Agile Product Owner - Personal Insurance

Travelers; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Hartford, CT is seeking a product manager to define, prioritize, and maintain a backlog for a small product team, focusing on outcomes and value.

You will collaborate with UX, compliance, engineering, and marketing to shape direct-to-consumer digital insurance experiences, track KPIs, and guide roadmap adjustments while championing AI adoption.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Two years of experience in Agile product management.
• Two years in a related field.
• Agile mindset and practices.
• Ability to influence without formal authority.
• Experience with consumer-facing digital products and measurable outcomes.
• Strong communication across levels and teams.
• Experience in cross-functional, multi-team environments.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
• Authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Define, prioritize, and maintain a ready backlog for a smaller-scale product team.
• Accept final product output while focusing on defined outcomes.
• Manage deliverables, experimentation, performance measurement, and roadmap adjustments.
• Partner with UX, legal/compliance, engineering, and marketing stakeholders to refine direct-to-consumer digital insurance experiences.
• Align team goals with cycle and value stream vision.
• Serve as the voice of the end user and incorporate customer feedback.
• Own backlog prioritization and refinement and make value-maximizing trade-off decisions.
• Set objectives and KPIs to optimize value flow.
• Participate in business readiness and manage adoption and resistance.
• Provide work-in-progress feedback, clarify requirements, remove impediments, and improve processes.
• Communicate resource needs with Circle Leads and peers.
• Share best practices across teams.
• Foster an innovative, inclusive, diverse, collaborative, and self-organizing team environment.
• Champion AI adoption and usage.

Skills

Agile Product Management

Backlog Prioritization

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Consumer-Facing Digital Products

Effective Communication

Servant Leadership

Influencing Without Authority

Continuous Improvement

Team Development

KPI Setting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Digital Insurance Platforms

AI Adoption Tools

Job description

Define, prioritize, and maintain a ready backlog for a smaller-scale product team

Accept final product output while focusing on defined outcomes

Manage deliverables, capabilities, experimentation, performance measurement, and roadmap adjustments

Partner with UX, legal/compliance, engineering, and marketing stakeholders to refine direct-to-consumer digital insurance experiences

Align team goals and strategy with circle and value stream vision

Serve as the voice of the end user and incorporate customer feedback

Ensure work products meet acceptance criteria

Own backlog prioritization and refinement and make value-maximizing trade-off decisions

Set objectives and KPIs to optimize value flow

Participate in business readiness and manage adoption and resistance

Provide work-in-progress feedback, clarify requirements, remove impediments, and improve processes

Communicate resource needs with Circle Leads and peers

Share best practices across teams

Foster an innovative, inclusive, diverse, collaborative, and self-organizing team environment

Champion AI adoption and usage

Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Two years of experience in Agile product management
• Two years of work experience in a related field
• Agile mindset embodying openness, courage, respect, focus, and commitment
• Knowledge of Agile principles, practices, and methodologies
• Product mindset focused on product value propositions aligned with business objectives
• Ability to influence leaders and behaviors without traditional hierarchy
• Servant leadership approach fostering empowered and equal team members
• Experience with consumer-facing digital products and measurable acquisition, conversion, or engagement outcomes
• Effective communication at all levels and ability to adjust to the target audience
• Expertise working in cross-functional, multi-team environments
• Commitment to continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and team development
• Authorization to work for any employer in the United States
• Travelers does not sponsor/support H-1B petitions, TN, or Forms I-983/STEM OPT for this role

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Agile Product Management, focusing on backlog prioritization, stakeholder collaboration, and optimizing product value propositions. Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Agile Product Management
• Backlog Prioritization
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Consumer-Facing Digital Products
• Effective Communication

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Agile Principles
• Product Value Propositions
• KPI Setting
• Performance Measurement
• Roadmap Adjustments

Soft Skills

• Servant Leadership
• Influencing Without Authority
• Continuous Improvement
• Team Development
• Effective Communication

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree

Industry Keywords

• Consumer Engagement
• Digital Products
• Stakeholder Management
• User Feedback
• Innovation

Tools & Technologies

• Digital Insurance Platforms
• AI Adoption Tools