Product Owner III- Underwriting

Liberty Mutual; Portsmouth (NH); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Mutual is seeking a Product Owner III in the North America Underwriting Agile team. You will represent the voice of the customer, define and prioritize features, and align with stakeholders to maximize value.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions and drive portfolio-level outcomes. You will own the product backlog, set priorities, participate in quarterly planning, and monitor product health with leadership.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of Agile development methodologies, typically with a Bachelor's degree.
• 7 years in business, technology, or consulting with 5 to 7 years direct experience with agile teams.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Strong business expertise needed to set clear priorities for product and understand business value impacts.
• Develops strong stakeholder relationships across organizational boundaries.
• Experience leading varied audiences through complex ideas, issues and designs.
• Ability to lead varied audiences through census building.
• Proven experience with Agile practices and decision-making under uncertainty.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Knowledge of insurance industry and relevant products and portfolio strongly preferred.
• Strong experimental mindset to drive innovation amongst uncertainty and exploit opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for collaboratively creating product vision and alignment with strategic priorities with stakeholders.
• Owns and maintains the product backlog and is accountable for its contents and prioritization.
• Sets priorities and participates in squad/team quarterly planning.
• Contributes to portfolio quarterly planning and communicates a product strategy to squads and leadership.
• Monitors product health and defines KPIs; leads alignment with stakeholders on regulatory and other constraints.
• Leads IT and business leadership to align development and business goals and removes roadblocks.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder communication

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, humanities, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

The Product Owner III is a member of the North America Underwriting Agile team, representing the voice of the customer and the organization through the delivery of business value. Works closely with stakeholders (business and technology), including executive leadership, to define and prioritize features and stories, ensuring alignment with customer needs and organizational goals. Understands customers' problems in detail and ensures the problems are clearly defined, prioritized and the squad/team is focused on the most valuable work for the organization.

The Product Owner III is the team member always communicating with stakeholders to ensure an aligned understanding of how the squad/team can provide the highest value for the customer through the lens of the organization. Collaborates with squads/teams, technologies, and architects across the organization to develop a deep understanding of the technologies and systems they support.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for collaboratively creating product vision and alignment with strategic priorities with stakeholders
• Contributes to the development of the portfolio vision
• Communicates the vision as a product strategy to their squad/team and other squads/teams outside their portfolio & functional area as well as executive leadership
• With the squad, accountable for developing and achieving product level KPIs
• Manages product(s) with high degree of strategy, scope, and complexity
• Owns and maintains the product backlog and is accountable for its contents and prioritization
• Accountable for clear, actionable user stories
• Sets priorities and actively participates in squad/team quarterly planning
• Contributes to priorities for and actively participates in portfolio quarterly planning
• Sets expectations with stakeholders for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalities
• Participates in squad/team demos, retrospectives, and all other ceremonies
• Works daily with the agile working group clarifying business requirements, removing roadblocks, constantly communicating, and supporting alignment around product strategy
• Leads IT and business leadership to align development and business goals and priorities while working with stakeholders and squad/team to remove roadblocks to execution
• Monitors and maintains the product health
• Designs additional monitoring to support enhanced understanding of product health
• Proactively monitors impact of their product on others in the ecosystem
• Analyzes and reports on feasibility, cost of delay ramifications, economies, or other aspects of planned or potential changes to the product
• Drives alignment with stakeholders to understand the impact that their products' regulatory, compliance, and other industry constraints will have on other products in the portfolio
• Negotiates with internal and external squads/teams to set aligned priorities among squads/teams both within and outside the portfolio

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of Agile development methodologies as typically acquired through a Bachelors' degree in relevant field (business, computer science, humanities etc
• 7 years in business, technology, or consulting with 5 to 7 years direct experience with agile teams
• Master's degree preferred
• High level of proven business expertise needed to set clear priorities for product and understand business value impacts
• Develops strong stakeholder relationships and influencing across multiple organizational boundaries
• Demonstrated experience leading varied audiences through the development of complex ideas, issues and designs
• Ability to lead varied audiences through census building
• Proven experience with Agile practices and expectations
• Comfortable with making decisions with some level of uncertainty
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Knowledge of insurance industry preferred
• Knowledge of relevant products and portfolio strongly preferred
• Strong experimental mindset to drive innovation amongst uncertainty and exploit market opportunities

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