Bachelors’ degree in relevant field (business, computer science, humanities etc.)
7 years in business, technology, or consulting
5 to 7 years direct experience with agile teams
Master's degree preferred
Requirements:
Co-create and communicate a clear product vision and strategy for the modernized Home Quote Bind sales experience
Translate strategy into measurable product goals and KPIs; track outcomes and use data to inform prioritization
Own, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog
Drive planning and delivery: set priorities for quarterly planning, participate in Agile ceremonies, and work with engineering and experience design
Job description
Title: Distribution Experience Product Owner
Location: Remote (Must be able to work Eastern or Central Time hours)
Duration: 1 year with possible extension
What is the most important skillset:
Roadmap building - Ability to gather user, business, and technical requirements and work with engineering partners to turn requirements into an actionable roadmap and backlog
Any immediate disqualifiers: No product owner or product manager experience. No experience building a 1-2 year product roadmap.
Is there a preference for industries the candidates have worked in: Financial Services - #1 Insurance, open to other Financial Services experience as well.
Can you tell me what the person's day to day will be like:
Research and analyze a quoting and binding experience for sales reps
Work with internal partners across the Product, Distribution, Underwriting, and Compliance organizations to identify requirements
Consult with Engineering and User Experience colleagues to build vision and roadmap for quote and bind experience
Partner with engineering to turn identified requirements into actionable epics and user stories to build a backlog, prioritize backlog for software development
Job Description:
Join Experience & Strategy as a Product Owner (PO) driving the delivery of new Sales Experiences for our Direct go-to-market vertical.
This PO role will own a portion of a new sales experience for our direct sales call center, enabling personal lines property/home products to be sold on a modernized platform that reduces friction and supports faster, more confident selling.
The Product Owner will:
Partner with the Sr. Manager, Product Owner to define, build, and deliver the product roadmap for a streamlined Home Insurance quoting and binding experience
Own the product backlog for the new quote-and-bind sales experience; translate customer and business needs into outcome, value-driven epics and workstreams.
Partner with stakeholders to explore and leverage new capabilities and tools; Challenge historical assumptions and advocate for pragmatic changes to legacy approaches that deliver better business outcomes.
Understand customer problems in depth and ensure those problems are clearly framed and prioritized.
Act as a strong communicator and partner, working closely with stakeholders to maintain aligned priorities and expectations.
Work with engineering teams and architects to develop a deep understanding of the technologies and systems that support the product.
Own the product backlog to create a modernized sales experience; translate customer and business needs into outcome driven bodies of work
Be able to navigate matrixed organizations to inform and influence cross-functional partners to manage dependencies and influence aligned priorities
Responsibilities
Co-create and communicate a clear product vision and strategy for the modernized Home Quote & Bind sales experience that aligns to portfolio objectives and executive priorities.
Translate strategy into measurable product goals and KPIs; track outcomes and use data to inform prioritization.
Own, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog; write clear, actionable epics and user stories with acceptance criteria.
Enable trade-off decisions by evaluating customer impact, technical feasibility, cost of delay, and business value; surface trade-offs and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.
Drive planning and delivery: set priorities for quarterly planning, participate in Agile ceremonies, and work with engineering and experience design to clarify requirements and remove blockers.
Develops strong stakeholder relationships and influencing across engineering, business and executive stakeholders to resolve dependencies
Communicates and sets expectations with stakeholders for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalities.
Ensure requirements account for regulatory, compliance, and industry constraints and lead stakeholder alignment on the product-level impact across the portfolio.
Qualifications
Advanced knowledge of Agile development methodologies as typically acquired through a Bachelors’ degree in relevant field (business, computer science, humanities etc.), 7 years in business, technology, or consulting with 5 to 7 years direct experience with agile teams
Master's degree preferred
High level of proven business expertise needed to set clear priorities for product and understand business value impacts
Demonstrated experience leading varied audiences through the development of complex ideas, issues and designs
Ability to lead varied audiences through census building
Proven experience with Agile practices and expectations
Comfortable with making decisions with some level of uncertainty
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Knowledge of insurance industry preferred
Knowledge of relevant products and portfolio strongly preferred
Strong experimental mindset to drive innovation amongst uncertainty and exploit market opportunities
