Sr. Product Manager

Description

Aspida is a tech-driven, nimble insurance carrier. Backed by Ares Management Corporation, a leading global alternative asset manager, we offer simple and secure retirement solutions and annuity products with speed and precision. More than that, we’re in the business of protecting dreams; those of our partners, our producers, and especially our clients. Our suite of products, available through our elegant and intuitive digital platform, focuses on secure, stable retirement solutions with attractive features and downside protection.

A subsidiary of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) acts as the dedicated investment manager, capital solutions and corporate development partner to Aspida. For more information, please visit  or follow them on Linked In.

Sometimes, a group of people come together and create something amazing. They don’t let egos get in the way. They don’t settle for the status quo, and they don’t complain when things get tough. Instead, they see a common vision for the future and each person makes an unspoken commitment to building that future together. That’s the culture, the moxie, and the story of Aspida.

Our business focuses on annuities and life insurance. At first, it might not sound flashy, but that’s why we’re doing things differently than everyone else in our industry. We’re dedicated to developing data-driven tech solutions, providing amazing customer experiences, and applying an entrepreneurial spirit to everything we do. Our work ethic is built on three main tenets:
Get $#!+ Done, Do It with Moxie, and Have Fun. If this sounds like the place for you, read on, and then apply at

The way our partners, producers, and clients want to work with carriers is evolving — and the carriers that adapt will define the next chapter of this industry. We're investing in the platform, products, and partner experiences that will keep Aspida ahead of that curve.

We're hiring a Sr. product Manager to help shape and own that work. This is a strategic, high-impact role focused on Aspida's externalized partner platform — the APIs, data feeds, status services, event streams, and emerging interfaces that connect Aspida to a growing ecosystem of distribution partners and integrators.

You’ll be part product strategist, part platform architect, part industry voice. You’ll translate evolving industry standards into our roadmap, design API and data products that partners actually want to build on, and help shape how Aspida shows up as the industry continues to modernize. You’ll work across operations, distribution, technology, actuarial, and compliance to make sure our partner-facing capabilities don't just expose data — they represent the full Aspida experience our partners and clients have come to expect.

The perfect candidate is a seasoned digital product manager with deep instincts for API-as-product thinking, strong empathy for both internal stakeholders and external developers and integrators, and the strategic range to take an emerging opportunity and turn it into competitive advantage. This role reports to the Director of Product and is required to be onsite at our Durham office 3 days a week.

• Define and own the digital product roadmap and go-to-market execution for Aspida's externalized partner platform — covering APIs, data feeds, status services, event streams, and the foundation for emerging integration patterns
• Translate evolving industry standards (including IRI Digital First for Annuities) into Aspida's product roadmap, ensuring we don't just conform to the standard but use it as a launchpad for differentiation
• Represent Aspida in relevant industry working groups, influencing how carriers, distributors, and vendors define and adopt modern annuity APIs and data exchange patterns
• Conduct deep voice-of-partner research with IMOs, banks, broker-dealers, RIAs, and wealth platforms to understand friction in the current ecosystem and how Aspida's externalized services can solve it
• Build a long-term vision for how Aspida's products and capabilities are consumed across multiple channels and surfaces, today and into the future
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