Product Manager

Symetra is hiring a Product Manager to shape product strategy and support business growth across its life insurance products. The role leads product discovery, analysis, recommendations, development, implementation, and launches in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Represent the Product department on projects of moderate to high complexity, working independently and seeking guidance when needed
• Lead discovery with the Product team and cross-functional stakeholders, defining success measures, evaluating opportunities, and determining the priority and expected impact of product features and enhancements
• Own product recommendations and business cases, supported by evidence-based analysis, including opportunity sizing, trend analysis, adoption analysis, financial analysis, and outcome modelling
• Serve as the recognized product expert across the organization, answering technical product questions from wholesalers, brokers and customers
• Evaluate opportunities to use analytics, insights, and recommendations within the product to create value for customers, distribution partners, and the business
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders, turning complex analysis into simple, persuasive narratives and practical next steps
• Monitor competitor, industry, and market trends to provide context for product performance, customer expectations, and strategic decision-making
• Support portfolio-level decision-making by providing leadership with insight-led reporting and recommendations related to product, customer, enterprise, and market performance
• Lead product development, implementation, and launch activities, including overseeing technical product research and directing the creation and distribution of product training and support materials
• Champion opportunities to apply AI to strengthen product outcomes and team effectiveness

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business or a quantitative field or equivalent in work experience
• Strong understanding of life insurance products and market
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data, solve complex problems, and translate findings into actionable business recommendations
• Strong project management, organizational, and execution skills with a focus on process improvement and attention to detail
• Experience in presenting recommendations to peers
• Organization and time management skills to focus on what matters
• Intellectually curious to explore the “why” before starting to solution
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company
• additional experience delivering presentations to Senior Management
• Prior experience with business cases
• Prior experience within innovation
• Prior experience with AI