Agile Product Owner I - Disability Insurance Administration
Agile Product Owner I - Disability Insurance Administration
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$ 77570 - 127430
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Job Description
Overview
Our Product Owner is responsible for establishing vision for an Agile (Scrum/Kanban) team. The Product Owner prioritizes and manages the health of the team backlog and contributes significantly to team quality. Product Owners are a key role in Enterprise Solution Delivery. Guardian is seeking a multidimensional Agile leader experienced with the following: Requirement elicitation and analysis Agile story writing team level backlog management decomposition Journey & Story Mapping.
You Will
- Identify communicate and decompose business requirements into small estimated functional vertical user stories that fit within a single iteration.
- Define functional and non-functional requirements in the form of acceptance criteria.
- Prioritize and sequence stories to enhance business value delivered while maintaining a balanced pace for the team.
- Accept user stories as done throughout the iteration with multiple define-build-test cycles.
- Works with Product Management Team to ensure vision goals and objectives are established and achieved.
- Engage in team and Agile Release Train (ART) Agile Meetings
- Apply an Agile approach and behavior to effectively collaborate with the Agile Release Train (ART) team and stakeholder(s).
- Leverage Agile estimation forecasting and economic prioritization (WSJF) tools.
- Make critical decisions regarding functionality and priority for the team with a focus on delivering value.
- Use various tools including personas to guide design choices empathy maps to help teams understand user needs journey maps to describe customer experiences across the operational value stream & story maps to design workflows.
You Have
- Extensive understanding of Agile Values Principles and approach with a minimum of 5 years experience serving as a Product Owner or Product Manager.
- Certified in Scaled Agile - SAFe Product Owner (PO/PM)
- Knowledge of Disability Insurance products and administration
- Profound technical expertise and systems thinking
- Proficiency using Confluence JIRA Clarity and Jira Align.
- Consumer centric focus with experience managing user experience components.
- An ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and solutions in a simple and logical manner.
- Demonstrated track record in effective requirement elicitation and analysis.
- Excellent critical thinking and communication skills.
- Experience serving in an analytical role such as business or system analysis.
- Self-driven with strong project management and organizational skills.
- Experience working on platform migrations and working with vendor partners.
Your Location
- Hybrid-Three days a week at a Guardian location in Pittsfield MA.
Salary Range:
$77570.00 - $127430.00The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education experience knowledge and abilities of the successful addition to salary this role may also be eligible for annual sales or other incentive compensation.
Our Promise
At Guardian youll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building leadership development and philanthropic opportunities we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
Inspire Well-Being
As part of Guardians Purpose to inspire well-being we are committed to offering contemporary supportive flexible and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age race color creed religion sex affectional or sexual orientation national origin ancestry marital status disability military or veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Accommodations
Guardian is committed to providing access equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment its services programs and activities.Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individuals known limitations related to pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact .
Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday.
Employment Type
Full-Time
