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DescriptionWe are a forward-thinking organization passionate about harnessing people, process and technology to drive innovation and profitable growth for the Global Risk Solution (GRS) business. We are looking for a skilled and dynamic Product Owner II to join our Agile team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work across multiple teams and departments, helping to shape and execute the vision and direction of underwriting technology to achieve GRS’s aspirations. You will work closely with technical teams, business stakeholders, and cross-functional partners to create and maintain a product roadmap, ensuring that our solutions meet customer needs and business objectives. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about both technology and business strategy, with a talent for innovation, process optimization, and creative problem-solving.
As a member of the Agile team, the Product Owner II represents the voice of the customer and the organization through the delivery of business value. This person works closely with stakeholders (business and technology), including LOB leadership, to define and prioritize features and stories, ensuring alignment with customer needs and organizational goals. This person understands customers` problems in detail and ensures the problems are clearly defined, prioritized and the squad/team is focused on the most valuable work. The Product Owner is the team member always communicating with stakeholders to ensure an aligned understanding of how the squad/team can provide the highest value to the customer through the lens of the portfolio. This person collaborates with squads/teams, technologies and architects across portfolios to develop a deep understanding of the technologies and systems they support.
Responsibilities:
Collaborates to create product vision and alignment with strategic priorities with stakeholdersContributes to the development of the portfolio visionCommunicates product and portfolio vision to their squad/team and other squads/teams outside their portfolio/functional areaWith the squad/team, collaboratively accountable for developing and achieving product level KPIsManages product(s) with a moderate degree of strategy, scope, and complexityOwns and maintains the product backlog and is accountable for its contents and prioritizationAccountable for clear, actionable user storiesSets priorities and actively participates in squad/team quarterly planningCollaborates with more senior Product Owners to set priorities for portfolio quarterly planningSets expectations with stakeholders for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalitiesParticipates in squad/team demos, retrospectives, and all other ceremonies.Works daily with the agile working group, clarifying business requirements, removing roadblocks, constantly communicating, and supporting alignment around product strategyCollaborates with IT and business leadership to align development and business goals and priorities while working with stakeholders and squad/team to remove roadblocks to executionResolves open issues/questions quickly and efficientlyMonitors and maintains the product health, supporting long-term product viability and efficiency, and balancing long and short term and costs with desired outcomes.Analyzes and reports on feasibility, cost of delay ramifications, economies, or other aspects of planned or potential changes to the productUnderstands regulatory, compliance, and other industry constraints on the product and prioritizes accordinglyNegotiates with internal and external squads/teams to ensure priorities are aligned across squads/teams both within and outside the portfolioCollaboratively builds the squad/team product roadmap, contributes to strategy inputs from stakeholdersMay contribute to program/portfolio level planningInfluences stakeholder expectations for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalitiesCommunicates expected value and any changes in value to be delivered in each iteration (sprint, monthly, quarterly, etc.) based on the squad/team-determined capacityLeads customer-driven design and usability testing for the squad/teamCollaborates on CDD and UT across the portfolioEnsures 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 3 to 5 years direct experience with agile teams as well as 7 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. About Us
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