Product Manager III

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This opportunity is in the Information Technology department

As the company’s largest department, I.T. is responsible for supporting both ongoing operations and our next innovative project. Information technology is prioritized, allowing us to partner with colleagues to securely enable and support new capabilities every day. Utilizing a diverse set of technologies, like Guidewire, Salesforce, Java, C#/.NET, Mule, and Azure, the available career opportunities continue to grow rapidly. Our department consists of agile teams where individual contributions are recognized, and career advancement is nurtured.

Role Description:

This Product Manager III role will support Information Security as its primary product area, partnering closely with Information Security leaders and teams to drive product strategy, priorities, and roadmap. A strong understanding of information security concepts and practices is important to effectively and credibly partner with security professionals.

In this role, you will drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for products that support Safety National's business objectives. You'll serve as a trusted partner between business stakeholders and technology teams, translating customer needs and business priorities into impactful product solutions. Your ability to think strategically, leverage data, and anticipate opportunities will help shape the future of our products and drive continuous improvement across the organization.

As a Product Manager III, you will take ownership of the product lifecycle, from discovery and strategic planning through development, delivery, and ongoing optimization. You'll collaborate closely with Product Owners, engineering teams, business leaders, and other Product Managers to align priorities, manage dependencies, and ensure that product initiatives deliver measurable business value.

Your responsibilities will include developing and communicating compelling product visions, maintaining strategic roadmaps, and prioritizing features based on customer feedback, business goals, and performance insights. You'll leverage your technical understanding and analytical capabilities to identify opportunities, evaluate tradeoffs, and recommend solutions that improve the customer experience and operational efficiency.

You'll also play an influential role in strengthening our product management practices. Whether coaching Product Owners, facilitating stakeholder discussions, developing prototypes to validate ideas, or using leading and lagging performance indicators to guide decisions, you'll help foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.

Success in this role requires strong business acumen, technical curiosity, and the confidence to navigate competing priorities while maintaining a clear focus on delivering value. If you're a self-directed, customer-focused product professional who enjoys solving challenging problems and influencing strategic outcomes, we encourage you to apply!

Qualifications:

Education:

• A bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field is preferred.

Required Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of experience in Product Management or a related field.

• Strong understanding of information security concepts and practices, with the technical fluency to credibly and effectively partner with Information Security teams is required.

• Strong understanding of product strategy, roadmap development, backlog management, and product lifecycle ownership.
• Working knowledge of product and software development lifecycles, including Agile, Waterfall, and iterative methodologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical and business concepts to diverse audiences.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to leverage data and performance metrics to inform decisions and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Technical aptitude and an understanding of complex systems, with the ability to translate customer and business needs into actionable product requirements.
• Strong systems thinking skills, with the ability to identify dependencies, anticipate challenges, and recommend solutions across interconnected products and processes.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, Product Owners, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, and prioritization skills, including the ability to facilitate tradeoff discussions and align competing business objectives.
• Customer-focused mindset and strong business acumen, with the ability to understand user needs and deliver solutions that create measurable value.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and adapt effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated, results-oriented approach with a commitment to teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future.
• This position allows for a hybrid work schedule which includes a minimum of 3 days per week in our St. Louis Corporate Office, located at 1832 Schuetz Rd. Saint Louis, MO. All employees are required to submit work from home requests and follow our Work From Home policy, which will be provided to all candidates selected to interview.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, Security+, CCSP, or similar credentials are a plus.
• Experience with or working knowledge of IBM Targetprocess is a plus.

• Professional certification or education in Product Management, such as SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (PO/PM), Certified Product Manager (CPM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), or a similar credential.
• Experience working within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Experience in the Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance industry.
• Experience collaborating across multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and managing cross-product dependencies.
• Experience developing lean business cases, defining portfolio epics, and supporting strategic product investment decisions.
• Experience using product analytics, key performance indicators (KPIs), and customer feedback to evaluate product performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Experience facilitating product discovery, experimentation, and low-fidelity prototyping to validate solutions and gather stakeholder feedback.
• Experience coaching or mentoring Product Owners and promoting product management best practices.

Protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information and technology assets against unauthorized disclosure, destruction and/or alteration, in accordance with Safety National policies, standards, and procedures.

Safety National is a leading specialty insurance and reinsurance provider. Our culture is built upon relationships, which allow us to demonstrate our expertise gained through our rich 80-year history. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokio Marine, Inc., we appreciate the benefits and support provided by our affiliation with one of the top 10 insurance companies in the world.

Total Rewards That Put Employees First

In our vision to be First with Co-Workers, compensation that includes base salary, holiday bonus, and incentive awards is only a small portion of the comprehensive total rewards package we offer. Our total rewards approach recognizes and rewards the time, talents, efforts, and results of our valued employees. Highlights of our exceptional benefits include generous health, dental, and vision coverage, health savings accounts, a 401(k)-retirement savings match and an annual profit sharing contribution. We proudly offer family forming benefits for adoption, fertility, and surrogacy, generous paid time off and paid holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave, a hybrid work environment, and company-paid life insurance and disability. To support employees in their career journeys, we provide professional growth and development opportunities in addition to employee recognition and well-being programs. Apply today to learn more.

Safety National is committed to fair, transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive, market-based compensation. In our vision to be First with Co-Workers, compensation is only one piece of the comprehensive total rewards package we offer. The target base salary range for this position is $101,500 to $131,000. Compensation for the successful candidate will consider the candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, experience and geographic location.

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