State Product Manager - Personal Lines
We arehiring forthreeState Product Managerpositions.
1.State Product Managerfor Colorado
2.State Product ManagerforSouth Carolina and Arkansas
3.State Product ManagerforConnecticut and Rhode Island
Ideal candidateswoulddemonstrate:
Strong strategicand criticalthinkingcapabilities
A track recordof generating clear,data-driven insights
Excellentcommunicationskills withability toinfluenceand alignstakeholders
Experience managing statestoP&Lobjectiveswith preference towards states listed above.
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!Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Develop, implement, and manage strategic plans for assigned states, incorporating top/bottom line performance designed to meet or exceed Personal Lines objectives.
Owns strategy and performance for assigned state(s).
Analyzes and reviews financial results, product profitability, business mix and competitive information and forecasts performance.
Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Operations, Claims, Actuarial, Underwriting, Technology, and Legal to align stakeholders in the execution of state-specific strategies.
Monitor performance, communicate and influence action to address product/pricing issues, strategies, and financial results with appropriate stakeholders and leadership.
Maintains in-depth knowledge of the personal lines industry, state markets, regulatory environment, and current economic and business trends.
Develop and maintain formal relationships with state regulatory agencies and trade associations.
Coordinate and facilitate communication across functions and state management team.
Applies judgment, understanding and curiosity to data and provides high level analysis considering multiple complexities to build fully developed solutions.
Communicates information regarding products, pricing and organizational decisions to internal and external partners verbally and in writing. Translates data and strategic concepts into understandable communications to be shared with multiple audiences.
May participate in cross functional teams to complete projects or support the business. Provides strong leadership, is approachable, and instills trust at all levels.
Lead all aspects of associate management including performance, salary planning and administration, training and development, workflow and organization planning, day-to-day management, hiring and placement and disciplinary actions for direct reports.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Reporting Relationships: Reports to AVP, State Product Manager – Personal Lines or Sr State Product Manager – Personal Lines. Up to two direct reports and no indirect reports.
Typical Skills and Experiences:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in insurance, actuarial science, mathematics, risk management, economics, finance, accounting, business administration or related subject area or Master 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: Eight years of experience in underwriting or product preferred. Cross-functional experience from other areas and experience with data analysis preferred.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Detailed knowledge of core business functions, personal lines 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 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 job, 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, competencies and experiences may take precedence.
Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner. Depending on level, the approvers may change.
Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.
Job Conditions:
Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)
Working Conditions: Normal office environment.
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 assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.
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