Product Owner I

Vertafore Career Center; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertafore, a leading provider of digital software for the insurance sector, is seeking a Product Owner to translate business problems into actionable user stories for an agile team in Denver. You will prioritize a backlog, define acceptance criteria with QA, and collaborate with stakeholders to achieve business goals.

Ideal candidates have 1–3 years of experience in B2B SaaS, strong cross-functional communication, and the ability to distill complex requirements into deliverable features.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of professional experience in similar roles.
• Experience working within a cross functional organization.
• Experience supporting customer needs and communicating.
• Experience communicating effectively with multiple parties, including customers.
• Ability to exercise judgment within generally defined practices to obtain solutions.

Responsibilities

• Translate business problems and requirements into user stories for the development teams to implement.
• Develop and maintain a prioritized backlog of user stories for implementation.
• Partner with QA to define acceptance criteria and verify they are met.
• Research and respond to questions from designers, developers, and QA.
• Clarify user stories to the appropriate level of detail where needed.
• Collaborate with product management, development, and UX staff to lead on time, scope, and feature deployment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

User stories

Backlog management

Acceptance criteria

Stakeholder communication

Agile processes

Job description

$55,000 - $70,000 / year + Bonus

The insurance industry runs on Vertafore. We equip agencies, MGAs, and carriers with the core digital systems, specialized AI, and data-driven foundation to eliminate distribution drag across the insurance lifecycle, spanning sales, servicing, and back-office operations.

Underpinned by unmatched speed and performance power, we are the trusted backbone that’s taking the insurance industry from friction to flow with Distribution Velocity – speed, performance, and trust - to drive growth at scale.

With over 95% of the top agencies and insurers and 50% of industry compliance transactions running through Vertafore, we lead at the intersection of innovation and trust, giving insurance professionals the confidence to transform and win in the AI era.

Our reach is global, with headquarters in Denver, Colorado, and offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.

JOB DESCRIPTION

A product owner’s main objective is to translate business problems and requirements into user stories that enable a development team to create the best solution to solve customer problems. A product owner at Vertafore is a member of an energetic agile team of Software and QA engineers and is responsible for defining, prioritizing, and ensuring that developed solutions achieve business requirements.

You will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to understand business processes/goals and identify business problems that may be effectively resolved with technology solutions. You’ll work closely with Sr. Product Owners and / or Product Managers to understand roadmap goals/strategy and distill high-level requirements into a backlog of user stories that enable development teams to understand what problems need to be solved in order to build the best solution. As a Product Owner you will also prioritize the development backlog and work with Sr. Product Owners and / or Product Managers to plan and sequence the work appropriately. As features or user stories are delivered, you’ll work closely with QA to ensure the problems are solved and requirements are met.

Our culture fosters collaboration, innovation, integrity, mentorship, commitment to success and FUN. Our managers are dedicated to growing their people and offering an opportunity that allows you to make an impact in your career.

Core Requirements and Responsibilities:

Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:

• Translate business problems and requirements into user stories for the development teams to implement
• Develop and maintain a prioritized backlog of user stories for implementation
• Partner with QA to define acceptance criteria and verify acceptance criteria are met
• Research and respond to questions from designers, developers, and QA
• Clarify user stories to the appropriate level of detail where needed
• Collaborate with product management, development, and user experience design staff to lead on time, successful scope definition and feature deployment
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Qualifications:

• 1-3 years of professional experience, preferably working with B2B SaaS software
• Experience working within a cross functional organization
• Experience supporting customer needs and communicating
• Experience communicating effectively with multiple parties, including customers
• Demonstrated ability to exercise judgment within generally defined practices and select methods to obtain solutions

Additional Requirements and Details:

• Travel required up to 10% of the time.
• Located and working from an office location.
• Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds.
• Frequent repetitive hand and arm movements required to operate a computer.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (working on a computer, etc.).
• Frequent sitting and/or standing.