Corporate Vice President, Digital Product Manager

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week 

Our New York Life culture has laid the foundation for over 180 years of commitment to our employees, agents, policy owners, and the communities where we live and work. Here you become a valued part of a welcoming, inclusive, and caring organization with a long-standing legacy in stability and growth. The strength revolves around our diversified, multi-dimensional business portfolio that goes beyond life insurance.

As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide an environment where you can explore your career ambitions, offering opportunities to tackle meaningful challenges and stretch your skills while balancing work and life priorities.  You will be part of an inclusive team guided by our belief to always be there for each other–providing the support and flexibility to grow and reach new heights while making an impact in the lives of others.

You are our future, and we commit to investing in you accordingly.

Role Overview: 

The Digital Product Manager will be responsible for delivering high-impact digital products that empower New York Life’s field force and drive business outcomes. This role will support cross-functional collaboration with Digital Product Managers, UX Designers, Product Owners, Technology, Training, and Business teams to envision, define, and deliver critical functionality on key Agency platforms. Familiarity with emerging technologies like AI and automation is essential, as this role will help shape future-forward capabilities. The Digital Product Manager is expected to act as a key contributor in the organization, proactively shaping product vision, influencing strategy, and solving complex business problems through innovation and leadership.

What You'll Do: 

• Support the end-to-end strategy, planning, and delivery of high-priority digital products aligned to business objectives and user needs.
• Develop clear, actionable product roadmaps in partnership with stakeholders and delivery teams, driving consensus across diverse functions.
• Build and maintain a detailed product backlog, ensuring work is prioritized for impact, effort, and alignment with strategy.
• Apply Agile methodologies to manage product development, collaborating closely with UX, engineering, and QA teams.
• Translate complex business problems into innovative digital solutions using data, customer insights, and emerging technologies such as AI/ML where appropriate.
• Support performance tracking, KPIs, and continuous improvement of product features post-launch.
• Communicate updates, dependencies, and risks clearly to leadership and stakeholders across the organization.
• Lead user acceptance testing and post-production validation efforts to ensure successful outcomes and business value realization.
• Provide guidance and collaboration to junior product team members, championing best practices across the function.
• Stay informed on industry trends, AI advancements, and digital capabilities to help inform product strategy and experimentation.
• Understand and align product vision to other connected capabilities across the organization, closely collaborate with other product managers across the enterprise to define unified vision for integrated experiences, sequence and prioritize roadmaps for joint enablement efforts.
• Synthesize product vision, pain points, and gaps into underlying data needs to help inform and influence data enablement roadmaps at enterprise level.

What You'll Bring: 

• Bachelor’s degree required or consummate experience

• 5-10 years relevant experience
• Strong familiarity with Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe) and product lifecycle management
• Working knowledge of AI/ML concepts and their application in digital products; experience with integrating or evaluating AI solutions is a plus
• Experience in financial services or regulated industries preferred but not required
• Ability to balance short-term vision with long-term requirements at enterprise level; balancing modernization and aspirational vision with technical debt and requirements and solid foundation to drive thoughtful execution strategy

• Proven success leading digital product development from concept to launch at scale
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teams.
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Recognized as a thought leader in product strategy and emerging technologies, with the ability to anticipate challenges and drive solutions that impact business direction
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including executive presence

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Pay Transparency

Salary Range:  $155,000 - $200,000 

Overtime eligible: Exempt 

Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes 

Sales bonus eligible: No 

Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual’s experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Our Benefits

We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work. Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.

Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life’s leadership in this space.​

Recognized as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.

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Job Requisition ID: 91850