Digital Product Manager (Container Platform)

Allstate is an insurance company focused on protecting families and their belongings through innovative products and services. The Container Platform Technical Digital Product Manager will define, deliver, and manage the lifecycle of Allstate’s Kubernetes-based container platform, including product vision, roadmaps, backlog prioritization, discovery, stakeholder collaboration, and platform metrics. The role also manages lifecycle updates, security risks, and adoption across data centers and AWS and Azure cloud environments.

Responsibilities:

• Create, drive and execute product strategy for our expanding Kubernetes container platform
• Create and execute a comprehensive product roadmap that prioritizes platform features, enhancements, and measurable outcomes
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define success criteria, validate assumptions, and understand platform and digital product team needs
• Navigate complex container technologies, leveraging insights to inform product decisions
• Decompose complex problems into manageable work items and prioritize them based on value, risk, and stakeholder impact
• Develop and execute internal and external communication strategies that increase product awareness, adoption, and stakeholder alignment
• Define and manage metrics to measure the success of your efforts and to inform the overall product strategy
• Engage in discovery/test & learn activities to quickly validate assumptions and product direction
• Own and drive lifecycle management ensuring all stack components are regularly updated meeting vulnerability management standards without impacting hosted applications
• Manage your product backlog balancing feature delivery with lifecycle management to reduce operational and security risks

Requirements:

• 5+ years relevant new product or technology development experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with Platform as a Service or container orchestration software across multiple Kubernetes distributions, such as RKE2, EKS, AKS, or GKE
• Basic understanding of Kubernetes container platform concepts and experience executing kubectl commands
• Solid understanding of and experience with cloud services across multiple cloud service providers
• Solid understanding of infrastructure-as-code and immutable infrastructure concepts
• Clear passion for topics of technology products and an ability to identify possibilities to innovate in our product space
• Experience operating in an environment driven by KPIs where you have the accountability to determine the best course of action to meet your goals
• Ability to communicate complex and innovative concepts to a new product development team
• Proficiency in agile ceremonies and methodologies i.e. iterations, technical story writing, point systems and refinements
• Effectively lead and collaborate across boundaries with technical and non-technical resources to implement decisions and/or initiatives
• Excellent written/verbal communication and facilitation skills for communicating at all levels (employees and leaders); including strong presentation skills
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, time management and organizational skills
• Comfort with ambiguity and able to independently drive resolution of issues and challenges
• Ability to be self-directed and to proactively anticipate problems and seek opportunities
• Knowledge of API development, API testing, and basic SQL database queries
• Experience working on projects that successfully leverage continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Entrepreneurial, action-oriented mindset, preferably with experience shipping software