US - Staffing - IT - Product Owner

Manager Intake Call Notes :

• Location : Remote (ET preferred)
• Duration : months
• Contract to Hire : Possible
• Interview Details : interviews
• What is the most important skillset : Communications both oral and written, solid PO experience – managing backlogs, writing stories, writing epics. Agile experience.
• Required : Insurance experience
• Preferred : US regulatory or compliance experience within Insurance
• Any immediate disqualifiers : No insurance experience. Years of experience in a PO role should be at least years.
• Can you tell me what the person's day to day will be like : They will be part of Agile Ceremonies, sprint planning, stand ups, checking in with the team, lots of stakeholder engagement. Time will be split between stakeholders and team engagement. Need solid communication skills.

Job Description :

Collaborate to create product vision and alignment with strategic priorities with stakeholders. Contributes to the development of portfolio vision. Communicates product and portfolio vision to their squad / team and other squads / teams outside their portfolio / functional area.

With the squad / team, collaboratively accountable for developing and achieving product level KPIs.

Manage products with a moderate degree of strategy, scope, and complexity.

Own and maintains the product backlog and is accountable for its contents and prioritization. Accountable for clear, actionable user stories.

Set priorities and actively participate in squad / team quarterly planning. Collaborate with more senior Product Owners to set priorities for quarterly portfolio planning.

Set expectations with stakeholders for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalities. Participates in squad / team demos, retrospectives, and all other ceremonies.

Work daily with the agile working group, clarifying business requirements, removing roadblocks, constantly communicating, and supporting alignment around product strategy.

Collaborate with IT and business leadership to align development and business goals and priorities while working with stakeholders and squad / team to remove roadblocks to execution. Resolves open issues / questions quickly and efficiently.

Monitor and maintain the product health, supporting long-term product viability and efficiency, and balancing long and short term and costs with desired outcomes.

Analyze and reports on feasibility, cost of delay ramifications, economies, or other aspects of planned or potential changes to the product.

Understand regulatory, compliance, and other industry constraints on the product and prioritize accordingly. Negotiates with internal and external squads / teams to ensure priorities are aligned across squads / teams both within and outside the portfolio.

Collaboratively builds the squad / team product roadmap, contributes to strategy inputs from stakeholders. May contribute to program / portfolio level planning. Influences stakeholder expectations for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalities.

Communicate expected value and any changes in value to be delivered in each iteration (sprint, monthly, quarterly, etc.) based on the squad / team-determined capacity.

Lead customer-driven design and usability testing for the squad / team. Collaborates on CDD and UT across the portfolio. Ensures a well-positioned product through market & industry analysis

Qualifications :

Knowledge of Agile development methodologies and IT project management as typically acquired through a Bachelors` degree in relevant field (business, computer science, humanities etc.) and a minimum of to years direct experience with agile teams as well as years in business, technology, or consulting.

Able to depict and explain the importance of complex ideas, issues and designs to varied audiences; educate SBU / department(s) on business vision and plan and the impact of change.

Able to influence a diverse group of stakeholders; strong leadership skills.

Able to make difficult and quick decisions daily.

Strong problem solver with demonstrated ability to lead a team to push the solutions and progress.

Experience in the insurance industry preferred.

Knowledge of relevant products and portfolio preferred.

Strong experimental mindset to drive innovation amongst uncertainty.