Digital Product Manager – Connected Car/Internet of Things

The Allstate Corporation is the largest publicly held personal lines property and casualty insurer in America, serving more than 16 million households nationwide. Founded in 1931, Allstate has been dedicated to protecting our customers from life's uncertainties and preparing them for the future for more than 80 years.

As a digital product manager, you will be empowered to create, drive and execute product strategy for one or more products in our growing digital product portfolio. To inform that strategy, you will invest significant time with current and potential customers to understand their needs & habits and to elicit their feedback to potential product concepts and/or to released product iterations. You will have updated customer journey maps on your walls. People will look to you as the Voice of the Customer. To build buy-in for product strategy, you will be responsible for business case(s) and roadmaps that demonstrate how activities will translate into meeting KPIs and delivering customer and enterprise value. To execute product strategy, you will participate in the development of software as product owner alongside your Agile team(s), partner with stakeholders inside and outside of the enterprise, and present to field teams and at events as the “product expert” for your defined product area.

* You are entrepreneurial with a strong inclination towards action and leadership in ambiguous situations * You are familiar with user-centered design, customer journey maps and know how to apply these techniques to learn more about customers and to gather their feedback to product concepts/iterations. Or you are all-in to learn and operate with this approach. * You care about the “why” and are able to structure a logical analysis to inform a direction (for example: frame a build vs. buy decision and use KPIs to evaluate a direction) * You are passionate about mobility topics and/or Internet of Things. * You can translate complex topics into a good story and deliver it effectively in person or in written form. * You’re ready to judge your success by the success of your team and the happiness of your customers.

* Minimum 5 years relevant product management or technology development experience * Experience in product management or product development for a B2B business model or a willingness to learn * Experience operating in an environment driven by KPIs where you had the accountability to determine the best course of action to meet your numbers * Experience working in an Agile environment and in the role of Product Owner * Undergraduate degree in engineering, computer science, marketing or related business degree, MBA/MIS/MS desired