Technical Product Owner – Marketing Technology

American General Life Insurance Company; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness

401(k) match

Employee Assistance Program

Matching charitable donations

Volunteer Time Off

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Corebridge Financial is seeking a Technical Product Owner to bridge business demand with Marketing Technology capabilities, focusing on marketing and sales enablement.

You will guide backlog strategy across agile squads, work with architects, compliance, and support, and translate priorities into actionable roadmaps while ensuring platform adoption, security, and governance. This role also offers a hybrid work model with offices in the US and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in technical product or application ownership within mid-to-large enterprises.
• Strong knowledge of marketing tech ecosystems and sales enablement integrations.
• Experience in Agile delivery with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with highly regulated environments (financial services, insurance).
• Governance practices, controls, and regulatory readiness.
• Excellent stakeholder management bridging business, tech, vendors, and delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate business priorities into technology roadmaps and backlog items.
• Own the technology roadmap for Marketing and Sales Enablement integrations.
• Collaborate with architects to evaluate feasibility and reduce tech debt.
• Ensure backlog items meet compliance and governance requirements.
• Coordinate cross‑platform dependencies across marketing, data, and enterprise capabilities.
• Support architectural reviews and platform readiness.

Skills

Marketing technology

Sales enablement

Technical product ownership

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Compliance awareness

Tools

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

Audit tooling

Job description

Who We Are At Corebridge Financial, we believe action is everything. That’s why every day we partner with financial professionals and institutions to make it possible for more people to take action in their financial lives, for today and tomorrow. We align to a set of Values that are the core pillars that define our culture and help bring our brand purpose to life: We are stronger as one: We collaborate across the enterprise, scale what works and act decisively for our customers and partners. We deliver on commitments: We are accountable, empower each other and go above and beyond for our stakeholders. We learn, improve and innovate: We get better each day by challenging the status quo and equipping ourselves for the future. We are inclusive: We embrace different perspectives, enabling our colleagues to make an impact and bring their whole selves to work.

Who You’ll Work With

The Information Technology organization is the technological foundation of our business and works in collaboration with our partners from across the company. The team drives technology and digital transformation, partners with business leaders to design and execute new strategies through IT and operations services and ensures the necessary IT risk management and security measures are in place and aligned with enterprise architecture standards and principles.

About The Role

We are seeking a Technical Product Owner to bridge business demand with Marketing Technology platform capabilities – with primary focus on marketing and sales enablement capabilities - ensuring disciplined, secure, and value-driven technical delivery. This role serves as the linchpin across agile squads, architecture, compliance, and support, guiding backlog strategy with a technical lens while ensuring operational readiness and governance alignment. This individual will translate Marketing and Distribution priorities into actionable technology roadmaps and backlogs. The role will lead feature‑level delivery with a focus on platform adoption, integration, stability, scalability, security risk mitigation and measurable outcomes – owning both strategic planning and day‑to‑day platform integrity.

Responsibilities

• Backlog management with a technical lens: Translate business priorities and demand into technology roadmaps, capabilities, epics, and prioritized backlog items.
• Own and coordinate the technology roadmap for Marketing and Sales Enablement technology and associated integrations.
• Leverage insight from tech trends, vendor roadmaps, and industry best practice to ensure customer and marketing technology capabilities remain scalable and fit‑for‑purpose.
• Partner with architects and engineers to evaluate technical feasibility and business impact, avoiding tech debt and over‑customization.
• Ensure backlog items align with strategic priories and compliance requirements.
• Centralize demand across Marketing and Distribution stakeholders, govern vendor releases, and maintain an integrated roadmap to maximize platform value and reduce fragmentation.
• Development lifecycle governance: Collaborate with agile teams during delivery planning, backlog grooming, and reviews to ensure clarity and feasibility of delivery.
• Enforce non‑functional requirements (eg security, scalability, regulatory) are embedded in user stories.
• Identify cross‑platform dependencies across marketing, sales enablement, data, digital, and enterprise capabilities and facilitate resolution of design and delivery blockers.
• Support architectural reviews and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture permits and design standards.
• Coordinate business readiness, technology delivery, testing, release planning, and adoption for capabilities spanning multiple platforms and teams.
• Support readiness and platform stability: Serve as the go‑to liaison between Marketing and distribution stakeholders, application and platform teams, vendors, and support/DevSecOps functions.
• Partner with support to address recurring issues and ensure production feedback informs backlog planning.
• Own incidents, change log, and compliance alignment for audits and internal reviews related to marketing and sales enablement functionality.
• Controls, compliance and reporting: Ensure platform changes and release cycles meet internal audit, risk, and regulatory controls.
• Collaborate with security, data privacy and legal teams to ensure compliance.
• Track and report performance metrics including cycle time, defect rates, platform stability, adoption, utilization, and business value realization.
• Define, implement, and report on success criteria for platform enhancements and strategic investments.

Skills and Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in technical product or application ownership, marketing technology, sales enablement technology, or customer/marketing capability delivery in a mid-to-large enterprise.
• Strong understanding of customer and marketing technology and sales enablement ecosystems, including marketing automation, distributed marketing, digital engagement, and integrations with sales platforms for enhanced customer context.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments and collaborating with cross‑functional teams.
• Familiarity with compliance‑heavy environments (eg financial services, insurance, healthcare).
• Solid knowledge of platform and application governance practices, controls, and regulatory readiness.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to bridge business, technology, architecture, vendors, and delivery teams.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Salesforce Distributed Marketing, Web experience and integrated sales enablement and marketing technology platforms.
• Certifications: Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator, Certified Product Owner (PSPO) ; broader Salesforce and Adobe platform cenrtifications are a plus.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow and audit tooling.
• Background in coordinating enterprise audits, change reviews, or ITGC control validation.

Compensation

Compensation: The anticipated salary range for this position is $90,000 to $102,000 at the commencement of employment for the Jersey City, NJ and Woodland Hills, CA area. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. The actual compensation offered will ultimately be dependent on multiple factors, which may include the candidate’s geographic location, skills, experience and other qualifications. In addition, the position is eligible for a discretionary bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan. Corebridge also offers a range of competitive benefits as part of the total compensation package, as detailed below.

Work Location

This position is based in Corebridge Financial’s Woodland Hills, CA, Jersey City, NJ, or Houston, TX office and is subject to our hybrid working policy, which gives colleagues the benefits of working both in an office and remotely. Estimated Travel May include up to 25%.

Benefit Offerings

• Health and Wellness: We offer a range of medical, dental and vision insurance plans, as well as mental health support and wellness initiatives to promote overall well‑being.
• Retirement Savings: We offer retirement benefits options, which vary by location. In the U.S., our competitive 401(k) Plan offers a generous dollar‑for‑dollar Company matching contribution of up to 6% of eligible pay and a Company contribution equal to 3% of eligible pay (subject to annual IRS limits and Plan terms). These Company contributions vest immediately.
• Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counseling services and resources are available to all employees.
• Matching charitable donations: Corebridge matches donations to tax‑exempt organizations 1:1, up to $5,000.
• Volunteer Time Off: Employees may use up to 16 volunteer hours annually to support activities that enhance and serve communities where employees live and work.
• Paid Time Off: Eligible employees start off with at least 24 Paid Time Off (PTO) days so they can take time off for themselves and their families when they need it.
• Eligibility for and participation in employer‑sponsored benefit plans and Company programs will be subject to applicable law, governing Plan document(s) and Company policy.

Equal Opportunity

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer Corebridge Financial, is committed to being an equal opportunity employer and we comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment laws. All applicants will be considered for employment based on job‑related qualifications and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. The Company is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. At Corebridge Financial, we believe that diversity and inclusion are critical to building a creative workplace that leads to innovation, growth, and profitability. Through a wide variety of programs and initiatives, we invest in each employee, seeking to ensure that our colleagues are respected as individuals and valued for their unique perspectives. Corebridge Financial is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees, including any accommodations needed on the basis of physical or mental disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to complete any part of the application or hiring process, please send an email to [e-mail]. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case‑by‑case basis, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Functional Area

IT - Information Technology

Estimated Travel

Percentage (%): Up to 25%

Relocation Provided

No