Product Manager, IT Platforms

The Product Manager for IT Platforms leads the product strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for the platforms and infrastructure that support our business applications.

This role is responsible for driving initiatives that strengthen our cloud infrastructure and improve our security, development, and monitoring toolsets.

This role partners closely with product management peers and stakeholders to translate the need for secure, reliable and maintainable applications into prioritized platform and infrastructure initiatives with clear value, scope, and outcomes, ensuring teams remain focused on the highest-value work. While primarily focused on future roadmap and pipeline planning (≈80%), the role also supports in-flight delivery by clarifying requirements, refining scope, and maintaining stakeholder alignment and communication.

Key Accountabilities/Deliverables

Build deep partnerships with business leaders to identify pain points, opportunities, and measurable outcomes

Maintain an 18-month roadmap and a 6+ month ready backlog aligned to business priorities and capacity

Lead end-to-end business case development, ensuring clear value (ROI), defined scope, and approved prioritization

Balance feature delivery with technical investment (reliability, scalability, modernization)

Own requirements clarity, backlog prioritization, and stakeholder alignment across all initiatives

Provide clear, consistent progress and roadmap reporting, enabling informed stakeholder decisions

• Define and track success metrics for delivered outcomes
• Drive prioritization trade-offs based on value, risk, and capacity

Enforce intake, prioritization, and funding governance processes to ensure alignment to portfolio priorities

Technical Knowledge and Understanding

Strong written communication skills for technical and executive audiences (C-suite)

Practical experience with Agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban)

Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, layered security and development/monitoring tooling

Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams

Demonstrated habit of continuously teaching themselves new skills, with clear examples of recently applied learning

Deep understanding of Azure and AWS clouds, development tools and pipelines, security preferred

Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Business Administration related discipline (or equivalent practical experience)

• 3+ years in product management within Agile environments
• 3+ years driving cloud and/or security initiatives
• Experience with Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence)
• Experience using AI-enabled tools (e.g., Copilot) to improve productivity

Experience working in a regulated industry (insurance, financial services, healthcare) preferred

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over work authorization sponsorship now or in the future for this position.

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At Core Specialty, you will receive a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development and advancement. We offer medical, dental, vision, and life insurances; short and long-term disability; a Company-match of 100% of a 6% contribution 401(k) plan; an Employee Assistance Plan; Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, Health Reimbursement Account, and a wellness program