Auto Insurance Associate Product Manager in Austin, Texas at Embark Corporate Services

The Associate Product Manager role will focus on achieving favorable results, handling regulatory filings, developing state-specific program enhancements, and effectuating the development of competitive product strategies. The ideal candidate has favorable experience in insurance product management, strong technical/math skills and enjoys working collaboratively across departments. This is a fully remote position. Consulting or PT position is highly desired

Responsibilities:

• Manage assigned auto insurance state(s), ensuring profitability, compliance, and competitiveness
• Align product goals with company objectives and strengths, regulatory requirements, and profitability targets.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Underwriting, Claims, IT, Legal, vendors, etc. to design, price, and implement product features and to support day-to-day operations.
• Maintain effective regulatory relations, prepare and submit product and rate filings via SERFF and overall communicate successfully with insurance departments.
• Monitor and evaluate product performance metrics (loss ratios, retention, premium growth, etc.) and recommend and implement approved adjustments to improve results.
• Conduct competitor and market analysis including securing agent input to identify trends, pricing opportunities, product enhancements, etc. and incorporate into actionable product advancements.
• Develop strong knowledge of and ensure compliance with state requirements and effectively respond to regulatory inquiries.
• Contribute and reply to audits, reviews, and regulatory examinations as a subject-matter expert. Review criticisms and areas reviewed in other insurance carrier Market Conduct Exam reports and ensure AFIC is in compliance with all potential exposures.
• Assists in development of programs including pricing, underwriting, policy language, and filings for new and existing programs.
• Develop the programming of scalable and flexible data reporting and analysis solutions to fulfill the needs of the team.
• Document programs, queries, and dashboards for reliable future use; automate useful reports and solutions
• Analyze market trends, competitor activity, and industry developments
• Initiate, lead and/or support projects and initiatives that enhance product development, operations, and/or performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Insurance, Economics or related field preferred
• Minimum 2 years of Product Management or related experience, preferably with a focus on automobile insurance (non-standard automobile a plus)
• Excellent quantitative and communication skills
• Strong knowledge of data analysis and visualization tools such as SQL and Tableau required
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Working knowledge of insurance rate filings and rules
• Effective communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; experience with product management tools and regulatory filing systems (e.g., SERFF)