Senior Product Manager - Digital Product - Product Contract Domain

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co

Franklin, WI

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$130,880–$196,320 Per Year
SKILLS
Agile Programming Methodologies, Analysis Skills, Application Programming Interface (API), Backlog Prioritization, Business Analysis, Business Intelligence Software, Business Skills, Communication Skills, Cross-Functional, Customer/Client Research, Detail Oriented, Documentation, Ecosystems, Establish Priorities, Financial Services, Leadership, Performance Metrics, Plan Meetings, Policy Development, Problem Solving Skills, Product Management, Product Support, Project/Program Management, Requirements Management, Return on Investment (ROI), Risk, Scrum Product Owner, Scrum Project Management and Software Development, ScrumMaster, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective, Testing, Time Management, Use Cases, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Franklin, WI
POSTED
30+ days ago

About the Role:

At Northwestern Mutual, we're transforming how product and policy data powers modern digital experiences at the scale and complexity of a Fortune 100 mutual company. As we continue to modernize our technology ecosystem, the Product Contract domain plays a foundational role in how experiences across NM access and update risk product policy data. As a Senior Product Manager supporting the Product Contract domain, you will own and evolve critical digital assets that sit at the core of our enterprise. Your focus will be on delivering high‑quality, performant APIs that enable consistency, reliability, and speed for teams modernizing advisor, client, and operational experiences across the company. In this role, you will partner closely with engineers, architects, data partners, business analysts and other product managers to deliver capabilities that unlock value across many downstream experiences. You'll collaborate across domains to align with enterprise strategy, establish clear product expectations, and create effective ways of working that help teams move faster together while maintaining the rigor and quality required of systems at the heart of policy administration. A foundation of business and technical fundamentals should be complemented by soft skills in building relationships, effectively eliciting and documenting requirements, critical problem-solving skills, project management and working toward shared goals.

What You'll Do:

  • Set Product Vision: Responsible for product vision and appropriate positioning with key stakeholders across the organization.
  • Develop Roadmap: Foster the development, acceptance and communication of roadmap.
  • Define and track KPIs for measure of success.
  • Gather Requirements: Participate in cross functional work to solicit key requirements relative to the accountable product.
  • Define the product: Responsible for multiple low to medium complexity products and product features from start to finish.
  • Stakeholdering: Maintain the awareness and ability to articulate the product story to a broader audience outside the internal team with additional experience and maturity in the domain.
  • Author User Stories: Translate requirements to technical details to build and validate use cases and user stories around a product and communicate them effectively.
  • Data & Customer Research: Inform product decisions with both qualitative and quantitative data on behavior and experimentation.
  • Feature Prioritization: Develop and maintain multiple prioritized backlog of user stories for implementation according to business value or ROI.
  • Facilitate ceremonies: Facilitate the daily Scrums, Sprint Planning Meetings and Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives.

What You'll Bring to the Role:

  • Bachelor's degree.
  • 4-5 Years of prior experience with at least 4 working in a Product Management Role, with agile team experience.
  • Knowledge Preferred: formal business analyst, engineering or testing experience, knowledge of the financial services industry, familiar with BI tools, certification or experience with Product Owner or Scrum Master role.
  • Must have demonstrated cross functional work in previous experience along with strong communication skills, time management, project management skills, business acumen and high self-awareness/EQ.
  • Demonstrated previous research experience, influence skills, initial leadership exposure, ability to translate product requirements into technical requirements, and work in ambiguity and solutioning.
  • Solves complex problems; take a new perspective on existing solutions; exercise judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.

What Sets you apart:

  • Adaptive Communication
  • Attention To Detail
  • Cross Functional Partnering
  • Customer Analysis
  • Escalation Tracking
  • Stakeholder Relationship
  • Technical Digital Acumen
  • User story

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Compensation Range:

Pay Range - Start:

$118,960.00

Pay Range - End:

$178,440.00

Geographic Specific Pay Structure:

Structure 110:

$130,880.00 USD - $196,320.00 USD

Structure 115:

$136,800.00 USD - $205,200.00 USD

We believe in fairness and transparency. It's why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. The standard pay structure is listed but if you're living in California, New York City or other eligible location, geographic specific pay structures, compensation and benefits could be applicable, click here to learn more.

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Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.

About the Company

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The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co

Who We Are

What we believe.

We believe relationships are built on trust. That our lives and our work matter. And that doing what’s right is good for everyone — our clients, our employees, our financial representatives and our communities.
These beliefs launched our company nearly 160 years ago. Today, they’re just a few of the reasons why people choose to build careers at Northwestern Mutual.

We’re known for our financial strength.

That means we’ll be here for the millions of people who are counting on us—our clients, our employees, our financial representatives and our communities.

We care.

We make a positive difference in our communities. Nationally, thousands have benefited from our support of research and programs to fight childhood cancer. Each year, our Foundation, employees and financial representatives donate time, talent and financial support to causes they’re passionate about.


Why Work Here

We’re strong and growing.

In a company with such a long and storied history, this may be the most exciting and important time to be a part of Northwestern Mutual. We’re strong, innovative and growing. And we want you to grow with us.

We invest in our people.

We provide opportunities for employees to grow themselves, their careers, and, in turn, our business. Movement around the company is encouraged and we help our people build meaningful, long-term careers.

Be part of building our future.

We’re expanding our campus in downtown Milwaukee overlooking Lake Michigan. The Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons will include a state-of-the-art employee Learning Institute, and will feature a natural light-filled, 21st century work environment. This signature development reinforces our commitment to job growth, attracting top talent and drawing new business to Milwaukee.

Enjoy Milwaukee.

Located on beautiful Lake Michigan, Milwaukee offers a perfect balance of big city and small town living. Home to Summerfest, the world’s largest music festival, Milwaukee has a thriving music scene, a celebrated annual film festival and vibrant performing arts community. Professional sports teams include the Milwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Bucks and other major teams. And outdoor family fun is easy here. An extensive urban bike path network links our lakefront parks, beaches and other recreational hotspots.


Our Culture

We are always evolving.

At Northwestern Mutual, our employees, and our business, are always evolving. We are agile and continuously learning and improving. We have a work environment that empowers problem solving and encourages innovation—you will make an impact here.

We do what’s right.

Our “do-what’s-right” value is pervasive. We ask ourselves: “Is this in the best interest of our clients? Our employees? Our financial representatives?” Acting on this value improves our clients’ experience, and makes Northwestern Mutual a better place to work.

We recognize and develop possibilities in our people.

Onsite training and leadership development programs help employees succeed and grow. We also sponsor learning opportunities outside the company to help employees stay current in their fields, network with peers and gain external perspective.

Diversity makes us better.

We believe diversity and inclusion cultivate creativity, innovation and a better experience for our clients. That’s why we recruit and grow people who bring unique perspectives, ideas, beliefs and cultural backgrounds.

COMPANY SIZE
5,000 to 9,999 employees
INDUSTRY
Financial Services
FOUNDED
1857
WEBSITE
https://www.northwesternmutual.com/