Product Manager, IT Platforms

corespecialtyinsurance; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) Company-match

Job summary

Core Specialty Insurance seeks a Product Manager for IT Platforms to define the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for the platforms and infrastructure that power our business applications. You will drive cloud, security, and monitoring tool investments.

You will partner with product managers and stakeholders to translate needs into prioritized platform initiatives with measurable outcomes, maintaining an 18–month roadmap and a 6+ month backlog.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or business field or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years in product management within Agile environments.
• 3+ years driving cloud and/or security initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end business case development with clear ROI and defined scope.
• Maintain an 18-month roadmap and 6+ month ready backlog aligned to priorities.
• Define and track success metrics for delivered outcomes.

Skills

AGILE DELIVERY

CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE

AZURE & AWS

JIRA & CONFLUENCE

AI TOOLS Copilot

STAKEHOLDER INFLUENCE

SECURE DEVELOPMENT

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Business Administration

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Copilot

Job description

The Product Manager for IT Platforms leads the product strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for the platforms and infrastructure that support our business applications.

This role is responsible for driving initiatives that strengthen our cloud infrastructure and improve our security, development, and monitoring toolsets.

This role partners closely with product management peers and stakeholders to translate the need for secure, reliable and maintainable applications into prioritized platform and infrastructure initiatives with clear value, scope, and outcomes, ensuring teams remain focused on the highest-value work.

While primarily focused on future roadmap and pipeline planning (≈80%), the role also supports in-flight delivery by clarifying requirements, refining scope, and maintaining 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 cloud infrastructure, layered security and development/monitoring tooling
• 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
• Deep understanding of Azure and AWS clouds, development tools and pipelines, security preferred

Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Business Administration related discipline (or equivalent practical experience)
• 3+ years in product management within Agile environments
• 3+ years driving cloud and/or security initiatives
• Experience with Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence)
• Experience using AI-enabled tools (e.g., Copilot) to improve productivity
• Experience working in a regulated industry (insurance, financial services, healthcare) 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.

• 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
• a wellness program