Product Development Manager

Established in 2021, Independence Pet Holdings is a corporate holding company that manages a diverse and broad portfolio of modern pet health brands and services, including insurance, pet education, lost recovery services, and more throughout North America.

We believe pet insurance is more than a financial product and build solutions to simplify the pet parenting journey and help improve the well-being of pets. As a leading authority in the pet category, we operate with a full stack of resources, capital, and services to support pet parents. Our multi-brand and omni-channel approach include our own insurance carrier, insurance brands and partner brands. 

Independence Pet Group (IPG), a subsidiary of IPH, is one of North America’s largest pet insurance and services organizations. Our impressive family of brands (Figo, Felix, ASPCA Pet Health Insurance, Pets Plus Us, and AKC Pet Insurance) supports insurance for more than 1,000,000 pets in the U.S. and Canada and provides well-being, safety, resources, and business solutions to the pet industry, including microchip identification and an online pet registry. 

Job Summary:

Job Location: Remote

Main Responsibilities:     

• Works with other Technology areas to make tactical decisions about product functionality.
• Manages projects that consist of a single development team.
• Propose and manage demand for application work.
• Manages projects through all phases and milestones.
• Manages product feature/capability set for business solutions.
• Performs market and competitor analysis.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Basic Qualifications: 

Experience: 10 year’s relevant experience

Education: Must meet one of the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience (One-year relevant experience is equivalent to one-year college)
• Associate’s degree in a Technical Field
• Certification in relevant focus area

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Partners with senior leadership to draft multi-year strategic growth plans
• Drives annual revenues by improving use experiences, resulting in lead conversion for insurance.
• Builds and drives roadmaps and designs new features and enhancements
• Define and execute product strategy
• Makes recommendations on long-term operating decisions regarding product development and distribution strategies

Accountability/Complexity:

• Implements strategic goals
• Typically, responsible for managing large, complex project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization, involving large cross-functional teams
• Frequently responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees across the company within area of expertise
• May direct the work of other individual contributors and/or act as a cross-functional lead

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All of our jobs come with great benefits including healthcare, parental leave and opportunities for career advancements. Some offerings are dependent upon the location of where you work and can include the following:

• Comprehensive full medical, dental and vision Insurance
• Basic Life Insurance at no cost to the employee
• Company paid short-term and long-term disability
• 12 weeks of 100% paid Parental Leave
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Retirement savings plan
• Personal Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays and company-wide Wellness Day off
• Paid time off to volunteer at nonprofit organizations
• Pet friendly office environment
• Commuter Benefits
• Group Pet Insurance
• On the job training and skills development
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)