Agile Product Owner
The Hartford
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Connecticut • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $100,000 - $150,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Lead product execution for 1–2 Agile teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives and product vision.
- Engage with business and technology stakeholders to identify product opportunities and implications.
- Represent the voice of the customer to the Agile team(s) and ensure customer-centric delivery.
- Partner with the Agile Product Manager to provide perspective on portfolio and value stream vision and roadmap.
- Articulate the product vision and roadmap to the Agile team(s) and guide them in determining sprint goals.
- Manage the product backlog: break down epics into features, features into stories, and prioritize to maximize business value.
- Aid the Agile Product Manager in feature road mapping and strategic planning.
- Ensure the Agile team(s) understand backlog items and their business value.
- Write user stories with clear acceptance criteria and validate completed stories against the definition of done and quality expectations.
- Validate that delivered solutions meet the product vision and incorporate feedback from sprint demos into the backlog.
- Partner with Scrum Masters, Architects, Tech Leads, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions deliver the intended business outcomes.
- Maintain a deep understanding of the voice of the customer, industry trends, and competitor insights.
- Drive business readiness and change management activities to support successful adoption.
- Monitor and communicate execution progress, including risks and impediments, to stakeholders.
- Analyze delivery metrics to identify trends and opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Own communication across all levels—from stakeholders to Agile teams—ensuring consistency, transparency, and alignment throughout the product lifecycle.
Requirements
- Experience in the insurance industry required, with knowledge of Employee Benefits Life & Voluntary Products a plus.
- Minimum of two years of experience in insurance Agile Product Ownership or similar role.
- Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and frameworks such as SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, XP.
- Proficiency with Agile lifecycle management tools (e.g., Rally, JIRA).
- Experience with Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Teams for reporting and collaboration.
- Strong collaboration and influence skills, including ability to manage multiple stakeholders effectively.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to understand audiences, tailor messages, and influence outcomes.
- Experience analyzing data to identify insights and create hypotheses for testing.
- Familiarity with mentoring junior APOs and contributing to a product management community of practice.
- Clear preference for working collaboratively in a team environment.
- Self-motivated individual with ability to handle multiple high-priority demands, manage expectations, and achieve objectives.
- Experience with ADKAR or other change management frameworks preferred.
- Willingness to travel 10%–25% as needed.
Benefits
- Short-term or annual bonuses
- Long-term incentives
- On-the-spot recognition
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Agile product ownershipAgile methodologiesSAFeScrumKanbanXPdata analysisuser story writingbacklog managementfeature road mapping
Soft skills
collaborationinfluencecommunicationstakeholder managementself-motivationteamworkadaptabilityproblem-solvingstrategic planningcustomer-centricity