Job Overview

Applied Systems Canada, Inc., a worldwide leader in insurance technology, is currently searching for an Associate Product Manager for Personal Lines to join our Agile software development team and help us explore, invent, develop, and deliver business products. In this role, you will act as a strong advocate for end users and customers to deliver substantially useful functionality to make insurance work better. Working with the guidance of our Product Managers, you will lead the definition of clear requirements and user stories to bring our (and your!) product vision down to earth for execution. You will strive to deliver high-quality software products on time to market, in alignment with strategic goals while meeting the needs of our clients.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with Product Managers to establish a product release vision and communicate that vision to frame requirements with scrum teammates
• Lead your project through to completion, managing discovery and changes along the way
• Create, maintain, and continuously prioritize product and/or release backlogs, and conduct backlog refinement sessions with respective Scrum team
• Work with peer Product Managers regarding cross-team dependencies and appropriate scheduling and prioritization of dependent work
• Facilitate or participate in all relevant sprint meetings, including daily meetings, sprint planning, refinement, review, and retrospective sessions
• Coordinate with our other teams (User Experience, Quality Assurance, Customer Support, etc.) regarding your project or feature set
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to define business requirements that maximize the value of the product
• Elicit customer requirements using interviews, workflow analysis, and requirements workshops
• Define acceptance criteria and perform user acceptance testing to validate that solutions meet the users’ needs
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned

What You’ll Need to Succeed

We’re looking for someone who:

• Can work remotely or from an Applied Systems office
• Ability to travel (post-COVID-19)
• Product Owner or Business Analyst experience, working with a development team to establish requirements and meet deadlines
• Experience working in the insurance industry, insurance agency/brokerage, or experience with insurance software products
• Exceptional communication skills (spoken and written) and an ability to navigate a complex, cross-functional environment
• Relentless customer focus, experience gathering requirements, and contributing to product vision
• Familiarity with general release plan and execution tasks
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Experience working with Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in the areas of business administration, finance, or marketing

Additionally, you may have:

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent certification
• 3 years of experience as a Product Owner or similar role and experience working with large, cross-functional teams
• Experience working in the insurance industry, insurance agency/brokerage, or experience with insurance software products
• Familiarity with Agile project management tools, such as JIRA and Confluence

What You’ll Gain

Benefits from Day One

• Health insurance plans, dental, and vision
• Wellness incentives
• 401(k) and/or RRSP retirement savings plans with employer match

Work-Life Balance

• Competitive paid vacation time and a free day for your birthday
• Personal/sick time
• Paid holidays
• Flex Time
• Paid parental leave (U.S. candidates)
• Volunteer time off

Empowering Career Growth and Success – We invest in talent, care about our people and are empowered by the results of our work. We grow our teams from within and give our employees opportunities to advance.

What We Value

We strive for excellence at every turn to be the best at what we do. We invest in talent, care about our people and are empowered by the results of our work. We fulfil the promise of insurance – safeguarding and protecting what matters most in people’s lives. And there is no more important job than that.

Our focus on the workforce, workplace and marketplace gives us a qualified individual in an environment in which they can be productive while we maintain our position in the industry. To help drive that change toward a vibrant, modern workplace, we have employee-driven networks with commonalities in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and military status.

Who We Are

For more than 35 years, Applied Systems has created innovative technology for the global insurance industry. Today, we are a rapidly growing software leader that is revolutionizing the way agencies and brokerages succeed.

We are smart and curious people in a tech-first environment that champions bold and powerful thinking. We are transforming a complex industry through digitization, automation, and innovative new partnerships. Together we are driving the industry fearlessly forward.

It’s an exciting time at Applied. You can do big things here, in an environment that supports creative thinking and bold ideas. Visit http://www.AppliedSystems.com for more information on how you can challenge what’s possible.

EEO Statement 

Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation. At Applied, we don’t discriminate, and we are committed to recruit, develop, retain, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.