Our Client is one of the United States’ largest insurers, providing a wide range of insurance and financial services products with gross written premiums well over US$25 Billion (P&C). They proudly serve more than 10 million U.S. households with more than 19 million individual policies across all 50 states through the efforts of over 48,000 exclusive and independent agents and nearly 18,500 employees. Finally, our Client is part of one the largest Insurance Groups in the world.
Our team delivers customer self-service functionality via the Farmers/Foremost/Bristol West Websites and Mobile Applications.
Role Description:
Product Owners collaborate with product managers, developers, architects, scrum master and business owners/SMEs to create and/or decipher features into user stories. More complex capabilities are defined by PM's, then PO's ensure development and accurate delivery of the solution. Follows through with development, some UAT, demo's, to ensure business needs are timely met. Works in a SAFe Agile environment.
Requirements
- 1–3 years of experience in a corporate environment as a Junior Product Owner, Business Analyst, Junior Project Manager.
- Industry Knowledge: Exposure to Insurance, FinTech, or E-commerce is a significant plus, as the role focuses on customer-facing self-service tools.
Agile & Framework Proficiency
- SAFe Exposure: The candidate should understand Agile and how a development Sprint fits into a larger (PI) Program Increment plan.
- Story Writing: Experience taking a Feature (high-level) and breaking it down into User Stories (detailed) with clear Acceptance Criteria.
- Backlog Refinement: Ability to manage and prioritize a list of tasks so the development team always knows what to work on next.
Technical & Tooling Skillset
- Rally: Having used Rally (or Jira/Azure DevOps) to move stories through a board is essential.
- UX Collaboration (Figma): You don't need to be a designer, but you should be able to open and navigate Figma, leave comments, and ensure the developers are building what the designers envisioned.
- UAT (User Acceptance Testing): Experience testing with a pre-release app or website to ensure it doesn't break and meets the business requirements.
Soft Skills
- Translation: The ability to listen to a Business SME and translate that into requirements for developers.
- Stakeholder Management: Confidence to lead a Demo where you show stakeholders what the team built during the sprint.
Benefits
Benefits
Competitive compensation and benefits package:
1.Competitive salary and performance-based bonus
2.Comprehensive benefits package: Grocery vouchers, saving funds, SGMM, etc.
3.Dynamic and inclusive work culture within a globally renowned group
4.Private Health Insurance
5.Paid Time Off
6.Training & Development
Note: Benefits differ based on employee level.
Originally posted on Himalayas
