Product Owner I/Ii

Liberty Mutual Insurance; Portsmouth (NH); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Mutual Insurance seeks a Product Owner for Agency Compliance in Personal Lines. Hybrid role with in-office expectations near eligible locations and a focus on regulatory-ready features.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to translate state regulations into product requirements, maintain the backlog, and prioritize work across squads to deliver value.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and IT project management; 3–5 years agile team experience and 7+ years in business, technology, or consulting.
• Able to explain complex ideas to varied audiences; educate on business vision and change impact.
• Influence across stakeholders; strong leadership.
• Able to make quick, difficult decisions daily.
• Strong problem solving with leadership to drive progress.
• Insurance industry experience preferred.
• Knowledge of relevant products and portfolio preferred.
• Strong experimental mindset for innovation.

Responsibilities

• Owns and maintains the Agency Compliance product backlog and is accountable for its contents and prioritization. Clear, actionable user stories.
• Clarify business requirements with the agile team, remove roadblocks, and resolve issues.
• Participate in squad quarterly planning and align priorities for portfolio quarterly planning.
• Coordinate work to align with project milestones and communicate impacts and timelines to business and tech audiences.
• Translate evolving state regulations into actionable product requirements; ensure state-specific regulatory needs are met.
• Set expectations for delivery; participate in demos, retrospectives, and ceremonies.
• Assist with feasibility and cost of delay discussions by gathering inputs for decisions.
• Negotiate with internal and external squads to align priorities across the portfolio.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Description

This position requires two in-office days per week for candidates who reside within 50 miles of Seattle, WA; Boston, MA; Portsmouth, NH; Indianapolis, IN; Columbus, OH; or Plano, TX. This positions can be remote.

Product Owner, Agency Compliance - Personal Lines Product

As a member of the Agile team, the Product Owner represents the voice of the customer and the organization through the delivery of business value. As a Product Owner for Agency Compliance, you will work closely with stakeholders (business and technology) to define and prioritize features and stories in alignment with evolving regulatory needs and organizational goals for the Independent Agent channel.

Core Responsibilities

• Owns and maintains the Agency Compliance product backlog and is accountable for its contents and prioritization. Accountable for clear, actionable user stories.
• Works daily with the agile team to clarify business requirements, remove roadblocks, and resolve issues.
• Sets priorities and actively participates in squad/team quarterly planning. Collaborates with the senior Product Owner and stakeholders to set priorities for portfolio quarterly planning.
• Coordinate work to align with project milestones; communicate impacts and timelines clearly to business and tech audiences.
• Partners with stakeholders to translate evolving state regulations into actionable product requirements, ensuring that state-specific and regulatory requirements are met.
• Sets expectations for delivery with stakeholders. Participates in squad/team demos, retrospectives, and all other ceremonies.
• Assist with feasibility and cost of delay discussions by gathering inputs and framing options for decision makers.
• Negotiates with internal and external squads/teams to ensure priorities are aligned across squads/teams both within and outside the portfolio.

An ideal candidates will have:

• Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship building skills to drive alignment and shared understanding across disparate groups.
• Personal Lines insurance experience, including exposure to state-specific and regulatory requirements and how these requirements are sequenced against filing and compliance timelines.
• Comfort using AI tools to accelerate everyday work such as drafting user stories, analyzing data discrepancies, or summarizing requirements.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies and IT project management as typically acquired through a Bachelors` degree in relevant field (business, computer science, humanities etc.) and a minimum of 3 to 5 years direct experience with agile teams as well as 7 years in business, technology, or consulting.
• Able to depict and explain the importance of complex ideas, issues and designs to varied audiences; educate SBU/department(s) on business vision and plan and the impact of change.
• Able to influence a diverse group of stakeholders; strong leadership skills.
• Able to make difficult and quick decisions daily.
• Strong problem solver with demonstrated ability to lead a team to push the solutions and progress.
• Experience in the insurance industry preferred.
• Knowledge of relevant products and portfolio preferred.
• Strong experimental mindset to drive innovation amongst uncertainty.

About Us

Pay Philosophy: The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role. At Liberty Mutual, our goal is to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and can thrive. We build an environment that welcomes a wide range of perspectives and experiences, with inclusion embedded in every aspect of our culture and reflected in everyday interactions. This comes to life through comprehensive benefits, workplace flexibility, professional development opportunities, and a host of opportunities provided through our Employee Resource Groups. Each employee plays a role in creating our inclusive culture, which supports every individual to do their best work. Together, we cultivate a community where everyone can make a meaningful impact for our business, our customers, and the communities we serve. We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to make things better, and we put people first by offering you benefits that support your life and well-being. To learn more about our benefit offerings please visit: https://www.libertymutualgroup.com/about-lm/careers/benefits Liberty Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. We will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information or on any basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.

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