Defect Manager Jobs in Colorado (NOW HIRING)

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Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities

LoB End-to-End Delivery (Personal & Commercial Lines)

• Lead initiatives from scoping through deployment and post-production stabilization, including high-risk and UBI work

Scope, Requirements and Estimation

• Align scope and requirements with Product; document assumptions, dependencies, and success criteria
• Lead IT discovery, estimation, and intake readiness; support backlog development

Prioritization and Planning

• Own prioritization aligned to roadmap capacity and value
• Lead Program Increment Planning; balance mandates, defects, enhancements, and rate changes
• Partner with Portfolio on intake, budget, and cost tracking

Execution, Release & Go-to-Market

• Own the integrated delivery plan through build, test, filings, rollout, and stabilization
• Deliver important program capabilities; support go-to-market readiness and operational transition

Defects, Governance and Stakeholder Management

• Lead defect/issue intake, triage, and resolution to minimize disruption
• Run governance cadences; communicate status, risks, and dependencies
• Coordinate across Product, IT, Portfolio, Underwriting, and Operations; manage dependencies and escalations

Enablement & Continuous Improvement

• Drive automation/workflow improvements and vendor/partner integrations
• Maintain documentation (Confluence, JIRA, playbooks, job aids) and support production/UW issues.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of Property and Casualty Insurance product design and underwriting concepts.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of market research and marketplace trends in insurance coverage.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of project management methodologies, practices, techniques and tools.

Preferred Experience:

• Personal Lines or Commercial Lines insurance domain experience
• Agile delivery, portfolio, budget, and cross-functional coordination leadership
• Release management capability
• Issue/defect and change management
• Stakeholder and governance leadership
• Experience driving digital and operational enablement

Licenses

• Not applicable.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 25%.

Physical Requirements

• Work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

Working Conditions

• Not applicable.

• To ensure a strong start, all employees participate in our New Employee Orientation during their first week. This experience is held in person at our Madison, WI Headquarters or one of our AmFam core locations to help you connect with our mission, meet key team members and build relationships that support your growth. At times, sessions may be delivered virtually based on scheduling and availability.
• Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks
• Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions
• Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting

In this hybrid environment you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month out of the Madison, WI, Boston, MA, Saint Joespeh, MO, Denver, CO, Phoenix, AZ or Hopkins, MN offices.

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

American Family Insurance is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email AskHR@AmFam.com to request a reasonable accommodation.