Product Owner

Inizio Partners; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance firm in the United States is looking for a Product Owner to manage the product vision and strategy for P&C insurance products. The role involves collaboration with underwriting, actuarial, and technology teams to gather insights and prioritize the product backlog. Ideal candidates will have at least 5 years of relevant experience and a strong understanding of Agile methodologies. The firm offers a dynamic environment focused on delivering value-driven outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar role.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban.
• Technical fluency in systems thinking and dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Own product vision and strategy for P&C insurance products.
• Act as the voice of the business and customer.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog.
• Define and track product KPIs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Negotiation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

JIRA

Trello

Asana

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

• Own product vision and strategy for P&C insurance products and platforms, translating enterprise and portfolio strategy into a clear, value-driven product roadmap.
• Act as the voice of the business and customer, partnering with underwriting, actuarial, compliance, and technology teams to gather insights and define well-scoped problems, desired outcomes, and measurable success criteria.
• Own and continuously prioritize the product backlog, authoring clear, testable user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Define, track, and be accountable for product KPIs, work with cross functional teams to meet the goals.
• Collaborate daily with engineering teams, architects, actuaries, and data teams to clarify requirements, remove blockers, and ensure delivery aligns with business, regulatory, and underwriting outcomes.
• Lead quarterly planning, sprint planning, and backlog refinement with cross-functional squads and stakeholders, setting clear expectations on scope, timelines, and dependencies.
• Coordinate across multiple portfolios and product teams to identify existing capabilities (rating engines, underwriting services, policy administration), promote reuse, and surface capability gaps to reduce duplication.
• Coordinate production releases by managing the deployment of code to production, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of new features to business stakeholders.
• Partner with enterprise and solution architects to understand system impacts, data flows, and dependencies across rating, underwriting, policy systems etc.
• Assess feasibility, cost-of-delay, regulatory impact, and business value for proposed enhancements; influence prioritization decisions using data and insurance domain knowledge.
• Setting priorities and actively participating in team planning and scrum ceremonies
• Working daily with the agile working group, clarifying business requirements, removing roadblocks, constantly communicating, and supporting alignment around product strategy
• Identify the relationships, dependencies and impacts of change (highlighting options) on multiple systems and processes
• Contribute to the project as required to develop proposals, requirements or other project documentation.
• Elicit further requirements and test / challenge assumptions using a variety of methods including interviews, document analysis, workshops and business process descriptions
• Contribute to the Business Solutions Team development of standards / methodology for capturing and publishing business processes, requirements and other documentation
• Defining and documenting epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, etc. for complex solutions
• Work effectively as part of a project team alongside the Senior Product Owner, Scrum master and delivery team
• Ensure product features and releases comply with P&C regulatory requirements, rate-filing constraints, auditability, data privacy, and industry standards; negotiate priorities to maintain compliance without sacrificing value.
• Contribute to team sprint planning and set expectations for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalities.
• Participate in team demos, retrospectives, and all other ceremonies.
• Accountable for developing and achieving product level KPIs. Manages product(s) (data products) with a moderate degree of strategy, scope, and complexity.
• Collaborate with technology and business leadership to align system/application integrations in line with business goals and priorities. Resolve open issues/questions quickly and efficiently.
• Set expectations with stakeholders for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalities. Participates in team demos, retrospectives, and all other ceremonies.
• Monitor and maintain the product health, supporting long-term product viability and efficiency, and balancing long and short term and costs with desired outcomes.
• Analyze and report on feasibility, cost of delay ramifications, economies, or other aspects of planned or potential changes to the product.

Candidate Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Considerable relevant industry or functional experience in P&C insurance
• Proven experience (5+ years) as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar role
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, and experience working in Agile environments.
• Technical fluency to partner effectively with architects and engineers (systems thinking, dependencies, integration points).
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to prioritize competing demands effectively.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across teams.
• Strong Presentation and leadership skills
• Experience with product management tools such as JIRA, Trello, or Asana, and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Agile practitioner capabilities and experience working with or in Agile teams
• Strong team-work, co-ordination, organization and planning skills
• Ability to capture complex requirements in a prioritized backlog