Sr. Product Manager - Personal Lines

Strategic And Analytical Product Manager

If you're passionate about helping people protect what matters most to them, as well as innovating and simplifying processes and operations to provide the best customer value, then Nationwide's Property and Casualty team could be the place for you! At Nationwide, "on your side" goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we're looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

We are looking for a strategic and analytical leader with excellent communication skills to take ownership of Product and Portfolio Management responsibilities for our Alternative Distribution channel. This emerging insurance distribution channel consists of carrier partners, embedded OEM / Mortgage / Life integrations, franchise and strategic partnerships that operate on a national scale. This role represents a unique opportunity to shape the agent experience while applying core Product Management concepts and interact with industry leading partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Portfolio Management : Identify strategies and tactics to manage Alternative Distribution firms to clearly defined profit and growth goals
• Strategic Collaboration : Work with Relationship Management Team to implement action plans that foster profitable growth
• API Experience : Optimizing agency integration patterns and the presentation of Nationwide's rate against other carriers in partnership with experience teams
• Analytics & Forecasting : Engaging in portfolio analysis, agency reviews, dashboard analytics, and forecasting
• Cross-functional Communications : Share the Alternative Distribution strategy across business units

Location options include offices in Columbus, OH or Des Moines, IA, or a Work-From-Home / Remote capacity anywhere in the country. #LI-JS2

Job Description Summary

Our work is essential to helping Nationwide build future capability to serve customer needs. Keeping existing products relevant and marketable and building new products takes research, critical thinking, practicality and collaboration. If you enjoy gathering input and information, working independently and on a team and creating innovative solutions for customers, we want to know more about you! As a Senior Product Manager, you'll develop, apply and implement product strategy in alignment with market strategies and lead and collaborate on critical initiatives across regions and other functional departments. You'll also influence decisions with internal and external partners at all levels and you'll be responsible for positioning products for profitable growth within the largest or most complex region with the most financial impact and complexity. In addition, you'll implement processes related to financial planning, rate reviews, market development and communication of product management and you'll support regional and corporate objectives through ongoing analysis and monitoring of results to ensure alignment, communication of results and sharing product performance and perspective.

Key Responsibilities

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships : Reports to AVP. Direct reports may include roles at the manager and below levels.

Typical Skills and Experiences

Education : Bachelor's degree in insurance, actuarial science, mathematics, risk management, economics, finance, accounting, business administration or equivalent or Masters' of Business Administration degree preferred.

License / Certification / Designation : Progress toward or completion of CPCU, AU CIC, INS ARM, Actuarial exams or similar designations preferred.

Experience : Ten years of experience in underwriting and product preferred. Cross-functional experience from other areas and experience with data analysis preferred.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills : Detailed knowledge of core business functions, and insurance products and pricing architecture, state regulations, underwriting procedures and standard methodologies. Solid understanding of financials, trend analysis and competitor data. Proficiency in analytical tools, relational databases, data visualization techniques, query-based language and / or statistical software experience preferred. Excellent verbal and written communication skills necessary to present information, communicate and influence internal and external partners at all levels. Skilled in the use of related systems and analytical tools. Ability to drive for results, deal with ambiguity, solve problems, learn on the fly, make quality decisions, see trends and patterns within data. Ability to manage projects, opposing priorities, timelines and resources to complete work. Strong organizational agility and political savvy preferred.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, proficiencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above require approval by the hiring manager's leader and Human Resources Business Partner.

Values : Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions

Overtime Eligibility : Exempt (Not Eligible)

Working Conditions : Normal office environment. Additional hours as required. Some overnight travel required.

ADA : The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

We currently anticipate accepting applications until 09 / 12 / 2025. However, we encourage early submissions, as the posting may close sooner if a strong candidate slate is identified before the deadline.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including : medical / dental / vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly