Product Owner / Sr. Product Owner

Orion180 Insurance Services LLC; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

Performance bonuses

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k)

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Orion180 Insurance Services LLC in Irving, Texas is seeking a Product Owner to join our Innovation & Technology team. You will engage with business stakeholders to gather requirements, translate them into actionable user stories, and manage the team backlog using Azure DevOps.

The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in product management or similar roles, strong communication abilities, and familiarity with insurance operations. We offer competitive pay and a collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• Strong ability to dig into business processes, ask the right questions, and produce precise requirements.
• Excellent written documentation skills, capable of producing clear user stories and business requirements.
• Familiarity with insurance operations, products, or technology is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engage with business stakeholders to capture detailed requirements.
• Translate business requirements into clear, actionable user stories.
• Maintain and prioritize the team backlog in Azure DevOps.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication

Documentation

Technical Curiosity

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Product Owner / Sr. Product Owner

Orion180 Insurance Services LLC – Irving, Texas – Marketing

About this position

At Orion180, we don’t just stand out for what we do; we shine because of how we do it. Our mission is to deliver an exceptional insurance experience through innovative technology, unparalleled customer service, and a comprehensive suite of products. Our vision is to be the premier global provider of insurance solutions and redefine the insurance industry.

O rion180 is proud to call three vibrant cities home. Our headquarters on Florida’s stunning Space Coast in Melbourne offers an exceptional quality of life, with affordable housing, excellent transportation, and close proximity to major cities like Orlando, Tampa, and Miami. Our Irving, Texas, office places us in a dynamic center of culture, business, and entertainment, keeping us closely connected to innovation and growth. Our Draper, Utah, location, nestled in the heart of the Salt Lake Valley, connects us to a rapidly growing tech ecosystem and provides access to the outdoor lifestyle and natural beauty the region is known for.

We are actively seeking a Product Owner to join our growing Innovation & Technology team.

In this role, you will be the subject-matter expert for a specific value stream, owning the translation of business requirements into well‑defined user stories that development teams can execute. You will work closely with business stakeholders to capture requirements, with Tech Leads to ensure technical completeness, and with delivery pods to drive high-quality execution. The Product Owner is accountable for backlog clarity, ordering, acceptance and project quality. Delivery leads and project managers support delivery execution, cross-team coordination, and timeline management for cross‑organization work. This role reports to the Value Stream Owner.

HOW WE WORK

You will work in a self-contained Value Stream pod that includes assigned development and QA resources, a Delivery Lead, Product Owner, and Value Stream Owner. Some cross‑organization initiatives may also include support from a shared Project Manager for coordination across teams. The Value Stream primarily uses Scrum practices with a hybrid delivery approach when needed.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Requirements Gathering: Engage with business stakeholders to capture detailed requirements. Understand the business context, compliance implications, and user impact of every request.
• Story Writing: Translate business requirements into clear, actionable user stories with specific, testable acceptance criteria. Make sure stories include the "what" and "why" so technical teams can determine the "how."
• Backlog Management: Maintain and prioritize the team backlog in Azure DevOps. Make sure stories are groomed, well‑defined, and sequenced by business value.
• Technical Collaboration: Partner with Tech Leads during story review to confirm technical completeness. If the Tech Lead identifies architecture implications, flag the story for architecture review.
• Acceptance & Validation: Accept completed work against acceptance criteria (Level 1 validation). For bug fixes that impacted stakeholders, follow up post‑deployment for stakeholder confirmation (Level 2). For new external‑facing features, compliance changes, and financial calculations, conduct formal UAT with stakeholders (Level 3).
• Compliance Tracking: For compliance‑flagged work, confirm filing dates, effective dates, and regulatory deadlines. Build timelines backward from hard deadlines and track throughout the delivery cycle.
• Stakeholder Communication: Provide progress updates, sprint demos, and release communications to business stakeholders. Maintain transparency on delivery status and timeline changes.
• Continuous Improvement: Pursue Product Owner certification if not already held. Attend training to sharpen requirements gathering, story writing, and backlog management skills.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent insurance industry or software product experience.

Experience

• Analytical Skills: Strong ability to dig into business processes, ask the right questions, and produce precise requirements.
• Documentation: Excellent written documentation skills. Ability to produce clear, detailed user stories and business requirements documents.
• Communication: Proven ability to engage stakeholders, clarify priorities, and gain alignment across business and technical teams.
• Tools: Hands‑on experience with Azure DevOps or similar agile tools for backlog management.
• Insurance Knowledge: Familiarity with insurance operations, products, or technology is strongly preferred.
• Technical Curiosity: Comfortable learning new systems, APIs, and data flows to become the domain expert for your stream.
• Certification: CSPO, PSPO, or SAFe Product Owner certification preferred.

ROLE LEVELS

Sr. Product Owner

Owns the full requirements lifecycle for a value stream including stakeholder management, acceptance authority, and mentoring POs.

• Minimum 5+ years in Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Analyst, or similar roles.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi‑stakeholder requirements across regulatory and technical domains.
• Serves as the final quality gate for all stories entering sprints (Definition of Ready authority).
• Mentors and supports Product Owners on story quality, stakeholder engagement, and domain expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross‑Value Stream dependencies, drive release readiness, and support hybrid delivery documentation as needed.

Product Owner

Owns story writing, backlog management, and acceptance for assigned work within a value stream under the Sr PO’s guidance.

• Minimum 2+ years in Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Analyst, or similar roles.
• Strong story writing and backlog management skills.
• Works under the Sr PO’s guidance on prioritization and stakeholder management.
• Growing into full ownership of the requirements lifecycle. Strong collaboration within the Value Stream and consistent improvement in story quality, acceptance criteria clarity, project requirement details, and stakeholder communication.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

• Dynamic environment: on-site role with a fast‑paced and collaborative team culture.
• Compensation: competitive base pay and performance bonuses.
• Career growth: mentorship, growth tracks, and professional development.
• Benefits: medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid holidays, PTO and more.

Orion180 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities during the application process. Applicants who need accommodations may email [e-mail] to request assistance.