Product Manager

Summary

Vertafore is a leading company in the insurance industry, providing agencies and carriers with advanced digital systems and AI solutions. They are seeking a Product Manager who will create and execute the product roadmap, aligning teams to solve customer problems and drive business metrics such as retention and satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Conduct primary and secondary market and customer research to create product vision and strategy
• Create product roadmap aligned to vision and strategy; communicate product roadmap and vision internally and externally
• Create and maintain the product backlog of features and partner with Product Owners to ensure backlog of user stories is created, maintained, and thoughtfully prioritized
• Own product release planning
• When applicable, be accountable for the successful launch of new products and releases partnering with Go-To-Market and Product Operations leaders to manage the cross-functional implementation of the Go-To-Market plan
• When applicable, partner with Go-To-Market team on product positioning, messaging, and sales enablement; support creation of enablement artifacts leveraged by internal teams
• Partner and communicate with customers on strategic direction, roadmap, progress against roadmap, and issue resolution
• Product/Customer feedback – Support special interest groups/customer feedback forums
• Product Evangelism - Contributing to necessary and relevant communication forums and supporting product leaders in various speaking engagements
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

• 3+ years of experience as a product manager for a B2B SaaS product
• Experience working within a cross functional organization
• Experience navigating and communicating complex concepts to all levels of an organization and customers
• Experience in Agile software practices
• Demonstrated ability to exercise judgment within generally defined practices and select methods to obtain solutions
• Demonstrated experience distilling business drivers, future customer needs, and competitive challenges to an actionable strategy

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3+ years of experience as a product manager for a B2B SaaS product
• Experience working within a cross functional organization
• Experience navigating and communicating complex concepts to all levels of an organization and customers
• Experience in Agile software practices
• Demonstrated ability to exercise judgment within generally defined practices and select methods to obtain solutions
• Demonstrated experience distilling business drivers, future customer needs, and competitive challenges to an actionable strategy

Benefits

• Bonus
• Vertafore is a Flexible First working environment which allows team members to work from home as often as you’d like, while using our offices as a place for collaboration, community, and teambuilding.