Product Manager, Benefits
The Product Manager, Benefits at Confidential Client leads the development and execution of the product roadmap for the Benefits team, focusing on delivering intuitive and streamlined health insurance and wealth benefits solutions for small businesses. This role requires balancing customer-facing and internal platform priorities, collaborating cross-functionally, and driving impactful product initiatives within a regulated environment to support Confidential Client's mission of simplifying HR challenges for small businesses.
About Careertakes
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About the Team & Product
The Benefits product team builds intuitive, guided experiences that simplify benefits selection and administration for small businesses. You’ll join a product organization that operates at the intersection of HR, finance, and compliance — shipping both customer-facing experiences and the internal platform that supports them. As a Product Manager on this team you’ll partner with engineering, design, data, operations, and customer-facing teams to deliver high-impact features that help small businesses attract and retain talent.
About the Role
The Product Manager, Benefits will drive roadmap decisions and own end-to-end delivery for initiatives that simplify benefits selection and administration. You’ll scope work with research-backed cases, prioritize cross-functional work, and balance customer-facing outcomes with platform reliability and scalability. You will operate independently within your scope, clearly communicate tradeoffs, and remove blockers so your team can deliver high-quality outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate ownership for the products you build and ship services that scale reliably.
- Shape strategy and the roadmap for key Benefits initiatives; communicate a clear vision of business impact to stakeholders.
- Collaborate closely with engineering to investigate and prioritize issues and build technical understanding.
- Run discovery and delivery activities across the product development lifecycle (PDLC).
- Build strong cross-functional relationships through curiosity, empathy, and customer-centered partnership.
- Contribute to team problem-solving and support or facilitate team processes and ceremonies.
- Take on opportunities beyond core responsibilities to support product strategy and drive impact.
What You’ll Need
- Minimum of 2 years of product management experience in a modern technology company, or equivalent experience in software engineering, data science, or business analytics.
- Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to decompose complex problems into actionable work for a product team.
- A willingness to learn the fundamentals of the business model through interviews with coworkers, customers, and prospects.
- Deep user empathy and a high bar for user experience.
- Excellent persuasion and advocacy skills, including story‑telling, frameworks, and first‑principles reasoning.
- Strong technical acumen is a plus.
- Prior experience in highly regulated industries (e.g., fintech or healthcare) is a plus.
Compensation & Benefits
The base wage range for this position based in the New York City office is targeted at $131,000.00 - $161,000.00 per year. Actual compensation depends on factors unique to each candidate (experience, skills, and specific work location). Benefits and total rewards vary by location; additional details will be provided during the hiring process.
Diversity, Equity & Accommodations
Careertakes and our client are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified applicants and employees; please raise accommodation requests during the process so we can support your needs.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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