Sr. Associate Product Manager

Job Description

Applied Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in insurance technology, is currently searching for a Sr. Associate Product Manager (Sr. APM), to join our Product Management organization and work on the EZLynx Agency Management System. We are looking for a candidate with a proven track record for managing and implementing multiple projects concurrently is a dynamic environment.

As Sr. APM, you will handle research, analysis, and documentation of business requirements, user stories, use cases, user interfaces, defect management, and other product lifecycle specifications.

Additionally, you will work as a liaison among stakeholders to understand the structures, policies, and operations as well as work cross-functionally with product engineering, quality assurance, business operations, and external stakeholders to build customer-facing solutions for the insurance industry.

What You'll Do

• Manage SDLC concurrently for projects across multiple engineering teams

• Research and compile internal and external requirements from sources such as stakeholder interviews, surveys, requirements workshops, and related opportunities

• Evaluate and prioritize information gathered from multiple sources, reconciles conflicts, converts information from high-level business issues and opportunities into detailed functional requirements

• Generate and recommend the most appropriate business process flows from the analysis of user tasks and workflows

• Write user stories, use cases, scenarios, reports, business cases, and user manuals resulting from the business process flows

• Draw and test for usability concepts such as mockups of user interface designs

• Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs

• Act as the liaison between the customer community (external and internal customers), the software development team, customer support, and product marketing

• Create, update, and maintain enterprise-wide requirements documentation

• Construct executive summaries detailing the status of your project and present them to internal and external stakeholders

• Conduct bi-weekly sprint reviews, and any ad hock meetings, to provide the status of your assigned custom development projects.

What You'll Need to Succeed

We're looking for someone who:

• Can work on a Hybrid schedule in our Lewisville, TX office

Your experience should include some or all of the following:

• 3-5 years of Scrum focused Product experience

• Complete understanding of all Scrum ceremonies

• Able to confidently run backlog refinements and sprint reviews

• Strong understanding of the SDLC and the Product Lifecycle components

• Proven track record of successfully completing large-scale development projects

• Able to manage multiple projects spanning one or more development teams

• Great communication skills (oral and written)

• Able to negotiate deliverables for conflicting interests

• Strong client service skills

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in the areas of Information Science, Computer Science, or related disciplines.

• We proudly support and encourage people with military experience, as well as military spouses, to apply

Additionally, you may have:

• PSPO I, PSPO II, or other Product Owner certification is a plus

• Familiarity with the US personal insurance markets and insurance agency processes

What You'll Gain

Benefits from Day One

• Health insurance plans, dental, and vision

• Wellness incentives

• 401(k) and/or RRSP retirement savings plans with employer match

Work-Life Balance

• Competitive paid vacation time and a free day for your birthday

• Personal/sick time

• Paid holidays

• Flex Time

• Paid parental leave (U.S. candidates)

• Volunteer time off

Empowering Career Growth and Success - We invest in talent, care about our people and are empowered by the results of our work. We grow our teams from within and give our employees opportunities to advance.

What We Value

We strive for excellence at every turn to be the best at what we do. We invest in talent, care about our people, and are empowered by the results of our work. We fulfill the promise of insurance - safeguarding and protecting what matters most in people's lives. And there is no more important job than that.

Our focus on the workforce, workplace, and marketplace gives us a qualified individual in an environment in which they can be productive while we maintain our position in the industry. To help drive that change toward a vibrant, modern workplace, we have employee-driven networks with commonalities in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and military status.

Who We Are

For more than 35 years, Applied Systems has created innovative technology for the global insurance industry. Today, we are a rapidly growing software leader that is revolutionizing the way agencies and brokerages succeed.

We are smart and curious people in a tech-first environment that champions bold and powerful thinking. We are transforming a complex industry through digitization, automation, and innovative new partnerships. Together we are driving the industry fearlessly forward.

It's an exciting time at Applied. You can do big things here, in an environment that supports creative thinking and bold ideas. Visit http://www.AppliedSystems.com for more information on how you can challenge what's possible.

EEO Statement

Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation. At Applied, we don't discriminate, and we are committed to recruit, develop, retain, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

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