Technical Product Owner – Insurance Underwriting Platform

4001US00 DUAL North America Inc; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401k with company match

Unlimited PTO

Paid volunteer days

Job summary

DUAL North America, Inc. is seeking a Technical Product Owner with deep expertise in underwriting and rating platform development.

This role translates business needs into scalable solutions, driving delivery across complex ecosystems and partnering with underwriting, technology, and architecture teams. The ideal candidate brings strong SAFe 6.0 or Agile delivery experience, Azure DevOps proficiency, and cross‑functional facilitation skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 5+ years in insurance tech.
• 5+ years as Product Owner or similar in insurance tech.
• Strong understanding of commercial insurance underwriting, rating methodologies, and policy lifecycle.
• Experience with SAFe 6.0 or Agile delivery.
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps for backlog management.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex underwriting workflows into user stories.
• SAFe POPM certification preferred.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for underwriting and rating platform capabilities.
• Partner with underwriting leadership to define business needs, refine requirements, and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Translate complex underwriting workflows and rating logic into clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Lead backlog prioritization using data, business value, and technical considerations.
• Work closely with technical development and integration teams to ensure clarity of requirements and timely delivery of features.
• Manage PI planning activities within a SAFe environment, ensuring alignment across teams and ARTs.
• Monitor delivery progress, remove impediments, and ensure high‑quality planning increments.
• Collaborate with solution architects to ensure designs align with enterprise architecture, integration patterns, and scalability standards.
• Understand and guide discussions around rating engines, data flows, APIs, and integration points.
• Evaluate technical trade‑offs and support decision‑making across engineering and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate cross‑functional discussions with underwriting, operations, IT, and leadership to gather feedback and drive consensus.
• Communicate product status, risks, and decisions clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary liaison between business teams and technical delivery teams.
• Ensure delivered functionality meets business expectations through strong acceptance testing and validation.
• Identify opportunities to streamline underwriting workflows, improve rating accuracy, and enhance user experience.
• Champion Agile and SAFe best practices across teams.
• Apply Lean methodologies or other process improvement frameworks to streamline workflows.

Skills

Product ownership

Business analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Agile delivery

SAFe

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

UAT

Education

Bachelor's Degree

SAFe POPM certification

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

DUAL North America, Inc. is seeking a Technical Product Owner with deep expertise in underwriting and rating platform development.

This role translates business needs into scalable solutions, driving delivery across complex ecosystems and partnering with underwriting, technology, and architecture teams. The ideal candidate brings strong SAFe 6.0 or Agile delivery experience, Azure DevOps proficiency, and cross‑functional facilitation skills.