Senior Product Manager

Job Description

1 SW Security Benefit Pl, Topeka, KS 66606, USA

We're Looking for an experienced Senior Product Manager!

About the Company: Security Benefit is a leader in the U.S. retirement market with more than $55 billion in assets under management. We offer opportunities to thrive, innovate, and make an impact. As part of our team, you’ll play a key role in driving the future of the U.S. retirement industry. Security Benefit is a PLACE where we promise to help our customers To and Through Retirement®.

We’re proud to have been recognized as one of the best in the business:

• Named to Ward’s 50 list of top-performing life-health insurance companies
• Recognized on list of Ingram’s Top 100 Private Companies in the Kansas City area in 2024

About the Role: Security Benefit is looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead and/or run multiple delivery teams to launch new, innovative annuity products for Financial Advisors and Customers. This involves building intuitive and customer centric digital capabilities that enable self-support, efficiencies, and AI driven insights.

The ideal candidate may work remotely but will be required to travel to our home office in Topeka, Kansas or our New York office periodically. Security Benefit associates are working in a hybrid environment with both remote and on-site work.

As a Senior Product Manager, you’ll be responsible for:

• Regularly conducting customer discovery meetings, mining for and validating problems, setting success metrics, and leading usability testing
• Influencing senior leaders and diverse cross-functional teams to align priorities and to resolve critical issues
• Gathering voice of the customer and translate insights into clear, prioritized product requirements
• Knowledge of advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI technologies, especially as they apply to insurance (e.g., risk assessment, personalized offerings)
• Thinking strategically about technology and its role in the business, including making decisions on technology investments
• Shaping the high-level business capabilities necessary to articulate a product vision that evolves into a technical architecture
• Prioritizing investments that maximize existing solutions and are scalable to other use cases
• Building product strategy and roadmap for their areas independently, balancing priorities based on impact and risk
• Aligning the product strategy and roadmap around clear customer-backed themes and patterns to drive alignment between stakeholders and aligns with the company’s strategic goals
• Understanding and proactively addresses the cascading impacts of their roadmap inside and outside the organization, including broader business impacts
• Defining an iterative, vision backed product agenda that solves diverse customer problems and delivers business outcomes
• Collaborating with stakeholders to define go-to-market strategies and deployment activities
• Leading with future focus and pushes back on narrow perspectives such as "it's always been done that way"

What We’re Looking For: If you are passionate about shaping user experiences in the annuities sector and thrive in a collaborative environment:

• 6+ years as a Digital Product Manager or relevant role
• Bachelor's degree or Master Degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration or Software Engineering
• Proven experience as a Product Manager independently leading delivery teams
• Experience in the Financial Services industry as this role will focus heavily on Retirement Accounts, Retirement Financial Products, and regulated business activities
• Solid understanding of user-centered design principles and methodologies
• Experience working in a variety of technology environments including but not limited to the following: partnering with vendors, partnering with third party teams, and working with internal engineering resources

Why Choose Security Benefit? When you join our team, you’re not just getting a paycheck — you’re getting a career path full of growth opportunities, plus a robust benefits package that puts your well-being first. Here’s what you can expect as a full-time Security Benefit associate:

• Competitive salary and annual incentive bonuses to reward your contributions
• 33 days of paid time off (including PTO, holidays, Volunteer Day, and days of significance)
• Paid parental leave after 90 days of service
• 401(k) with company match, plus Profit Sharing & Savings Plan
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance to give you peace of mind
• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and dependent care
• Life Insurance to protect your loved ones
• Educational assistance to support your career development
• Associate assistance programs for your personal and professional well-being

Ready to Make an Impact? Apply today by visiting our career page to submit your resume. We’re excited to meet you!

Security Benefit is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

1 SW Security Benefit Pl, Topeka, KS 66606, USA