At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Job Description

Who is Allstate:
Allstate Insurance Company of Canada is a leading home and auto insurer focused on providing its customers prevention and protection products and services for every stage of life. Serving Canadians since 1953, Allstate strives to reassure both customers and employees with its “You’re in Good Hands®” promise and is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada for nine consecutive years. Allstate is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it operates through partnerships with charitable organizations, employee giving and volunteerism. To learn more, visit www.allstate.ca. For safety tips and advice, visit www.goodhandsadvice.ca.

Through our Employee Value Proposition, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do.

Role Designation: Remote

Benefits to joining Allstate

Flexible Work Arrangements.

Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services).

Good Office program (receive up to $400 back after purchasing office equipment).

Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans.

Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions.

Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing.

Personal days.

Tuition Reimbursement.

Working within the community and giving back.

Job description:

The Architecture Compute, and Engineering (ACE) organization provides a transformative platform ecosystem with a comprehensive set of capabilities that empowers end users and digital product teams to innovate seamlessly and drive growth for Allstate through the Consumer Connected Cloud mission. This ecosystem aims to provide an absolute frictionless experience for our user community.

As a Lead Digital Product Manager in the ACE organization, you'll be a player/coach who drives multiple products across a platform, contributing towards defining, delivering, and managing the lifecycle of a suite of products ensuring they meet the needs of the customers and align with the company’s strategic goals. You will lead and coach a team of Digital Product Managers to advance in the trade and to advance product strategy. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, technical understanding, and business acumen.

A career as a Digital Product Manager is both challenging and rewarding, offering the opportunity to innovate and shape the future of digital products. Ideal candidates are strategic thinkers with strong technical and communication skills, capable of driving product success in a fast-paced environment.

Accountabilities:

Product Portfolio Leadership: Manage the strategic direction of your product family (multiple products) ensuring continuous alignment to the highest priority outcomes; including vision and strategy for suite of digital products, developing & managing a strategic roadmap
Market Research: Conduct market and user research to identify trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape
Product Development: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and launch new digital products.
Roadmap Management and Alignment: Create appropriate forum for roadmap alignment and planning in support of strategic initiatives across product portfolio and product management team
Ongoing Management: Work with the Digital Product teams to optimize team ceremonies and practices to drive maturity including write & groom stories, prioritize, and manage the backlog.
Performance Monitoring: Define product performance metrics & monitor product performance using analytics tools and make data-driven decisions.
Stakeholder Management: Communicate product progress and updates to internal stakeholders and external partners ensuring appropriate prioritization and coordination of the work
Vendor Management: Engage in strategic vendor management where necessary ensuring interactive partnership with both our external vendors and internal sourcing leaders
Budget Management: Forecast ongoing total cost of ownership of your products, manage budgets including vendor contract management, hardware costs, labor costs, etc. ensuring operation effectiveness; develops strategies and adjust courses of action
Customer Feedback: Gather and analyze customer feedback to continually improve the product.
Impact and Influence: Drive maturity in our product management practices, influence engineering, platform consultant and architecture leadership within your product domain and across ACE
Grow Talent: Grow & mature Digital Product Management practitioner skills with your team by modeling the skills & behaviors we expect within our DPM trade as well as fostering the growth of individuals on your team

Qualifications:

10+ years of product management experience, 2+ year’s coaching and leading teams.

Experience with Agile methodologies and product management tooling

Technical Skills: Understanding of development processes, human centered design, UX/UI design, and digital marketing

Analytical Skills: Proficiency in data analysis and interpretation to inform product decisions.

Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Leadership: Proven ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams.

Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills and creativity in finding solutions.

Bonus qualifications:

Experience in networking, identity management solutions, infrastructure as code, automation, data analytics, or cloud solutions is an asset.

Product experience in End User, Network, Compute, or Platform as a Service is nice to have.

Allstate Canada Group has policies and practices that provide workplace accommodations. If you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Skills

Analytics, Coaching, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Digital Product Management, Influencing Others, Internal Stakeholders, Leadership, Mentorship, Networking, Product Development, Product Management, Product Strategies, Strategic Direction, Strategic Management, Systems Thinking, User Experience (UX)

Compensation

Expected compensation for this role ranges from $ 133,400.00 - 183,400.00 annually. Actual salary offered to successful candidates will vary based on their skills and experience.

Joining our team isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger – a winning team making a meaningful impact.

Allstate Canada Group uses AI technology tools to assist in screening, selecting, assessing, and scheduling interviews with candidates as part of the recruitment process.

This job posting is for a current open role within the organization.

Lead Digital Product Manager (Sr. Manager)