

Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Business Administration related discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
• Minimum of 3+ years' experience in product management within Agile environments
• Minimum of 3+ years' experience driving data engineering and reporting initiatives
• Experience with Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence)
• Experience using AI-enabled tools (e.g., Copilot) to improve productivity
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated habit of continuously teaching themselves new skills, with clear examples of recently applied learning
• Experience with Insurance Industry data (claims, premiums, Bordereaux files…) preferred

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over work authorization sponsorship now or in the future for this position.

At Core Specialty, you will receive a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development and advancement. We offer medical, dental, vision, and life insurances; short and long-term disability; a Company-match of 100% of a 6% contribution 401(k) plan; an Employee Assistance Plan; Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, Health Reimbursement Account, and a wellness program