CL Product Lifecycle Leader

Position Title:  CL Product Lifecycle Leader

Ready to be a part of our Team? Grange Insurance provides more than peace of mind and protection during life’s unexpected events. Named No. 1 Top Workplace in Columbus in 2023 and Wonderful Workplace for Young Professionals in 2024, Grange encourages Associates to explore their potential, think creatively and push the boundaries of innovation and success. At Grange, you’ll find a high-performing, collaborative team and a financially strong and stable company.

It’s ok if you don’t meet every requirement. At Grange, we prioritize creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. If you're enthusiastic about this role but your previous experience only partially matches qualifications in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. We believe in fostering growth and providing opportunities for continuous learning and development of skills as you progress in your career with us. 

 

Summary:

This position is responsible for Leading the day-to-day process of new product development at the direction of the Line of Business (LOB) leaders.  Monitor product(s) from inception through maturity.  Supports, facilitates and resolves barriers for IT applications development.  Coordinates requirements and implementation with supporting business leads. 

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Strategy/Research
  • Work with Commercial Lines Product LOB Leader(s) to execute company strategies.
  • Demonstrate awareness of each state’s regulatory environment, legislative rules, aggregate customers wants, needs and changing industry delivery of products and service.
  • Track progress against target dates and identify any deficiencies or deviations.

• Design/Prototype
  • Support team by providing Product and Underwriting knowledge in decision-making, informing team of business decisions that will impact development and establishing efficient and effective product design and features including the development of downstream data reporting that meet customer and organizational demands.

• Development
  • Actively participate and represent the product in the agile product(s) development process including both high level business requirement writing and detailed system requirement writing along with support of detailed system testing.
  • Define business requirements and road maps for country-wide product and versions implemented by each state. Additionally, support any necessary state filings.
  • Execute the strategy by setting priorities of assignments for the IT Team(s).
  • Identify issues that block or hinder progress. Surface the appropriate issues to Product Development LOB Leader for resolution.
  • Collaborate with IT, Agency Interface and Underwriting in delivering and maintaining a market-leading efficient and accurate quoting and business submission platform.

• Rollout
  • Collaborate with Sales, Marketing and the Product Managers in product roll-outs.
  • Produce countrywide documents, templates, training materials.
  • Communicate with business leaders on the progress, issues and developments of the CL Products.

• Review
  • Communicate with business leaders on the progress, issues and developments of the CL products.
  • Perform product analysis to provide clarity of desired results through various reports and creating/maintaining requirements of dashboard reporting from Business Intelligence Unit.
• Lead and maintain best practices with CI (Continuous Improvement) over product lifecycle.

What You’ll Bring To The Company:

• Bachelor’s degree with advanced degree and/or professional designation (e.g. CPCU) or comparable experience preferred. Field of study in Risk Management, Math, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Economics, or related field preferred. 

• Minimum of 5 years Commercial Lines experience (preferably underwriting, product and/or systems).

• Must have knowledge of industry trends, state regulations, and compliance processes. Must be able to demonstrate analytical and strategic ability. 

• Must possess interpersonal communication skills and be comfortable working in a matrix environment.

• Must be able to manage ambiguity when making decisions and possess the ability to convey complex technical issues in an easy-to-understand format.

• Experience working in an iterative development environment with a functional knowledge of Agile methods and tools a plus.

 

About Us:

Grange Insurance Company, with $3.2 billion in assets and more than $1.5 billion in annual revenue, is an insurance provider founded in 1935 and based in Columbus, Ohio. Through its network of independent agents, Grange offers auto, home and business insurance protection. Grange Insurance Company and its affiliates serve policyholders in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin and holds an A.M. Best rating of "A" (Excellent).

Grange understands that life requires flexibility. We promote geographical diversity, allowing hybrid and remote options and flexibility in work hours (role dependent). In addition to competitive traditional benefits, Grange has also created unique benefits based on employee feedback, including a cultural appreciation holiday, family formation benefits, compassionate care leave, and expanded categories of bereavement leave.   

Who We Are:

We are committed to an inclusive work environment that welcomes and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We hire great talent from various backgrounds, and our associates are our biggest strength. We seek individuals that represent the diversity of our communities, including those of all abilities. A diverse workforce's collective ideas, opinions and creativity are necessary to deliver the innovative solutions and service our agency partners and customers need. Our core values: Be One Team, Deliver Excellence, Communicate Openly, Do the Right Thing, and Solve Creatively for Tomorrow.

 

Our Associate Resource Groups help us create a more diverse and inclusive mindset and workplace. They also offer professional and personal growth opportunities. These voluntary groups are open to all associates and have formed to celebrate similarities of ethnicity/race, nationality, generation, gender identity, and sexual orientation and include Multicultural Professional Network, Pride Partnership & Allies, Women's Group, and Young Professionals.

 

Our Inclusive Culture Council, created in 2016, is focused on professional development, networking, business value and community outreach, all of which encourage and facilitate an environment that fosters learning, innovation, and growth. Together, we use our individual experiences to learn from one another and grow as professionals and as people.  

We are committed to maintaining a discrimination-free workplace in all aspects, terms and conditions of employment and welcome the unique contributions that you bring from education, opinions, culture, beliefs, race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, handicap, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, pregnancy, veteran status, and citizenship.

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