Product Owner – Major Platform Transformation

Oliver James Group; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver James Group is partnering with a leading life insurance organization to recruit a Product Owner for a major AI-enabled platform transformation within the Benefits division. This is a hands-on, autonomous role overseeing delivery across a brand-new platform designed to support underwriting, intake/onboarding, claims, PAS, and broker portal capabilities.

You will collaborate with business and engineering teams in a remote, long-term contract engagement, driving strategic product decisions

Qualifications

• Hands-on Product Owner with experience delivering AI-enabled platforms.
• Ability to navigate business and engineering teams within a complex platform build.
• Insurance industry experience is beneficial but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product delivery for an AI-first platform transformation.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and engineering teams to align priorities.
• Own backlog management and delivery milestones for the platform initiative.

Job description

Product Owner - Major Platform Transformation | Fully Remote | Long-Term Contract

I'm currently partnering with a leading life insurance organization on their search for a Product Owner to support a major transformation within their Benefits division. The team is embarking on a significant initiative to build a new AI-enabled platform from the ground up, designed to support core business processes across the division. This is not simply about embedding AI into existing workflows. The ambition is to build an AI-first operating platform that can transform how key processes are delivered across the business. The platform will support key functional areas including:

• Underwriting
• Intake and onboarding
• Claims processing
• Policy Administration (PAS)
• Broker portal capabilities

The organization is strategically bringing ownership of capabilities currently managed by an external vendor in-house, creating new internal product and delivery capabilities as part of the transformation.

About you

We're looking for a Product Owner or Product Manager with strong experience working within complex platform environments and a proven track record of hands-on product delivery. Experience working on AI-enabled products or platforms is highly desirable. Insurance experience is beneficial but not essential, with the focus being on candidates who have successfully implemented AI within products, workflows or operational processes. You'll need to be comfortable operating autonomously, managing competing priorities and navigating the relationship between business and engineering teams throughout a complex platform build.

The opportunity

• Fully Remote
• 1-2 year initial contract
• Major AI-enabled platform transformation
• Strategic, flagship transformation programme
• Hands-on Product Owner role with significant ownership