Product Management Supervisor - Underwriting Analytics

Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.

At Great American, we value and recognize the benefits derived when people with different backgrounds and experiences work together to achieve business results. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered, and enabled to perform at their best.

Join our Predictive Analytics team within the Business Data & Analytics department as an Underwriting Analytics – Product Management Supervisor. This role provides leadership and strategic direction for embedding data and advanced analytics into underwriting workflows across Great American business units.

The Supervisor will lead a team of Technical Product Managers (2–3 direct reports) and serve as a trusted advisor to underwriting leadership, partnering closely with data science, data engineering, actuarial, IT, and shared service teams. The ideal candidate blends strong product leadership, underwriting domain expertise, and people management skills, with the ability to influence outcomes across complex, matrixed environments.

This role is accountable for underwriting analytics enablement, improving adoption and ROI of existing tools, and guiding the evaluation and rollout of next generation underwriting analytics capabilities.

Great American’s culture is built on connection, shared learning, and strong relationships. To support this, employees in this role are expected to be on‑site four days a week, with the flexibility to work one day remotely. Core in‑office days are Tuesday–Thursday, with the fourth day determined by business needs. Remote applicants who are qualified may also be considered.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Own and drive the underwriting analytics product roadmap, with a focus on embedding analytics into individual contributor (IC) underwriting workflows.

• Collaborate with enterprise partners in phased plans for current and future underwriting workbench solutions

• Partner with internal research teams and underwriting leadership to assess current state challenges, adoption barriers, and long-term solutions that improve underwriting efficiency, quality, and speed to decision.

• Serve as a primary liaison and trusted advisor to underwriting business units, translating business objectives into actionable initiatives.

• Provide business leadership and subject matter expertise in defining product requirements and communicating priorities to technical teams.

• Collaborate with Data Science, Data Engineering, Actuarial, IT, PDC, Legal, Corporate Claims, and other shared services to ensure aligned execution.

• Establish baseline metrics and ongoing monitoring for underwriting solutions

• Define, track, and communicate ROI metrics related to adoption, efficiency gains, quality improvements, and financial impact.

• Provide direct leadership to 2–3 Technical Product Managers, including goal setting, coaching, performance feedback, and professional development.

• Set clear expectations for product ownership, stakeholder engagement, and drive for results

• Oversee development of project plans, product documentation, and training materials to support successful adoption.

• Manage and prioritize enhancement requests, dependencies, and timelines to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.

• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and executive leadership on roadmap progress, risks, tradeoffs, and outcomes.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

• 5 or more years of related experience.

• Strong experience in Property & Casualty Insurance, with underwriting domain knowledge highly preferred

• Prior experience in product management, technical product ownership, or analytics delivery

• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence across business and technical teams without direct authority

• Prior people leadership or mentoring experience preferred

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills

• Ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels, translating vision into actionable plans

Business Unit:

Business Data and Analytics

Benefits:

We offer competitive benefits packages for full-time and part-time employees*. Full-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision coverage, wellness plans, parental leave, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement. Full-time and eligible part-time employees also enjoy Paid Time Off and paid holidays, a 401(k) plan with company match, an employee stock purchase plan, and commuter benefits.

 

Compensation varies by role, level, and location and is influenced by skills, experience, and business needs. Your recruiter will provide details about benefits and specific compensation ranges during the hiring process. Learn more at http://www.gaig.com/careers.

 

*Excludes seasonal employees and interns.