$50,000 - $80,000 / year Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solutions are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships. Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success. Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better. We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India. JOB DESCRIPTION  This is an exciting opportunity for Product Owners or other SaaS Business Analysts to grow your skillset and build a career as a product manager.    As an Associate Product Manager you will partner with an experienced Product Manager(s) to define and execute against your product roadmap.  You will operate both strategically and tactically by enriching a product vision, defining the problems your products will solve, and aligning development teams to solve them by creating and maintaining a backlog of well-prepared features aligned with the roadmap.  You may also partner closely with Go-To-Market and Product Operations teams to ensure successful launches for your products and releases.  Your objectives are directly linked to business metrics of your product such as, retention, adoption, new feature adoption, and customer satisfaction.    Core Requirements and Responsibilities:   Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:  Conduct primary and secondary market and customer research to enrich and strengthen the product vision and strategy.  Work closely with the Product Manager to craft a product roadmap aligned to vision and strategy; communicate product roadmap and vision internally and externally  Create and maintain the product backlog of features and partner with Product Owners to ensure backlog of user stories is created, maintained, and thoughtfully prioritized.  Partner with product manager(s) or Director of Product on product release planning   When applicable, collaborate with product manager for the successful launch of new products and releases partnering with Go-To-Market and Product Operations leaders to manage the cross-functional implementation of the Go-To-Market plan  When applicable, partner with Go-To-Market team on product positioning, messaging, and sales enablement; support creation of enablement artifacts leveraged by internal teams  Product/Customer feedback – Support special interest groups/customer feedback forums  Product Evangelism - Contributing to necessary and relevant communication forums and supporting product leaders in various speaking engagements