Associate, Product Owner (12 month contract)

Definity Financial; Waterloo; On-site; CAD 58,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Ein etabliertes Unternehmen sucht einen engagierten Fachmann, der die Schnittstelle zwischen kommerzieller Versicherung und Technologie unterstützt. In dieser Rolle werden Sie eng mit dem Product Owner zusammenarbeiten, um Geschäftsziele in umsetzbare Aufgaben zu übersetzen und die Kommunikation zwischen technischen und geschäftlichen Teams zu fördern. Ihre Fähigkeiten in der Projektlieferung und Ihr Wissen über Agile Praktiken werden entscheidend sein, um die Effizienz und Effektivität der Technologie zu verbessern. Diese spannende Gelegenheit bietet Ihnen die Möglichkeit, in einem dynamischen Umfeld zu arbeiten, in dem Ihre Beiträge einen echten Unterschied machen können.

Qualifications

• 2+ Jahre Erfahrung in der kommerziellen Versicherung (Mid-Market oder SME) bevorzugt.
• Selbstmotiviert und zeigt Initiative bei der Lösung von Problemen.

Responsibilities

• Unterstützung des Product Owners bei der Dokumentation von Geschäftsanforderungen.
• Teilnahme an Benutzertests und Überprüfung nach der Bereitstellung.

Skills

Kommunikationsfähigkeiten

Projektmanagement

Konfliktlösung

Agile Entwicklung

Education

Universitätsabschluss oder College-Diplom

Tools

Jira

ECOM

Guidewire

ServiceNow

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Job description

Reporting to the Manager, Commercial Insurance Product Owners, the successful candidate will assist in the delivery of the Business and Technology Roadmap to achieve best in class customer experience and effective operational scalability, ensuring strategic goals are met.

This role supports the intersection of Commercial Insurance, TS teams, external vendors, industry regulators, and internal stakeholders. The successful candidate will support the Product Owner in translating business objectives into actionable items to achieve company goals.

This is a 12 Month Contract.

What to expect

• Work with the Product Owner to understand our long-term roadmap and project objectives.
• Assist in the documenting of business requirements, acceptance criteria, test plans, risks, and dependencies.
• Participate in user acceptance testing against predetermined acceptance criteria and conduct post deployment production verification.
• Ensure relevant technical and business team members communicate regularly to bring high value technical recommendations and solutions to the product delivery process.
• Identify and escalate risks and issues to the Product Owner as necessary.
• Present user stories to stakeholders, and confirm new functionality meets the requirements and acceptance criteria of the business while also working with the Product Owner to ensure that that backlog items are prioritized appropriately according to business vision and priorities.
• Create project documentation, coordinate with the Product Owner to create communication and training material, and facilitate training sessions as required.
• Support business roll out activities as required.
• Monitor systems and workflows to improve efficiency and effectiveness of deployed technology.
• Develop and maintain positive interdepartmental relationships.

What you bring

• University Degree or College Diploma
• 2+ years experience in Commercial Insurance (Mid-Market or SME) preferred.
• 2+ years in project delivery roles, executing projects or test plans in small scale and non-complex environments.
• Expert communicator (written and verbal), able to interact professionally and effectively with stakeholders with experience resolving conflicts.
• Knowledge of commercial Policy Administration Systems and Microsoft applications (ECOM, Guidewire, ServiceNow, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint etc.).
• Experience using Agile lifecycle management applications such Jira is an asset.
• Self-motivated and consistently demonstrates the ability to take initiative on any issue.
• Preference will be given to those who are comfortable in Agile development and product management practices.

Salary range: $58,100 - $106,900