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Product Manager Senior Expert

Allstate · Northbrook, IL · Full time

Posted Sep 15, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you turned mobility or location insights into a marketing campaign product that advertisers used.

What they are checking: Whether they have real experience with the data-to-campaign work the posting names directly.

Tell me about a product you took from idea to launch. What did you cut, and why?

What they are checking: Whether they make hard scope decisions to hit cost and success outcomes.

Tell me about a time a product you owned underperformed after launch.

What they are checking: Whether they own failures, learn from them and act quickly on what the data shows.

How do you lead a team you oversee to keep monitoring whether products still work for customers?

What they are checking: Whether they build lasting feedback habits in their team instead of checking only at launch.

What would you do

Go-to-market says advertisers are unhappy with campaign performance. How do you find out what's really wrong?

What they are checking: Whether they use customer feedback and data together to find the real problem before building a fix.

How do you decide what goes on the roadmap when sales, engineering and leadership all want different things?

What they are checking: Whether they prioritize with a clear framework and can explain the tradeoffs to every group.

This role is remote. How do you keep engineering and go-to-market teams aligned without being in the room?

What they are checking: Whether they can drive alignment through clear writing and rhythm across a distributed organization.

About the work

You'd own the core Ads Manager platform. How would you set product strategy for an ads platform built on mobility data?

What they are checking: Whether they can tie platform strategy to advertiser outcomes and company strategy, not just a feature list.

How do you manage external demand and supply sources on an ad platform, and what goes wrong most often?

What they are checking: Whether they understand ad tech integrations and the quality, fraud and fill problems that come with them.

How would you handle privacy and consent for driving and mobility data used in advertising?

What they are checking: Whether they treat consumer data protection as a product requirement, especially with sensitive location data.

What metrics would you use to know whether the Ads Manager is meeting customer needs across segments?

What they are checking: Whether they define success by customer segment and outcome, not just usage numbers.

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The full job description

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At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection. Job Description (Northbrook, Illinois – Remote position) Duties: Responsible for the core Ads Manager platform and other user facing apps. Defined top-level product strategy for ads platform, in alignment with broader product and company strategy. Lead all phases of the product life cycle, from inception to introduction into the marketplace, by developing products to meet specific customer needs and to achieve specific cost and success outcomes. Leverage extensive experience in turning mobility insights into actionable marketing campaigns. Deliver and manage external demand and supply sources. Collaborate with go to market teams to ensure platform is delivering efficiently against customer objectives. Oversee team to monitor efficacy of products and use customer and business feedback mechanisms to ensure products are meeting customer needs across each customer segmentation. Drive program vision and goals, paired with business-level priorities translated into features and user stories to populate product backlogs across the product suite covering. Accountable for setting priorities and balancing investments in short-term tactical product improvements with long-term strategic product investments. Conduct user interviews with internal and external users, created user personas, and mapped out different user journeys. Develop product roadmap, present product vision to leadership, write detailed product requirement docs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and host product townhalls. Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus eight (8) years as Product Manager or related occupation gaining experience in product development in a digitally-oriented environment related to consumer services. Specific skills/other requirements - Experience must include (quantitative experience requirements not applicable to this section): Engaging in discovery/test and learning activities to quickly validate concepts for backlog investments; Defining and managing KPIs to measure the success of efforts and to inform the overall product strategy; Leading development and recommendations of new techniques and processes to support solutions; Making build, buy, and partner decisions to advance product strategy and maximize KPIs; Monitoring budgets and operational effectiveness and developing strategies for adjusted courses of action; Running an omnichannel ad platform generating over $100 million in revenue; Implementing and managing relationships with external demand and supply partners in the AdTech space; Developing and applying insights derived from mobility data within the advertising technology (AdTech) industry; Creating and managing platform and campaign monitoring tools; Working with Advertising Demand Side Platforms and customer data repositories; and Working across backend software engineering, machine learning engineering, front end web development and data science teams. Position requires Domestic travel across the U.S. required approximately 2 weeks per quarter. Fully remote position with availability in Central Standard Time (CST). Skills Compensation Salary: $235,000.00/year The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation. Joining our team isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger – a winning team making a meaningful impact. Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position. 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This poster summarizing the major provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and telling employees how to file a complaint. It is the Company’s policy to employ the best qualified individuals available for all jobs. Therefore, any discriminatory action taken on account of an employee’s ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual and reproductive health decision, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race (include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion (including religious dress), sex, or sexual orientation that adversely affects an employee's terms or conditions of employment is prohibited. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, salary administration, promotion, job assignment, benefits, discipline, and separation of employment. Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse. Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs. When working from home, you must have a dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating. Reliable internet is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload. To help create a more personal and engaging experience, we ask that you join with your camera on if your interview is virtual. Please also have a Valid Photo Identification available at the start of your interview. If you require any accommodations or have questions ahead of your interview please reach out to your recruiter. 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