Agile Product Owner – Small Business
The Hartford
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Hartford • Connecticut, New York, North Carolina, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $84,640 - $126,960 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Lead product execution for 1 or more agile team(s), depending on line of business
- Engage with business and technology stakeholders to identify product opportunities and implications
- Stay current on internal, competitive, and industry technology trends to be a subject matter expert
- Represent the voice of the customer to the agile team(s)
- Provide perspective on portfolio / value stream vision and roadmap
- Articulate the product vision and roadmap to the agile team(s)
- Guide the agile team(s) in determining sprint goals, linking execution activities to business intent
- Manage the product backlog, breaking down features into stories and prioritizing stories to maximize business value.
- Regularly assist APM with feature road mapping
- Accountable for the health and readiness of the team backlog
- Ensure the agile team(s) understand the items in the backlog and their business value
- Independently write user stories, including defining acceptance criteria, without requiring coaching and oversight
- Accept completed stories that meet the “definition of done” and quality expectations
- Validate that the solution and functionality meet the product vision
- Incorporate feedback from sprint demos
- Partner with the Scrum Master, Agile teams, Architects, APMs, Tech Leads, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions will deliver the business vision
- Drive business readiness and change management activities
- Monitor and share execution progress including risks and impediments
- Analyze delivery metrics to identify key trends and opportunities for continuous improvement within the agile team(s)
- Leverage data, Voice of Customer and Voice of Business to manage and prioritize the Product Backlog
Requirements
- 3+ years of Insurance Industry experience in product-related role, digital, technology, or related field such as underwriting is required
- Knowledge of agile methodologies and frameworks such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.
- Experience with Agile lifecycle management tools (e.g., Rally, JIRA)
- Experience with Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Teams preferred
- Strong collaboration and influence skills, including ability to manage multiple stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to understand audiences, tailor messages and influence outcomes in a collaborative manner
- Experience with analyzing data to identify insights and create hypotheses for testing
- Self-motivated individual with demonstrated ability to handle multiple high-priority demands, manage expectations and achieve objectives
- Experience with ADKAR or other change management frameworks preferred
- Prior Product Ownership experience a plus
- CSPO, PSPO or SAFe POPM certification preferred.
Benefits
- Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses
- long-term incentives
- on-the-spot recognition
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
agile methodologiesScaled Agile Framework (SAFe)ScrumKanbanXPproduct backlog managementuser story writingdata analysischange management frameworksfeature road mapping
Soft skills
collaborationinfluencecommunicationstakeholder managementself-motivationprioritizationobjective achievementfeedback incorporationrisk monitoringcontinuous improvement
Certifications
CSPOPSPOSAFe POPM