Agile Product Owner - Auto

Travelers; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 102,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Travelers is seeking an Agile Product Owner to lead a small team, guiding day-to-day work to deliver outcomes rather than prescribing methods. You will act as the voice of the end-user, prioritizing a configurable platform and measurable success indicators.

You will translate requirements, maintain a ready backlog, and collaborate with engineering and business partners. A Bachelor's degree and 2 years in Agile product management are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Two years of Agile product management experience.
• Agile mindset: openness, courage, respect, focus, commitment.
• Product mindset: define value proposition aligned with circle/value stream.
• Ability to influence leaders and foster servant leadership.
• Strong communication across all levels and teams.

Responsibilities

• Write epics focusing on outcomes and configurability.
• Design for scalability and avoid hard-coded rules.
• Prioritize backlog to deliver end-to-end value.
• Ensure traceability from stories to portfolio epics and KPIs.
• Clarify requirements and remove roadblocks with stakeholders.
• Own and refine team backlog to maximize value.

Skills

Agile product management

Agile mindset

Product mindset

Influence

Servant leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Who Are We? Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That's the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.

Job Category

Technology

Compensation Overview

The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.

Salary Range

$101,600.00 - $167,600.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

Travelers is seeking a Agile Product Owner to lead a team to deliver capabilities/solutions in an agile way. In this position, you will act as a voice of the end-user to guide day-to-day work of a smaller scale team, focusing on achievement of defined outcomes versus defining how the work is completed.

What Will You Do?

• Write epics that define business outcomes rather than system changes, focusing on the flexibility the platform must support instead of the specific rules it encodes.
• Design for configurability by avoiding early commitments to specific rates, states or market rules.
• Apply vertical slicing to deliver the thinnest end-to-end path through the user journey first, then expand scope incrementally.
• Maintain rigorous traceability, ensuring every story aligns to a portfolio epic and a measurable success indicator.
• Exercise sound judgment on ownership boundaries, distinguishing between what Auto systems build and what they integrate with, to keep scope accurate and transparent.
• Translate technical concepts, including data contract standards and entitlement models, into plain language that enables nontechnical business partners to make informed decisions.
• Take an iterative, feedback-driven approach, treating early epics as working hypotheses to refine with engineering and product partners rather than fixed commitments.
• Define, prioritize and ensure a ready backlog of work for a smaller scale product team, accept final product output, focusing on achievement of defined outcomes versus defining how the work is completed.
• Effectively manage a backlog of deliverables and capabilities as well as 'test and learn'/experimentation targeted at defining/refining future deliverables, measuring performance and adjusting the overall roadmap of deliverables as needed.
• Understand and implement team goals and strategy, ensuring alignment with circle and value stream vision; Articulate team goals and strategy effectively to key stakeholders, Circle Leads and team members.
• Act as voice of the end-user; have a deep understanding of and respond to customer feedback ensuring needs and requirements are clearly defined; ensure team work product meets defined acceptance criteria.
• Own team backlog, including prioritization and refinement; Make trade-off decisions to maximize value.
• Optimize the flow of value by setting objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs) for solutions.
• Inform and participate in business readiness; understand the impact of change, implement the approach to manage adoption and mitigate resistance.
• Provide feedback on work-in-progress, clarify requirements and contribute to removing roadblocks or impediments; Look for opportunities for continuous team and process improvement.
• Partner with Circle Leads and peers to effectively communicate resources required to achieve defined business outcomes.
• Share best practices across teams to ensure alignment and consistency in ways of working within a value stream.
• Foster an innovative, inclusive and diverse team environment, promoting positive team culture, encouraging collaboration and self-organization.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Bachelor's degree.
• Two years of experience in Agile product management.
• Agile Mindset: Embody Agile core values of openness, courage, respect, focus, and commitment.
• Infuse Agile principles, practices and methodologies to achieve team success.
• Product Mindset: Focus on defining a product value proposition that aligns with and supports the circle/value stream objectives and which is the north star for the team.
• Influence: Ability to influence behaviors of leaders and without traditional hierarchy.
• Servant Leadership: Foster an environment where individuals thrive as empowered and equal members of a team.
• Communication: Ability to communicate thoughts, concepts, practices effectively at all levels, adjusting as needed to a target audience.