Agile Product Owner - Risk Engineering

The Hartford•Hartford, CT

21h•$100,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Hartford is hiring an Agile Product Owner to shape and deliver new capabilities for its Cross Business Insurance Risk Services Value Stream. The role sets priorities for two to three agile teams, brings the voice of the customer into decisions, and connects daily delivery to the business vision. The Product Owner may join an existing delivery team or help establish a new one, and reports to the Value Stream Owner for Risk Services. This is a hybrid role based in Columbus, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Hartford, Connecticut; or Charlotte, North Carolina, with an expectation to work in an office three days per week, Tuesday through Thursday. The position involves shaping product vision and backlogs, leading day-to-day delivery, coordinating across customers, business stakeholders and development teams, and partnering with data scientists and ML engineers on ethical, explainable, user-centric AI features. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position. The annualized base pay range is $100,000–$150,000. Actual pay may vary based on factors such as performance, proficiency and demonstrated competencies. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives and on-the-spot recognition.

Requirements

Prior experience as a Product Owner.
Prior financial services or insurance experience.
Strong knowledge of agile methodologies and frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe and DevOps.
Domain expertise: understanding business processes and explaining them clearly to a delivery team.
Solution design skills that promote reuse and flexibility.
Ability to identify opportunities to use and integrate data to improve business processes.
Experience partnering with data scientists and ML engineers on AI-enabled products.
Project management skills, including risk mitigation and change management.
Ability to handle large scope and high complexity within agile teams.
Authorization to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Risk Engineering.
CSPO or PSPO certification.
Rally experience.

Responsibilities

Shape the product vision and backlog using customer feedback, industry and competitor trends, data, and business needs.
Contribute to business cases and product and feature roadmaps.
Create features and user stories, simplify requirements, and establish clear acceptance criteria.
Ensure the development team understands backlog items and their business value.
Make trade-off decisions within the agile team with minimal oversight.
Inspect product progress at the end of each sprint and accept or reject delivered work.
Analyze delivery metrics to identify trends and opportunities to improve team practices.
Connect customers, business stakeholders and development teams throughout planning and delivery.
Partner with the Scrum Master and Agile Release Train partners, including the Agile Product Manager and Release Train Engineer, to ensure solutions deliver the business vision.
Work with data scientists, ML engineers and technical stakeholders to define requirements and prioritize ethical, explainable and user-centric AI features.
Balance competing business and IT priorities and advise stakeholders.
Build a positive delivery team culture and address issues that disrupt the team.
Deliver outcomes by prioritizing and making informed decisions based on business objectives, and following through on delivery.
Communicate transparently, build partnerships, and influence and negotiate with stakeholders and the development team.
Adapt to new ways of working, learn from mistakes and embrace ambiguity.