Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Empower is a financial services company helping customers achieve financial freedom through retirement solutions. The Senior Product Manager will develop and deliver strategic product initiatives focused on defined contribution products, including MEP, PEP, and PEO distribution strategies, while managing the product lifecycle and roadmap. The role will lead cross-functional execution, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive product adoption and business growth.
Responsibilities
- Partner with leadership to define and execute product strategy aligned with short- and long-term business objectives
- Own and prioritize the product roadmap by balancing business goals, client needs, competitive insights, organizational commitments, and development timelines
- Lead cross-functional collaboration across Product, Technology, Operations, Sales, Service, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Product Deployment to align priorities, evaluate tradeoffs, and deliver successful outcomes
- Define product vision, business requirements, epics, features, and development scope, ensuring clear requirements and effective communication with development teams
- Drive the end-to-end product lifecycle from concept through launch and ongoing enhancement, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), evaluate product performance, and recommend enhancements to improve business and client outcomes
- Partner with Product Deployment and Marketing to develop go-to-market strategies, launch plans, client communications, sales collateral, RFP content, and product documentation
- Ensure products comply with applicable regulatory, legal, compliance, and risk requirements throughout the product lifecycle
- Analyze market trends, competitive offerings, and client feedback to identify product enhancements and new market opportunities
- Partner with Sales, Service, and Product Deployment teams to drive product adoption, client value, and business impact
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
- 7+ years of product management, product development, or related experience within the financial services industry
- Strong product strategy, roadmap, and product lifecycle management experience
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment
- Experience supporting digital communication channels and digital product capabilities
- FINRA fingerprinting required upon hire
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT
- For remote and hybrid positions you will be required to provide reliable high-speed internet with a wired connection as well as a place in your home to work with limited disruption
- You must have reliable connectivity from an internet service provider that is fiber, cable or DSL internet
- Experience with defined contribution retirement products
- Direct experience with Multiple Employer Plans (MEPs), Pooled Employer Plans (PEPs), and Professional Employer Organization (PEO) partner relationships
- Experience managing strategic product initiatives and cross-functional projects
- Experience managing vendor and partner relationships
- Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or similar product development methodologies
- Experience using product management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or Aha!
- Strong understanding of the retirement marketplace, including employers, employees, and intermediaries
- Demonstrated ability to influence internal and external stakeholders and build collaborative relationships across all levels of the organization
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
- Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
- Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
- Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
- Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.
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