Product Manager

at  Brightway Insurance

ABOUT BRIGHTWAY

Brightway is an insurance agency that has achieved remarkable success over the past 15 years and is now set for an even more exciting phase of growth as we begin a digital transformation to become a modern, high-tech digital agency.
As we move towards a tech-driven future, we recognize the importance of investing in a strong technology and product team. The strategic decision to modernize our processes through technology will play a key role in accelerating our company’s growth beyond what is possible in the industry today. The Product Manager will be responsible for understanding and articulating a roadmap that aligns technical solutions with process and business problems, ultimately driving outcomes.
By choosing to join us now, you’ll become an integral part of shaping a high-tech digital insurance agency from its early days. Your contributions will leave a lasting impact, shaping the very foundation of our future success.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of proven experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager, with a track record of successfully delivering digital products and driving business results.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field – OR – relevant certifications in product management preferred
• Strong familiarity with CRM systems (E.g., Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce, Hubspot) is a MUST for this position, as a meaningful portion of the roadmap will involve the migration & improvement of legacy systems and processes into CRM systems.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across teams.
• Experience and sufficiency with requirements involving connections with systems and vendors (integrations, APIs, etc.)
• Experience with agile development methodologies and tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and business and financial concepts
• Proficiency in project management and product management software.
• Experience working in digital whiteboarding applications and creating process flow diagrams
• Bonus: Understanding of the Property and Casualty insurance industry
• Bonus: Experience with leveraging AI (Machine Learning, GenAI, etc.) to solve business problems
• Exhibits our company values on a daily basis:
• Say it, Do it
• Here for Each Other
• Inspired by Insurance
• Next Level Effort
• Embrace, educate, evolve
  Now is the time join Brightway. You can make your mark here. Contribute to our momentum by helping build our next gen tech ecosystem to help power our agency owners’ success. Our culture is driven by our core values, appetite to grow and excitement to collaborate and see our hard work pay off.

• Product Discovery: Research existing business processes & identify improvement opportunities.
• Roadmap Development: Serve as Product Owner for multiple Scrum teams, continually managing & grooming product backlogs and participating in daily scrum ceremonies (standups, planning, reviews, and retrospectives) as well as user acceptance testing.
• Requirements Gathering: Own user product requirements documentation, distilling user needs & product features into stories and manageable development work items
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with sales, service, engineering, other departments, and Executive teams to ensure alignment between product development and business objectives.
• Technology Integration: Identify opportunities to leverage technology solutions to solve process and business problems, driving efficiency and effectiveness.
• Go-to-Market Strategy and Execution: Plan and execute launch checklists, collaborate with internal teams, and ensure internal and external training & documentation.