Product Manager

About the role

The ideal candidate is excellent at owning product roadmaps (6+ months), key results and success measures driving end to product delivery. Translating business problems into clear product requirements and MVPs. Hands on with writing user stories, epics, features, and defining a clear acceptance criteria, to help drive solution and execution aligned to business outcomes and customer first experiences. Asking strong product and technical questions to uncover risks, dependencies and opportunities. Partnering closely with engineering to understand distributed system architecture, communication patterns such as APIs, batches, messaging, and end-to-end system dependencies. Strong knowledge of Cloud computing concepts, data flows, databases and ability to contribute to technical decisions/trade-offs. Identifying and measuring KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), with an eye to adjusting and refining your roadmap as the data dictates. Navigating Agile and Lean product development practices to deliver iteratively and efficiently. Managing multiple stakeholders across business, engineering, design and leadership with clear communication. Prioritizing effectively while balancing customer value, technical feasibility and business impact.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute product roadmaps
• Drive product vision, go-to-market strategy, and design discussions
• Translate business needs into clear product requirements and user stories
• Write and understand basic database queries to make data-driven decisions and validations
• Partner closely with engineering to understand distributed system architecture, communication patterns, and end-to-end system dependencies
• Contribute to technical decisions and trade-offs based on cloud computing concepts, data flows, and databases
• Identify and measure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and adjust the roadmap based on data
• Navigate Agile and Lean product development practices to deliver iteratively and efficiently
• Manage multiple stakeholders across business, engineering, design, and leadership with clear communication
• Prioritize effectively while balancing customer value, technical feasibility, and business impact

Requirements

• 5+ years in product management, technical product management or a related role
• Proven experience owning and executing product roadmaps
• Experience driving product vision, go-to-market strategy, and design discussions
• Working knowledge of distributed system architecture, basic architecture principles, API design, cloud computing, databases & data models
• Strong knowledge of analytics, reporting, and BI tools
• Strong knowledge of UI/UX design and Figma/similar tools
• Experience writing and understanding basic database queries to make data-driven decisions and validations
• Ability to translate business needs into clear product requirements and user stories
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in technical fields such as software engineering or computer science
• Insurance industry experience preferred
• Knowledge of AI fundamentals and concepts (e.g.: LLMs, recommendation systems, models) preferred

Skills

• Product Management
• Technical Product Management
• Distributed System Architecture
• Cloud Computing
• Data Flows
• Databases
• UI/UX Design
• Analytics
• Reporting
• BI Tools
• Database Queries
• Business Problem Solving
• Agile and Lean Product Development Practices
• Stakeholder Management
• Customer First Experience
• Technical Decision Making

Benefits

Annual Salary: $100,450.00 - $157,850.00

Pay

$100,450.00 - $157,850.00 per year

Schedule

Hybrid role with primary location as Chevy Chase, MD and alternative location as Palo Alto, CA.