Product Owner

Job Title: Product Owner

Location: Milwaukee, WI (Hybrid)

Job Summary

• The Product Owner drives product vision, and strategy aligns business goals with product outcomes and maximizes value delivery through agile value driven delivery practices

Job Description

• Define and communicate the product vision goals and roadmap aligned with business strategy and market opportunities
• Act as the product sponsor making strategic investment and prioritization decisions based on business value
• Own and manage the product backlog prioritizing features enhancements defects and technical debt
• Define clear acceptance criteria and business outcomes to guide development efforts
• Collaborate closely with business leaders’ customers engineering quality engineering and operations teams
• Facilitate continuous stakeholder engagement to gather and validate requirements
• Lead agile delivery ceremonies including sprint planning backlog refinement reviews and release planning
• Support delivery teams by clarifying requirements and validating completed features
• Make final GoNoGo decisions for major releases when required
• Monitor product performance customer adoption KPIs and ensure compliance with governance security and quality standards
• Drive continuous improvement innovation initiatives and value driven delivery in an agile environment
• Utilize product management tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps to manage roadmaps and backlogs effectively
• Apply strong stakeholder management and communication skills to align priorities and communicate progress and risks
• Make data driven decisions informed by metrics and customer feedback

Roles and Responsibilities

• Demonstrate strong expertise across the Life Annuity Insurance value chain including New Business Underwriting Policy Administration Billing Claims and Servicing
• Lead customer journey mapping business process assessments and discovery workshops to identify current state challenges future state opportunities and business transformation objectives
• Analyze and document end-to-end business transactions process flows data flows and operational dependencies across business and technology landscapes
• Identify process gaps testing gaps environment constraints and test data challenges that impact delivery quality and business outcomes
• Drive cross functional collaboration with Business SMEs Product Teams Architects Development Teams QE Teams and Operations stakeholders to define optimal solutions
• Own and manage product backlogs epics features user stories acceptance criteria and prioritization aligned with business value and strategic objectives
• Establish and govern delivery plans milestones dependencies risks and remediation actions utilizing Agile and Jira based portfolio management practices
• Define and execute roadmap driven initiatives ensuring objectives are met through structured planning execution governance and outcome tracking
• Provide executive level status reporting risk assessments decision support and progress updates to client leadership and program stakeholders
• Exhibit exceptional stakeholder management facilitation negotiation and influencing skills across business and technology leadership teams