Digital Product Manager; Levels

Overview

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. Allstate has a long history of innovation across pricing, telematics, device and identity protection.

The Architecture Compute, and Engineering organization provides a transformative platform ecosystem with capabilities that empower end users and digital product teams to innovate and drive growth through the Consumer Connected Cloud mission. This ecosystem aims to provide an frictionless experience for the user community.

As a Digital Product Manager in the ACE organization, you will contribute toward defining, delivering, and managing the lifecycle of one or more products to meet customer needs and align with the company's strategic goals. This role requires strategic thinking, technical understanding, and business acumen.

A career as a Digital Product Manager is challenging and rewarding, offering opportunities to innovate and shape the future of digital products. Ideal candidates are strategic thinkers with strong technical and communication skills capable of driving product success in a fast-paced environment.

• Product Strategy and Vision:
  Develop and communicate the vision and strategy for digital product(s).
• Market Research:
  Conduct market and user research to identify trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape.
• Product Development:
  Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and launch new digital products.
• Roadmap Management:
  Create and maintain a product roadmap aligned with business goals and customer needs.
• Ongoing Management:
  Write and groom user stories, prioritize, and manage the backlog with the Digital Product team.
• Performance Monitoring:
  Define product performance metrics and monitor performance using analytics to inform decisions.
• Stakeholder Communication:
  Communicate product progress and updates to internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Budget Management:
  Manage product budgets and resources efficiently.
• Customer Feedback:
  Gather and analyze customer feedback to continuously improve the product.

• Experience with Agile methodologies and product management tooling
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Understanding of development processes, human-centered design, UX/UI design, and digital marketing
• Analytical
  
  Skills:
  
  Proficiency in data analysis and interpretation to inform product decisions
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Excellent verbal and written communication
• Leadership:
  Proven ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams
• Problem-Solving:
  Strong problem-solving skills and creativity
• Experience in networking, identity management solutions, infrastructure as code, automation, data analytics, or cloud solutions preferred
• Product experience in End User, Network, Compute, or Platform as a Service preferred

• Sr Cons II:
  Operates as a product manager with minimal guidance; can act as a practitioner in low complexity products
• Conducts appropriate product ceremonies
• Influences product direction, backlog, and roadmap
• 3+ years of product management experience

• Lead:
  Operates and drives the product strategy and roadmap independently
• Demonstrates refined and more advanced product management skills
• Influences across product management peers within the product family and with engineering and platform teams
• 5+ years of product management experience

• Expert:
  Leads products of significant scope and complexity
• Influences across ACE organization and engineering/architecture teams
• Drives optimization of product ceremonies for efficiency
• Acts as a coach and mentor to early-career product managers across ACE and broader technology
• 7+ years of product management experience

Business Case Analyses, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Internal Stakeholders, Networking, Product Development, Product Direction, Product Management, Product Roadmap, Product Road mapping, Product Strategies, Systems Thinking, User Experience (UX)

Compensation offered for this role is  -  annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

Allstate is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Allstate maintains compliance with applicable federal and state laws and policies.

Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup to eligible employees and, for remote workers, a monthly connectivity reimbursement. When working from home, applicants should have a dedicated workspace, reliable internet with minimum speeds of 50 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.