- Own the roadmap and drive execution for launching products, states, and brands on comparative rater platforms
- Serve as primary point of contact for rater and direct-agency integration issues, escalations, and migration requests
- Own the strategy and roadmap for migrating raters and agencies from point-to-point connections to the Gateway API
- Translate launch and migration roadmaps into scoped, sequenced engineering work with Product and Engineering
- Align launch and migration timing with Distribution leaders and coordinate external partner communications
- Maintain proactive relationships with rater partners and directly integrated agencies
- Serve as the technical face of the team on National Partner calls and present to agents
- Define and track KPIs including time-to-live, migration velocity, uptime, quote volume, conversion, discount capture, rate leakage, and escalation resolution time
- Maintain project plans, timelines, and communications for integrations, performance, and risks/issues
- Audit partner data structures and submissions to identify mapping issues that suppress discounts or produce worse rates
- Partner with Product and Underwriting to reflect rating-rule, discount, and eligibility changes across integrations
- Build monitoring and reporting to identify data-quality or mapping issues affecting rate competitiveness
- Establish governance and onboarding standards for future Gateway API connections
- Identify strategic opportunities, competitive gaps, and growth opportunities in the rater and direct-agency network
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in program management, integration program management, or partner/vendor program management
- Experience spanning technical and business stakeholder groups
- Direct experience with comparative rater platforms such as EZLynx, PL Rater, TurboRater/ITC, Bolt, or similar
- Experience launching new products, states, or carriers/brands on comparative rater platforms
- Experience with agency connectivity, API gateway, or system migration programs
- Experience migrating point-to-point or system-specific integrations to a centralized API or gateway model
- Experience serving as the primary point of contact for external technical escalations
- Working knowledge of REST, SOAP, and gateway/proxy architectures
- Strong program governance skills, including roadmapping, dependency management, KPI definition, and cross-team risk escalation
- Ability to build prioritization frameworks and communicate tradeoffs clearly to executive stakeholders
- Insurance industry experience required, including P&C, agency distribution, comparative rating, or carrier integrations
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Comfort presenting recommendations to senior leadership and negotiating with agents, rater partners, and agency partners
- Ability to partner with engineers to investigate submitted data and rating logic
- Experience partnering with Sales or Business Development teams on scoping, feasibility, and technical credibility
- Must be eligible to work in the United States; Porch Group does not consider remote applicants from Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nebraska, Montana, New Hampshire, West Virginia, or the District of Columbia
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in program management and integration strategies, particularly in migrating systems to centralized API models. Proven ability to manage stakeholder communications, define KPIs, and maintain strong relationships within the insurance industry.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Program Management
- Comparative Rater Platforms
- API Gateway Integration
- KPI Definition
- Insurance Industry Experience
Hard Skills
- Program Governance
- System Migration
- Data Quality Auditing
- REST
- SOAP
- Dependency Management
- Technical Escalation Management
- Integration Strategy
- Roadmapping
- Performance Tracking
Soft Skills
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Negotiation Skills
- Stakeholder Management
- Prioritization Frameworks
- Presentation Skills
Industry Keywords
- P&C Insurance
- Agency Distribution
- Comparative Rating
- Carrier Integrations
- Direct-Agency Integration
Tools & Technologies
- EZLynx
- PL Rater
- TurboRater/ITC
- Bolt
- Gateway API
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