Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Symetra is a national financial services company dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals. The Director of Product Management, Infrastructure and Operations will lead a unified product strategy across the organization, mentor a high-performing product team, and collaborate closely with developers and engineers to drive clear, actionable roadmaps.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategy and execution across a portfolio of products, aligning with customer needs and business goals
- Connect initiatives across teams into a cohesive strategy with clear priorities and roadmaps
- Partner with cross-functional and executive leaders to shape product direction and deliver outcomes at scale
- Establish and evolve product management best practices across teams
- Manage, coach, and support product managers to drive strong, shared outcomes
- Leverage customer insights and performance data to inform prioritization and continuous improvement
- Bring domain expertise in infrastructure and operations to guide product decisions
- Collaborate closely with developers and engineers, bridging business, platform, and technical needs
- Build strong relationships and influence across teams to drive alignment and execution in a fast-paced environment
Skills
- You have a high school diploma (required), plus a Bachelor's degree in a related field
- 12–15 years of cumulative, relevant experience in product management, infrastructure, and/or engineering environments
- Deep expertise in AWS and strong knowledge of the engineering and infrastructure landscape
- Experienced in building structure and processes in evolving environments
- Skilled at creating and refining user stories, with a clear understanding of what drives organizational value
- Proven people leader with experience directly managing a team
- Straightforward and transparent communicator who provides clear, direct feedback
- Self-aware—confident in areas of expertise and comfortable asking questions when needed
- Detail-oriented with a strong focus on quality and execution
- Data-driven decision maker who uses insights to guide priorities and outcomes
- Some minimal annual travel required (for people manager roles only)
Benefits
- Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
- Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
- Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
- Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching
- Company annual bonus program
- All newly hired people leaders with direct reports are required to complete a comprehensive leadership development program within their first year. This program includes both virtual and in-person training. The in-person sessions will take place at Symetra’s corporate headquarters in Bellevue, Washington. Symetra covers all travel and accommodation expenses.
- If reasonable accommodation is needed for travel, Symetra’s HR department will work to provide appropriate solutions in alignment with individual needs and company policies.
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