Key skills
- Product lifecycle management and go-to-market strategy
- Insurance industry knowledge (policies, underwriting, claims, compliance)
- Stakeholder management across technical, underwriting, and sales teams
- Data analysis and KPI tracking for product performance
- Regulatory compliance and risk management expertise
- Agile/Scrum product development methodologies
- Communication and presentation skills for executive audiences
Frequently asked questions
What does an Insurance Product Manager do on a day-to-day basis?
Insurance Product Managers define and execute product strategy across the full lifecycle—from concept through launch and optimization. Day-to-day work includes gathering requirements from underwriting and claims teams, analyzing market data and customer feedback, prioritizing feature development with engineering, managing roadmap timelines, and monitoring key performance metrics like loss ratios, customer acquisition costs, and retention rates. They also collaborate with compliance and legal to ensure regulatory adherence.
What qualifications and certifications are typically required?
Most positions require a Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Insurance, or related field, plus 5+ years of product management or insurance industry experience. Many candidates hold or pursue certifications such as Associate in Risk Management (ARM), Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), or professional product management certifications (Reforge, Product School). Strong analytical skills and familiarity with insurance operations, regulatory frameworks (state insurance codes), and digital product development are essential.
How does hiring through a staffing firm like ECLARO work?
ECLARO matches your specific product and compliance needs with pre-vetted Insurance Product Manager candidates who have proven experience in your target line of business—whether commercial, personal, life, health, or specialty insurance. We handle candidate screening, reference verification, and placement logistics. Our professionals integrate quickly into your team, and ECLARO provides ongoing support to ensure alignment with your product roadmap and business goals.
What are the key responsibilities of this role?
Primary responsibilities include defining product vision and strategy aligned with business objectives, conducting competitive and market analysis, managing the product backlog and sprint planning with development teams, measuring product success through analytics and user feedback, coordinating with underwriting to define risk appetite and pricing strategy, ensuring compliance with state and federal insurance regulations, and presenting performance metrics and roadmap updates to leadership and stakeholders.
Ways to hire through ECLARO
ECLARO can fill this role through contract or contract-to-hire staffing, direct placement, an Employer of Record (EOR), recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), or a dedicated offshore team in the Philippines (ECAPTIVE).