Senior Product Manager, Underwriting
Leads underwriting product initiatives from discovery through launch, partnering with clients, underwriters, and engineering to modernize life insurance workflows. Requires 5+ years of product management experience, hands-on life insurance or underwriting expertise, strong analytics and research skills, and daily use of AI tools.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead complex product initiatives across underwriting, owning outcomes from problem definition through launch and adoption.
- Partner with clients and underwriters to shape platform capabilities, pressure-test features, and develop a durable product roadmap.
- Use AI tools and agentic workflows for discovery, synthesis, roadmap communication, and stakeholder preparation.
- Translate carrier requirements and regulatory constraints into product requirements for engineering and underwriting users.
- Develop and maintain product roadmaps aligned with company strategy.
- Model AI-native working habits and contribute to the shared knowledge base of tools, skills, and workflows.
- Identify opportunities through underwriting workflow observation, data analysis, client feedback, and competitive intelligence.
- Communicate product vision, strategy, and outcomes to influence stakeholders across the organization.
- Coach and mentor junior product managers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of product management experience.
- Hands-on life insurance experience, ideally in or adjacent to underwriting.
- Familiarity with evidence and requirements, APS and lab data, carrier guidelines, and underwriting decisions.
- Experience building products for expert users making consequential decisions where accuracy and auditability are critical.
- Ability to lead multiple projects across an entire product area.
- Track record of delivering successful products with measurable business impact.
- Daily experience using AI tools such as Claude, Cursor, Lovable, Replit, or equivalent for synthesis, research, and structured thinking.
- Experience with user research, usability testing, and UI/UX design principles for complex systems.
- Strong analytical skills and experience with product analytics and BI solutions.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to operate with ambiguity and make decisions with incomplete information.
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity based on role.
- Flexible paid time off and parental leave programs.
- 100% paid-premium option for medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Lifestyle stipend supporting physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
- Flexible work-from-home policy with remote and hybrid options.
Skills
Product Management, Life Insurance, Underwriting, AI Tools, Product Roadmapping, User Research, Usability Testing, UI/UX Design, Product Analytics, Business Intelligence, Stakeholder Management, Regulatory Requirements
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