Product Owner

About the role

The Product Owner is a key member of the solution delivery team, working closely with the Product Manager and business stakeholders to understand business objectives and ensure solutions have strategic alignment and business value.

Responsibilities

• Act as the subject matter expert for the product and extract business value.
• Define the overall product vision, strategy, and validation criteria.
• Absess risks and benefits of product enhancements and gain alignment with stakeholders, business partners, and product managers.
• Prioritize and make business value-driven decisions.
• Proactively obtain feedback to ensure end-user value is being delivered.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager and provide input into the roadmap.
• Engage with stakeholders, business partners, and the agile team in scope definition, dependency creation, and requirements refinement.
• Build strong relationships with business partners and cross-functional teams.
• Define project goals, sprint or iteration objectives, and user acceptance tests.
• Manage and prioritize the agile teams backlog and acceptance criteria.
• Write epics, features, and user stories.
• Define process flows.
• Translate business needs into product specifications.
• Understand business applications from a functional and technical perspective.
• Cookordination with teams to plan and execute product releases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional agile teams to develop, execute, and release in alignment with business priorities.
• Take an active role in mitigating impediments.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner.
• 2 to 5 years of supervisory experience.
• Experience in an agile and scrum development organization.
• Experience writing epics, features, and user stories.
• Experience defining process flows.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional agile teams to develop, execute, and release in alignment with business priorities.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into product specifications.
• Proven ability to understand business applications from a functional and technical perspective.
• Self-motivated with the proven ability to think analytically and problem solve.
• Commitment to working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Strong initiative and desire for continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of agile methodologies.
• Strong communication skills, including conveying difficult concepts and negotiating with others to adopt a different point of view.
• Ability to prioritize and make business value-driven decisions.
• Ability to build strong relationships with business partners and cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with the Atlassian product suite, including JIRA and Confluence.

Skills

• PMPO certification preferred
• SAFe methodology knowledge preferred.
• Solid understanding of the insurance industry.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$76,000 - $105,000.

Schedule

Full-Time.