The Lead Technical Product Manager serves as a strategic leader responsible for establishing and communicating portfolio-level vision whilemanaging complex products or small portfolios with active development roadmaps. The position demands exceptional influence andcommunication skills to work effectively across technical product teams, cross-functional business teams, and executives using both direct and earned leadership. The Lead Technical Product Manager will mentor team members in discovering user problems, finding solutions, creating viable delivery plans, and coordinating resources to execute successfully. This role is ideal for a seasoned professional who can balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and agile software delivery practices.

State specific pay scales for this role are as follows:

$118,465 to $224,994  (CA, NJ, NY, WA, HI, AK, MD, CT, RI, MA)

$107,695 to $204,540  (NV, OR, AZ, CO, WY, TX, ND, MN, MO, IL, WI, FL, GA, MI, OH, VA, PA, DE, VT, NH, ME)

$96,926  to $184,086   (UT, ID, MT, NM, SD, NE, KS, OK, IA, AR, LA, MS, AL, TN, KY, IN, SC, NC, WV)

The expected base salary for this position will vary depending on a number of factors, including relevant experience, skills and location.

Essential Job Functions:

· Establish and communicate portfolio-level vision and strategy and coach your team to create compelling visions

· Develop and evangelize a comprehensive long-term portfolio strategy aligned with overall tech strategy

· Help your team create and schedule initiatives, epics, and stories

· Translate business outcomes into measurable product OKRs and regularly review progress, adjusting strategy and roadmap as needed

· Discover opportunities and problems and quantify the value of addressing them

· Lead value based prioritization and capacity based planning for your portfolio

· Conduct opportunity mapping for prioritize problems and opportunities to identify potential solutions

· Ensure your team uses best practices like story mapping and splitting to breakdown initiatives and deliver value quickly

· Validate release plans to ensure comprehensive rollout that allows users to become productive as quickly as possible

· Create regular portfolio-level roadmap and product health updates for all levels of the company

· Other functions may be assigned

Education:

Minimum:

· Bachelor's degree in business management, computer information systems, computer science, or similar programs (or 3 years of direct Product Management leadership experience)

Preferred:

· MBA degree a plus

Experience:

Minimum:

• 5+ years in Product Management  
• Experience launching new products and managing complex product portfolios
• Extensive experience working in agile software delivery

Preferred:

· Experience working with UX Design and Technical Product Analytics teams

· Strong experience working in the P&C Insurance space

· Experience coaching others to successfully adopt agile software delivery practices

· Proven track record of launching new products or portfolios

· Experience managing a portfolio of product

Skills & Abilities:

Minimum:

· Expert ability to influence using both direct and earned leadership

· Excellent communication skills with ability to present to executives at all organizational levels

· Ability to mentor team members in discovering user problems, finding solutions, and coordinating execution

· Strong strategic thinking with ability to develop and evangelize portfolio-level vision and strategy

· Proficiency in conducting discovery research, opportunity mapping, and business case development

· Experience with story mapping, splitting techniques, and agile delivery practices

· Strong written and verbal communication skills to provide details requirements

· Strong analytical skills with experience in product analytics and outcome measurement

· Experience with complex cross-functional stakeholder management

Why choose a career at Mercury?

At Mercury, we have been guided by our purpose to help people reduce risk and overcome unexpected events for more than 60 years. We are one team with a common goal to help others. Everyone needs insurance and we can’t imagine a world without it.

Our team will encourage you to grow, make time to have fun, and work together to make great things happen. We embrace the strengths and values of each team member. We believe in having diverse perspectives where everyone is included, to serve customers from all walks of life.

We care about our people, and we mean it. We reward our talented professionals with a competitive salary, bonus potential, and a variety of benefits to help our team members reach their health, retirement, and professional goals.

Learn more about us here: https://www.mercuryinsurance.com/about/careers

We offer many great benefits, including:

• Competitive compensation
• Flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States for most positions
• Paid time off (vacation time, sick time, 9 paid Company holidays, volunteer hours)
• Incentive bonus programs (potential for holiday bonus, referral bonus, and performance-based bonus)
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance
• 401 (k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Engaging work environment
• Promotional opportunities
• Education assistance
• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Company recognition program
• Health and wellbeing resources, including free mental wellbeing therapy/coaching sessions, child and eldercare resources, and more

Mercury Insurance is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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