Product Manager

Product Manager

Apex Systems is sourcing for a Product Manager.

Location

Charlotte, NC or Dallas, TX (Hybrid) Rate: 60-70/hr Duration: Contract to hire

Role Overview This employer is seeking a Product Manager with insurance industry experience to operate as a mix of a hands-on Product Owner and Product Manager. This role will primarily focus on product execution, partnering closely with engineering, design, and business stakeholders to take roadmap initiatives through discovery, requirements gathering, development, testing, and delivery. The ideal candidate will have strong Product Owner fundamentals, be comfortable using data to inform requirements and roadmaps, and have experience leveraging AI tools in a professional setting to improve efficiency. Candidates must reside in the Charlotte, NC or Dallas, TX area and be willing to work on-site four days per week.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in Product Ownership, Product Management, or a similar product delivery role.
• Strong Product Owner fundamentals, including requirements gathering, writing user stories, backlog prioritization, working with engineering and design teams, supporting QA, and participating in Agile ceremonies.
• Experience within the insurance industry, ideally within wholesale, brokerage, carrier, managing general agent (MGA), or insurtech environments.
• Hands-on experience with Jira or Azure DevOps, with Azure DevOps preferred.
• Experience with Miro, Figma, or similar design and workflow tools.
• Candidates should be comfortable working with data to develop requirements and inform roadmap decisions. Professional experience using AI/ML tools to create efficiencies in day-to-day work is also required.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead product workstreams from discovery through delivery, coordinating closely with engineering, design, and business teams.

• Own and prioritize the product backlog, writing detailed user stories and establishing clear acceptance criteria.

• Partner with engineers and developers to ensure requirements and user needs are clearly understood and delivered on time.

• Collaborate with designers to develop prototypes and translate business and user needs into product solutions.

• Participate in stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, QA, and other Agile delivery activities.

• Take ownership of roadmap initiatives by leading discovery, developing requirements-gathering questions, and identifying business and user needs.

• Use data to build requirements, prioritize features, and contribute to product roadmap decisions.

• Apply AI tools in a professional setting to improve efficiency, such as supporting requirements development, creating templates, synthesizing information, or developing personas for user research.

• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across technology, design, operations, and business teams.

• Proactively manage priorities, dependencies, timelines, and risks while taking a resourceful and solution-oriented approach to challenges.

• Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Benefits

• Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

• Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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