Product Manager – Underwriting Operations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the product lifecycle for Underwriting Operations projects, spanning from discovery to delivery and measurement.

• Facilitate agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily standups.

• Oversee Jira management by creating, refining, and validating stories to ensure readiness for release.

• Collaborate with engineering leads to convert technical initiatives into tangible deliverables.

• Work alongside engineering, actuarial, underwriting, finance, and operations stakeholders.

• Establish success metrics and leverage data to monitor outcomes, enhance processes, and inform investment decisions.

• Coordinate quality assurance, documentation, and stakeholder communication for product releases.

• Lead roadmap planning that aligns with quarterly and annual objectives, company OKRs, and business requirements.

• Advocate for the adoption of new internal tools.

• Propel continuous improvement in team velocity, delivery predictability, and agile maturity.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of product management experience, preferably supporting application teams.

• Demonstrated success in leading agile software development teams and managing workflows, including epics, sprints, and story validation.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities, capable of synthesizing competing priorities into a coherent plan.

• Comfortable with technical subjects such as APIs, cloud infrastructure, data pipelines, and system reliability.

• An analytical and metrics-driven mindset for prioritization and measuring success.

• Experience in managing complex cross-functional projects from ideation to delivery.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity and provide clarity for both engineering and business partners.

• Familiarity with the insurance sector and its processes (Underwriting, Claims, etc.).

• Understanding of cloud infrastructure technologies (AWS, Terraform, ECS, IAM, networking).

• Experience in Insurtech or another regulated, data-intensive industry.

• Hands-on experience in defining application design using tools like Figma, Sketch, XD, etc.

• Proven track record of driving the adoption of internal tooling or developer productivity platforms.

• Background in agile coaching, process design, or operational excellence.

• Coordination of large-scale software rollouts across multiple teams.

• Applicants from Poland must be authorized to work in Poland without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous equity packages and equity incentive program.

• Fully remote work opportunity.

• Flexible working hours.

• Monthly coworking events in Wrocław.

• Comprehensive LuxMed Family package fully covered.

• Access to the Helping Hand platform, which includes therapy sessions.

• Unlimited paid time off.