Branch

Director, Insurance Product

Branch

full-time

Posted on:

Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $145,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Own the strategic direction and execution of product strategy for multiple personal lines (auto and homeowners) across a multi-state portfolio, ensuring alignment with Branch’s growth, profitability, and risk objectives.
  • Translate pricing, product, and underwriting strategy into regulatory-ready documentation and lead collaboration with actuarial, compliance, and legal teams to deliver high-quality SERFF filings and efficient filing cycles.
  • Oversee the performance of assigned states, tracking growth and profitability while recommending adjustments to improve outcomes.
  • Provide cross-functional leadership for key product initiatives, ensuring underwriting, data, engineering, and operational teams are aligned, prioritized, and executing effectively against product goals.
  • Manage, mentor, and develop product team members, creating clarity in roles, building technical and strategic capabilities, and establishing consistent operating rhythms to elevate Product excellence across the team.
  • Serve as a senior expert for assigned lines and markets, articulating trends, regulatory developments, competitive positioning, and performance insights to help drive informed decision-making across the organization.
  • Partner with engineering, design, and data teams at a strategic level, shaping product requirements, influencing tool development, and ensuring Branch builds the capabilities needed to scale with accuracy and speed.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in Personal Lines Product Management across auto and homeowners, with demonstrated leadership of multi-state product strategy.
  • Deep understanding of product pricing, underwriting, regulatory environments, and the levers that drive product performance.
  • Functional Leadership: Leads a department or business function; owns team structure, headcount, and outcomes. Proven ability to lead teams and develop high-performing product managers.
  • People Systems & Planning: Oversees career growth, performance, and succession for a multi-layer team.
  • Department-Level Impact: Influences outcomes across a function and aligns with company goals. Strong cross-functional leadership, especially partnering with actuarial, engineering, underwriting, data science, and compliance organizations.
  • Change Leadership: Drives transformation and adapts structure to meet business needs. Demonstrated success operating at both strategic and execution levels, with the ability to define long-term roadmaps and ensure disciplined delivery.
  • Strategic Thinking: Connects team goals to company objectives; sets vision and roadmap for the org area. Highly analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Benefits
  • Above-market salary - Branch is a data-driven company, so we do the math on salaries, too. If you get an offer from Branch, you can expect compensation that hits above the mark.
  • Pay equity and transparency - Our pay isn’t just market-driven, it’s equitable. We let experience and performance drive your success, never your gender, race, orientation, or beliefs.
  • Remote-first (with perks) - Work from where you’re most comfortable. We’ll take care of your work from home set-up and monthly internet. We also have a Columbus headquarters if you’d like to join us in an office.
  • Flexible YouTime - We don’t just let you control your own time off. We actually encourage you to use it. After your first year at Branch, we’ll give you $1000 toward your next vacation.
  • Employee stock options - You’re not just an employee. If you’re full-time, you’re also a part-owner. You’ll have stock options so you can invest in the company you’re helping to grow.
  • Medical, vision, dental - Get all the coverage you need for a healthy, happy life.
  • 401k and contribution matching - Invest in your future. Branch helps you get to retirement on time with a portion of your contributions matched each month.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
product managementpricing strategyunderwritingregulatory complianceSERFF filingsdata analysisperformance trackingmulti-state strategyproduct developmentrisk management
Soft skills
leadershipcross-functional collaborationmentoringstrategic thinkingcommunicationanalytical mindsetchange leadershipteam developmentinfluencingdecision-making