Insurance Product Manager Jobs in Indiana (NOW HIRING)

Overview We are a consumer-centric, technology-driven family of insurance companies on a mission to deliver outstanding value and operational performance by combining financial strength and stability with deep insurance expertise and a can-do culture. The company's culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, core business focus, risk management, and striving for outcomes. This goal extends to how we hire and onboard our most valuable assets – our employees. Onyx is a robust, multi-module annuity administrative platform utilized by multiple companies within the company.

Built on a modern tech stack, it successfully launched in 2020. Onyx offers seamless integration capabilities, advanced analytics, and user-friendly interfaces, supporting efficient operations and scalability. It plays a critical role in streamlining processes and enhancing customer experience across the organization. The Opportunity We're looking for an exceptional Senior Product Manager who thrives at the intersection of technical excellence and rapid growth.

This isn't your typical PM role - we need someone who can architect platform solutions, ship at startup speed, and build the foundation for 10x scale. You'll own our core platform and API strategy, working hand-in-hand with our Engineering Manager to build products that power our entire ecosystem. Think of yourself as the technical architect of your product domain - someone who can go deep on system design, make tough architectural decisions, and still ship features that customers love. What You'll Build Platform Architecture & APIs ● Design and own our API strategy - from REST/GraphQL decisions to webhook architectures ● Build platform capabilities that enable other teams to ship 10x faster ● Create developer experiences that make integration seamless for internal teams and external partners ● Architect event-driven systems that scale from thousands to millions of transactions Technical Product Leadership ● Partner with engineering to make critical technical decisions - microservices boundaries, database choices, infrastructure investments ● Own the technical product roadmap, balancing feature velocity with platform stability ● Drive build vs. buy decisions with clear ROI analysis ● Define and enforce API standards that become the gold standard across the organization Growth & Innovation ● Ship MVPs fast, learn faster, and iterate based on real data ● Identify platform opportunities that unlock exponential growth ● Build features that compound - every release makes the next one easier ● Create self-serve capabilities that reduce operational overhead while increasing customer value What Makes You a Fit Technical Depth ● 5+ years of product management with at least 3 years focused on technical/platform products ● You can whiteboard system architecture and debate trade-offs with senior engineers ● Deep understanding of APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems ● Experience with modern tech stacks and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) ● You've shipped products that handle real scale - millions of API calls, complex integrations, high availability requirements Startup DNA ● You've worked in high-growth environments where shipping fast matters ● Comfortable with ambiguity - you create clarity from chaos ● You measure everything but don't get paralyzed by analysis ● Experience wearing multiple hats and jumping into whatever needs doing ● You understand that perfect is the enemy of good enough Platform Thinking ● You see patterns and build abstractions that others miss ● Experience creating developer tools, APIs, or platform products ● You think in systems, not features ● Track record of building capabilities that multiply team productivity ● You understand the economics of platforms and network effects Core Competencies Technical Excellence ● Fluent in technical discussions about system design, data models, and API contracts ● Can review PRs, understand technical debt trade-offs, and contribute to architecture decisions ● Experience with event streaming, message queues, and asynchronous processing ● Understanding of security, compliance, and data privacy requirements Product Craft ● Exceptional at breaking down complex problems into shippable increments ● Data-driven decision making with strong analytical skills ● Can write technical specs that engineers love and business stakeholders understand ● Experience with modern product tools (analytics, A/B testing, feature flags) Leadership & Communication ● Can influence without authority across engineering, design, and business teams ● Communicate complex technical concepts simply to any audience ● Comfortable presenting to engineers, executives, and customers ● Mentality of extreme ownership - you own outcomes, not just outputs What Success Looks Like First 30 Days ● Deep dive into our technical architecture and identify quick wins ● Ship your first feature improvement based on customer feedback ● Build relationships with key engineering and business stakeholders First 90 Days ● Own and refine the platform roadmap with clear success metrics ● Launch at least one major platform capability that accelerates other teams ● Establish yourself as the go-to person for technical product decisions Why Join Us ● Impact: Your work directly affects our core platform and every product we build ● Growth: We're scaling rapidly - help us build the foundation for the next 10x ● Ownership: Real autonomy to make decisions and drive outcomes ● Team: Work with exceptional engineers who care about craft and shipping ● Learning: Exposure to complex technical challenges and business problems Requirements ● 5+ years of product management experience, with 3+ years on technical products ● Proven track record at high-growth startups or tech companies ● BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience ● Experience with B2B SaaS, platforms, or developer tools ● Strong technical background - you should be dangerous enough to prototype Nice to Have ● Experience in fintech, insurtech, or regulated industries ● Previous engineering or technical background ● Track record of building and scaling platform teams