Product Owner III
About the role
We are seeking a Product Owner to lead the vision and delivery of complex new products or product suites. This role requires a deep understanding of the product domain and the ability to translate customer needs into valuable features.
Responsibilities
- Represent customers and users for the creation of complex new products or product suites
- Understand and have frequent contact with the customer
- Work closely with the team and be available for questions and clarifications on a daily basis
- Create the Vision and Release Roadmap for the product(s) or product suite and articulate these across multiple teams and stakeholders
- Create Release Plan and Release Goals across multiple teams focusing on delivering the highest value to the customer
- Facilitate requirements gathering and story refinement workshops
- Rank portfolio items/user stories in consultation with the Agile team(s)
- Accept/reject finished user stories, and features based on acceptance criteria and ensure sprint/release goals are met
- Track the overall progress of the initiative towards goals and ROI (Return On Investment)
- Collaborate with other Product Owners in a Community of Practice to work toward continuous improvement in the role, help others improve with the goal of helping the organization deliver highest value, highest quality products to the customer faster
- Identify and address cross-team dependencies and impacts
- Help key stakeholders to better understand the product by supporting the Product Owner
- Manage a team of Product Owners for large strategic initiatives
- Mentorship and guidance to Product Owners
- Able to understand and articulate the big picture to leadership levels as well as team members
- High level of business expertise needed to set priorities and understand business value impact
- Strong influencing skills in interfacing with the business stakeholders
- Identify and address cross-initiative dependencies and impacts
- Focus on continuous improvement for the product suite
- Perform other duties as required
Requirements
- Knowledgeable about the product and product domain and able to transfer ideas into valuable features
- Passionate agile practitioner with advanced understanding of agile values and principles with demonstrated success in their application
- Demonstrated knowledge of product discovery practices including human-centered design, design thinking, brainstorming approaches, and advanced facilitation techniques
- Demonstrated leadership skills, ownership and commitment for deliverables
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, enthusiastic and assertive
- Experience working with and understanding the needs of customers both internal and external
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or related field
- 6+ years of work experience in product development, business analysis or project management
- Product ownership of at least three end to end product deliveries
- Completed and received certification in the 2.0 Product Owner Enablement Program offered by the Enterprise Agility Office
- Experience and knowledge about the product and product domain
Skills
- Knowledgeable about the product and product domain and able to transfer ideas into valuable features
- Passionate agile practitioner with advanced understanding of agile values and principles with demonstrated success in their application
- Demonstrated knowledge of product discovery practices including human-centered design, design thinking, brainstorming approaches, and advanced facilitation techniques
- Demonstrated leadership skills, ownership and commitment for deliverables
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, enthusiastic and assertive
- Experience working with and understanding the needs of customers both internal and external
Benefits
- Total Rewards: Salary range $100,000 - $145,000
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Prescription drug coverage
- Health care flexible spending
- Dependent care flexible spending
- Aflac supplemental policies (Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity offered at no costs to employee)
- 401(k) plans
- Annual bonuses
- Opportunity to purchase company stock
Pay
The salary range for this job is $100,000 - $145,000. This range is specific to the job and salary offers consider a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including, but not limited to: education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and peer compensation.
Schedule
Depending on your location within the continental US, this role may be hybrid or remote. If you live within 50 miles of the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, this role will be hybrid. This means you will be expected to work in the office for at least 60% of the work week. You will work from your home (within the continental US) for the remaining portion of the work week. If you live more than 50 miles from the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, this role will be remote. This means you will be expected to work from your home, within the continental US. If the role is remote, there may be occasions that you are requested to come to the office based on business need. Any requests to come to the office would be communicated with you in advance.