Product Owner, Sr.

Country Financial Group; Bloomington (IL); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Short-Term Incentive plan

Job summary

COUNTRY Financial is seeking a Product Owner/Manager to drive the lifecycle of technology and digital products. You will collaborate with stakeholders, manage backlogs, and guide sprint activities to translate business needs into actionable requirements.

You will lead Agile teams, shape product roadmaps, and work with Salesforce CRM to deliver business value. This hybrid role offers opportunities across insurance and financial services with strong growth potential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Analyst, Project Manager, or similar role supporting technology or digital products.
• Demonstrated experience leading Agile teams, including backlog management, sprint planning, and product prioritization.
• Experience working with Salesforce CRM solutions.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and deliver solutions that drive business value.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience partnering across business and technology teams.
• Experience developing product roadmaps, managing competing priorities, and supporting strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the entire lifecycle management of a technology/digital product, including purpose, definition, design, planning, development, prototyping and testing.
• Leads collaboration, facilitates sprint activities, and translates business needs into executable requirements.
• Works closely with business stakeholders, product owners/managers, other project managers, and technical teams to understand and communicate needs across scope and objectives.
• Describe, prioritize, and communicate requirements to ensure alignment with product roadmaps and delivery goals.
• Order and manage backlogs, clearly expressing backlog items to maximize value of the team's work.

Skills

Product Owner

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Roadmapping

Requirements translation

Tools

Salesforce CRM

Job description

Experience more with a career at COUNTRY Financial!

We’re excited you’re interested in a career at COUNTRY as we strive toward our vision - to enrich lives in the communities we serve. Our footprint spans coast to coast. But more important than where we operate, is the people who do the work. Apply today to help our organization grow and make a difference for our clients.

About the role

Responsible for the entire life cycle management of a technology/digital product or type, including purpose, definition, design, planning, development, prototyping and testing. Leads collaboration, facilitates sprint activities, and creates, communicates, and translates business needs into executable requirements. Works closely with business stakeholders, product owners/managers, other project managers, and technical teams to understand, analyze, refine, prioritize, and communicate needs to ensure full understanding of project scope, objectives, and requirements.

How does this role make an impact?

• Based on internal and external customer needs, describes, prioritizes, and communicates requirements, ensuring recommended change is aligned to product roadmaps. May manage and execute long term road maps to drive the overall vision and execution of products. - Actively manages product development and provides regular updates to all stakeholders. Frequently touches base with development teams and the business for sprint reviews. - Applies design thinking techniques (e.g., user stories, wireframing, prototyping) in order to define product features. - Uses team scrum/agile development techniques and tools for team collaboration, product testing, issue tracking and backlog management. - Assists in developing business cases for product enhancements, establishment of the Minimum Viable product, Minimum Marketable Features, and product improvements. - Identifies and highlights risks and issues, articulating the impact of these on the product delivery. - Responsible for ordering backlog, clearly expressing the product backlog items, ordering the items to best achieve goals and optimize the value of the work the team performs.

Do you have what we’re looking for?

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Analyst, Project Manager, or similar role supporting technology or digital products.
• Demonstrated experience leading Agile teams, including backlog management, sprint planning, and product prioritization.
• Experience working with Salesforce CRM solutions.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and deliver solutions that drive business value.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience partnering across business and technology teams.
• Experience developing product roadmaps, managing competing priorities, and supporting strategic initiatives.

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Base Pay Range:

$94,400-$129,800

The base pay range represents the typical range of potential salary offers for candidates hired. Factors used to determine your actual salary include your specific skills, qualifications and experience.

Incentive Pay:

In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for a Short-Term Incentive plan.

Why work with us?

Our employees and representatives serve nearly one million households with our diverse range of personal and business insurance products as well as retirement and investment services. We build relationships and work together to create a stronger, more secure future for our clients and our communities. We’re a big company, yet small enough you can make an impact and won’t get lost in the shuffle. You’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow throughout your career, either within this role or by exploring other areas of our business.

You’ll be able to take advantage of our benefits package, which includes insurance benefits (medical, dental, vision, disability, and life), 401(k) with company match.

COUNTRY Financial is committed to providing equal opportunity in all areas of employment, and in providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, disability, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.

Come join our team at COUNTRY today!