(Remote) Product Owner II

eFinancial; Des Plaines (IL); Remote; USD 100,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Product Owner II for Life Insurance, focused on driving product development in a remote setting. The role emphasizes collaboration with executives and stakeholders, leading Agile processes, and maintaining delivery timelines across various product verticals. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in product ownership, user story creation, and a passion for enhancing user experience. Join a forward-thinking team that values diversity and fosters an inclusive environment, where your contributions can significantly impact the business's success and innovation.

Benefits

Comprehensive Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Retirement Plan with Company Match

PTO

Sick Leave

Annual Bonus

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst.
• Ability to translate the big picture into actionable Epics/User stories.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with executives and stakeholders to identify collaboration opportunities.
• Lead daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, and backlog prioritization.

Skills

Agile/Scrum

User Story Creation

Product Roadmap Development

Creative Problem Solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a Related Discipline

Tools

JIRA

Sales and Marketing Tools

Job description

(Remote) Product Owner II- Life Insurance

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Responsibilities

1. Build relationships and act as a liaison with executives, technical leads, third-party vendors, and key stakeholders to identify opportunities for collaboration and address immediate business needs.
2. Lead daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, backlog prioritization, user story creation, and feature refinements.
3. Balance requests and priorities to develop the product roadmap, prioritize during sprint planning, and define goals for Agile development.
4. Maintain delivery timelines across multiple product verticals through collaboration with product and business leaders.
5. Monitor and triage product defects and outages with support teams.
6. Utilize product knowledge, analytics, market research, customer data, and competitive analysis to inform decisions.
7. Track progress against OKRs and measure team impact on business goals.
8. Foster an innovative, inclusive, and collaborative team environment promoting positive culture and self-organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related discipline or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years’ experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst.
• Ability to translate the big picture into actionable Epics/User stories.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum, writing user stories (JIRA), and following development processes.
• Experience with digital products, sales, and marketing tools/platforms.

Skills

• Ability to work independently, prioritize, and collaborate effectively.
• Creative problem solver focused on user experience.
• Open-minded, innovative, curious about new technologies and perspectives.

Additional Information

Certified Product Owner certification is preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $100,000-$130,130
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance.
• Retirement plan with company match.
• PTO, sick leave, annual bonus.

eFinancial is an equal opportunity employer supporting diversity in the workplace.