Senior Product Manager, Commercial Lines

Selective Insurance; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 146,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plans

Retirement savings plan with company 4

Tuition assistance and reimbursement

20 days paid time off

Job summary

Selective Insurance is seeking a Product Manager to champion product strategy and drive end-to-end delivery across an agile program. You will collaborate with product leadership, IT, end users, and partners to translate strategy into actionable roadmaps and measurable value.

You will lead a team of Product Owners, manage the program backlog, and ensure alignment of business goals with customer needs. The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, market research, and experience with regulated

Qualifications

• Comprehensive understanding of the P&C insurance industry
• Mastery of distilling and decomposing business strategy
• Mastery of collaboration and stakeholder management
• Expertise in customer and user engagement
• Expertise in market and competitive research
• Experience and comfort leading direct reports
• Problem-solving with an analytical mindset
• Data collection and analysis for decision making
• Ability to navigate ambiguity
• Capable of strategic and tactical leadership
• Experience with product/software development lifecycles
• Expert knowledge of agile methodologies and tooling
• Experience with writing and refining agile requirements
• Experience with regulated products
• Strong written and verbal communication

Responsibilities

• Interprets and synthesizes product strategy into a clear, inspirational, and actionable vision providing a foundation for development and delivery across an agile program.
• Owns end to end value delivery and outcomes at the program level, collaborating with product leaders, IT leaders, business leaders, stakeholders, and teams.
• Acts as chief customer advocate and proxy, engaging with customers to understand needs and feedback.
• Conducts market and competitive research to inform product initiatives.
• Identifies and directs data collection and analysis for informed decisions.
• Leads development of a product mindset and guides a team of Product Owners.
• Owns and prioritizes the program feature backlog and refinement.
• Guides demonstrations of business value and agile ceremonies, backlog prioritization, and continuous improvement.
• Manages inter- and intra-program dependencies and communicates impacts.
• Measures and reports outcomes at the program level.

Skills

P&C insurance knowledge

Strategy decomposition

Stakeholder management

Customer/user engagement

Market research

Team leadership

Data collection and analysis

Ambiguity navigation

Agile product lifecycle

Agile requirements

Regulated products experience

Communication and presentation

Education

College degree preferred

Tools

Agile tooling

Job description

Selective Insurance is seeking a Product Manager to champion product strategy and drive end-to-end delivery across an agile program. You will collaborate with product leadership, IT, end users, and partners to translate strategy into actionable roadmaps and measurable value.

You will lead a team of Product Owners, manage the program backlog, and ensure alignment of business goals with customer needs. The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, market research, and experience with regulated