Senior Product Manager

Company Information

Delta Dental of Minnesota is proud to be the largest regional provider of dental benefits, serving over 7,000 Minnesota and North Dakota‑based purchasing groups and 4.5 million members nationwide. We aim to provide a work environment that engages each individual while encouraging growth and professional development. We are proud to be named a Top Workplace employer for several years and take pride in our team members for building this reputation.

The Senior Product Manager position is a critical leader responsible for contributing to strategic priorities for our Vision Insurance, driving the successful execution of initiatives that advance our growing vision insurance business. Reporting to the Vice President of Digital Experience & Product Strategy, this role drives operational execution, product strategy, and cross‑functional alignment to accelerate vision product growth, adoption, and member satisfaction.

This position oversees the end‑to‑end product lifecycle and serves as a key sales consultant to identify key sales opportunities, coach sales teams, and translate market intelligence into actionable product and go‑to‑market strategies. The Senior Product Manager ensures seamless experiences across the member, employer, and broker journey, manages cross‑functional execution with internal teams, external partners, and sales channels for successful implementations of vision initiatives on time, on budget, and with measurable impact.

This position will be with Stratacor, an affiliate of Delta Dental of Minnesota.

• Lead the implementation of new and enhanced vision insurance products from strategy through launch, ensuring operational readiness and stakeholder alignment
• Manage cross‑functional initiative execution across product, operations, compliance, marketing, sales, and vendor teams
• Develop and manage delivery timelines, resource plans, status reporting, and risk mitigation strategies for key initiatives
• Serve as a key liaison between business teams and stakeholders, translating strategy into executable plans
• Monitor product key measures post‑launch; identify improvement opportunities and lead iteration efforts
• Support intake and prioritization of product enhancement requests; manage backlog, scoping, and roadmap alignment
• Collaborate with external vendors and strategic partners to support product delivery
• Lead user acceptance testing (UAT), issues resolution, and post‑launch quality assessments
• Provide leadership, guidance, and influence across cross‑functional teams, mentoring peers and stakeholders, while fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
• Discern vision sales opportunities within the existing client base, and collaborate with sales team to pursue and close new business opportunities
• Participate with sales and account management teams in sales activities, including development of requests‑for‑proposals (RFPs), sales presentations, and client meetings
• Serve as a vision subject matter expert, providing real‑time recommendations, prospect‑specific sales strategies, and market insights to drive growth
• Diagnose training needs for sales and account management teams, and deliver targeted training and coaching to enhance product and market fluency
• Provide ongoing membership forecasts, pipeline analyses, and opportunity reporting in support of leadership forums, strategic planning, and budgeting processes
• Act as a voice of the market, sharing feedback and insights related to pricing, product development, competitive dynamics, contracts, brokers, and emerging opportunities across internal teams
• Other duties as assigned

• Healthcare Insurance Expertise:
  Strong knowledge of healthcare insurance products, including benefits structure, operational workflows, regulatory context, and customer needs
• Product Lifecycle Execution:
  Proven ability to manage a full insurance or similar product lifecycle from concept to launch to ongoing optimization
• Healthcare & Insurance Operations:
  Understanding of insurance systems and processes (claims, enrollment, eligibility, billing) and how they connect to product…