Senior Product Manager, Life Insurance Products

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Product Manager, Life Insurance Products based in United States.

This is a senior product leadership opportunity focused on shaping and scaling innovative life insurance products and digital experiences.

You will help lead products across the full insurance lifecycle, from product design and distribution to underwriting, purchase, and policy administration.

The role combines deep insurance expertise with product strategy, discovery, experimentation, and execution.

You will work closely with engineering, design, data, carrier partners, and other stakeholders to simplify complex insurance processes and improve customer outcomes.

A key part of the role will be identifying new product and distribution opportunities and turning validated ideas into scalable solutions.

You will also help modernize the underlying systems and integrations that enable efficient digital insurance experiences.

This role is ideal for a product leader who brings strong life insurance expertise, analytical thinking, and a bias toward action in a fast-paced environment.

Accountabilities

• Lead the end-to-end development and evolution of life insurance products, including Whole Life, Permanent Life, Term, Indexed Universal Life, Final Expense, Disability Insurance, and insurance riders.
• Partner closely with insurance carriers to develop, launch, integrate, and optimize new products within the broader product ecosystem.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, data science, internal stakeholders, and third-party partners to improve the full life insurance lifecycle.
• Help define product strategy and establish medium- and long-term product visions aligned with customer needs and business objectives.
• Evaluate new product opportunities and insurance distribution channels, assessing their potential customer and commercial value.
• Lead product discovery initiatives by developing experiments, testing hypotheses, analyzing results, and iterating quickly toward product-market fit.
• Work with policy administration systems and carrier platforms to support product implementation, data exchange, operational workflows, and scalability.
• Support the integration and optimization of eApplication systems to simplify the digital application experience.
• Contribute to policy contract creation systems to ensure efficient, accurate, and compliant generation of policy documents.
• Apply ACORD standards to facilitate consistent and standardized insurance data exchange across systems and processes.
• Collaborate on life insurance illustration platforms and related product infrastructure.
• Optimize the product portfolio with a focus on accessibility, simplicity, customer satisfaction, adoption, and measurable business impact.
• Work cross-functionally to identify opportunities for automation, process improvements, and scalable product solutions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of product management experience with a proven track record of contributing to the development and launch of life insurance products and delivering measurable results.
• Strong knowledge of the complete life insurance lifecycle, including product design, distribution, underwriting, purchase, policy issuance, and administration.
• Hands-on experience with policy administration systems and their role in supporting insurance products and operational workflows.
• Experience working with ACORD standards and standardized insurance data exchange.
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, or maintaining eApplication systems and digital insurance application experiences.
• Experience with policy contract creation systems and policy document generation processes.
• Experience integrating policy administration platforms and other carrier systems, including systems connected through APIs, data pipelines, or similar technologies.
• Experience working with life insurance illustration platforms.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify new product and distribution opportunities and assess them against customer and business needs.
• Demonstrated ability to scale, optimize, and improve products while balancing customer experience, adoption, and commercial objectives.
• Strong understanding of modern product management practices, including discovery, experimentation, hypothesis validation, prioritization, and data-driven decision-making.
• Growth-oriented mindset with a strong sense of ownership, curiosity, and willingness to learn through experimentation.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to operate with urgency and make sound decisions in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Forward-thinking approach to product development and a strong interest in improving the accessibility and simplicity of life insurance.

Benefits

• US national base salary range of $126,000-$222,000, with individual compensation determined by role level, location, skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
• Additional compensation may include applicable bonus and equity opportunities.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Remote work opportunity for candidates based in the United States.
• Opportunity to work on innovative life insurance products and modern digital insurance experiences.
• Inclusive and diverse workplace environment.
• Opportunity to contribute to products designed to make life insurance more accessible and easier to obtain.
• Candidates who do not meet every listed requirement are encouraged to apply if they bring relevant experience and enthusiasm for the role.