Corebridge Financial · 6 days ago
Product Owner/Manager
Houston, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$110K/yr - $150K/yr
5+ years expCorebridge Financial is dedicated to helping individuals take action in their financial lives. The Product Owner/Manager will lead digital transformation initiatives focused on life insurance and annuity sales, ensuring project execution and stakeholder engagement.
Financial ServicesInsuranceLife Insurance
Responsibilities
Execution of Projects within an Enterprise-Level Digital Program
You will partner with the Senior Product Owner to lead multi-year, multi-discipline transformational programs for advisory and broker-dealer products and solutions
You will be responsible for delivering projects within the initiative, leveraging product management discipline and strong customer focus; you will do this in partnership with stakeholders, subject matter experts, and fellow business partners
Customer Experience Design
You will develop a deep understanding of our financial advisors and their client's needs and behaviors using data analysis, direct communication, and support resources
You will collaborate with customer and user-experience designers, software engineers, and others across the business to identify new features and experiences that will differentiate Corebridge Financial and make it easier for agents to do business with us and for our clients to take action in their financial lives
Business Case Development
You will support the build out of a strategic business case for the designed program
You will develop compelling presentations and materials that articulate the project’s vision, plans, and goals to internal and external stakeholders
Planning & Product Road Mapping
You will work cross-functionally within Corebridge Financial to build cohesive product roadmaps to realize ambitious goals and strategic priorities around these critical client and advisor experiences
You will bridge the gap between business outcomes needed and technical delivery by having good business sense and willingness to learn about the areas supported
You will collaborate with our technology partners to build integrated, scalable, and extensible tools to deliver on our promise
Adoption & Value Realization
You will be responsible for the full end-to-end rollout of your assigned projects to realize the full value of the solutions, including coordinating marketing and training plans and measuring adoption and benefits
You will review business metrics against the defined performance measures monthly and quarterly to ensure alignment while identifying any needed changes affecting the channel, business, or product strategy
You will work with business stakeholders to define the approach to measure and track benefits identified through the lifecycle of an initiative (KPIs)
You will follow change management best practices, ensuring team cohesiveness through the engagement of teams and stakeholders
Reporting & Risk Management
You will be responsible for managing and reporting full project costs and value realization in collaboration with business and IT teams
You will be responsible for working with the Transformation Management Office (TMO) to respond to any project related requests
You will identify potential risks and implement proactive measures to mitigate challenges, ensuring Program success under tight timelines
Leadership
Indirectly manage the project team who will be operating in an agile pod structure and ensure alignment and timely delivery of project objectives
Assist in team development while holding team members accountable for their commitments
Ensure effective communication flow across and within teams. Deliver and coach for messaging that is appropriate for a range of audiences such as teams, leadership and end customers
Qualification
Required
Understanding of the Life Insurance, Individual Retirement and Group Retirement Industry; the distribution framework, financial advisors and their client's needs and behaviors using data analysis, direct communication, and support resources
Knowledge of the sales and new business lifecycle and inforce servicing process
Knowledge of distribution sales process and channels, including wholesaling, plus an understanding of their needs to help them perform optimally
5+ years of experience operating as a product owner implementing digital solutions
Experience in Transformation and/or Strategy roles with knowledge of technology and digital trends impacting the insurance industry
Experience managing projects in a structured and organized manner, with the ability to create actionable implementation plans and timelines; knows how to deliver on time and manage teams and stakeholders to deliver to the same; experience with change management framework & practices
Track record of implementing large change initiatives, within tight timelines and within budget
Latest Digital trends in insurance and across adjacent industries, including IRI Digital First for Annuities, digital servicing platform providers, and/or trends in digital servicing
CX based process journey design
Lean management practices in developing effective and efficient processes
Root cause problem solving experience
Ability to understand and communicate technical requirements and design across, engineering, design and QA
Can communicate in a structured and crisp manner both through written and verbal communication
Can engage senior leadership to get the point across using a deductive or top down communication approach
Is a good listener and changes perspective based on facts
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong presentation skills that can explain technical concepts for non-technical audiences
Effectively able to engage cross-organization leaders in driving change and adoption targets
Drive consensus within all stakeholders and business leaders on the new direction
Is structured, and organized and can create actionable implementation plans and timelines
Knows how to deliver on time and manage teams and stakeholders to deliver to the same
Can identify potential issues early in driving adoption of change and acts proactively to address them
Hands-on experience with agile, including being able to coach and mentor team members
Constantly evaluate execution effectiveness, changing trends to help re-prioritize as required
Ability to break down complex issues into smaller addressable solutions
Take a strategic point of view in formulating actions and solutions
Has a continuous improvement mindset
Knows who our customers are, what are their needs and how his/her team delivers to the expected customer experience/ needs
Understand what services and solutions/ products we provide and how we create value
Is considered a 'customer first' leader - proactively takes decisions to resolve customer issues and avoids putting process over customer service while managing for risk
Understanding of user-centric design in business, marketing, IT or equivalent preferred
A customer-centric focus to keep customers at the forefront of decisions and connecting plans and actions to the purpose of serving clients
Takes full ownership and has a ‘business owner mindset'
Sets clear direction to the teams and actionable deliverables
Can performance manage on an ongoing basis to ensure creation of strong teams; Is fair in assessment of talent
Is a strong team player and prioritizes team success over individual
Is data driven and manages through metrics
Lead in a changing and fast-paced environment while being comfortable with ambiguity. Keep team nimble to adapt quickly to minimize impacts to outcomes
Worked in an operations strategy role, in a consulting company or an insurance organization with knowledge of latest trends in driving sales, service and operations excellence
Hands on experience with agile, including being able to coach and mentor team members
Understanding of user-centric design in business, marketing, IT or equivalent
Demonstrated ability to drive results
Strong/expert background in analytics with demonstrated ability to synthesize data from multiple sources into meaningful conclusions and actionable strategic plans that support business objectives
Clear understanding of digital technology and consumer trends
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong presentation skills that can explain technical concepts for non-technical audiences
Bachelor's degree (Technology or Business)
Experience with designing 'customer centric' processes and journey mapping
Designed and implemented change management and adoption framework
Experience building internal relationships and working across matrixed organizations
Benefits
Health and Wellness: We offer a range of medical, dental and vision insurance plans, as well as mental health support and wellness initiatives to promote overall well-being.
Retirement Savings: We offer retirement benefits options, which vary by location. In the U.S., our competitive 401(k) Plan offers a generous dollar-for-dollar Company matching contribution of up to 6% of eligible pay and a Company contribution equal to 3% of eligible pay (subject to annual IRS limits and Plan terms). These Company contributions vest immediately.
Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counseling services and resources are available to all employees.
Matching charitable donations: Corebridge matches donations to tax-exempt organizations 1:1, up to $5,000.
Volunteer Time Off: Employees may use up to 16 volunteer hours annually to support activities that enhance and serve communities where employees live and work.
Paid Time Off: Eligible employees start off with at least 24 Paid Time Off (PTO) days so they can take time off for themselves and their families when they need it.
Company
Corebridge Financial
Corebridge Financial is a providers of retirement solutions and insurance products. It is a sub-organization of AIG.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$10.25BKey Investors
Nippon Life Insurance Company of Japan
2025-11-04Post Ipo Secondary· $1B
2025-08-06Post Ipo Secondary· $1B
2024-11-07Post Ipo Secondary· $936M
Leadership Team
Alan Colberg
Lead Independent Director and Chair Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Ryan Vickerman
Digital Creative Director
Recent News
2026-01-07
2025-12-02
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