AI Product Owner
About The Position
The Standard Insurance Company is seeking a skilled and driven AI Product Owner to join our AI & Automation department. In this role, you turn a prioritized product vision into working software. You own the backlog, the sprint, the release and the production health of Applied AI products designed to transform our core operations. As an AI Product Owner, you will partner with our AI Product Manager, who sets product strategy and the roadmap. Your job is to answer the next question: how do we build it, and who needs to help us? You will translate strategic direction into actionable work plans and user stories. You will elicit detailed implementation requirements from engineers, data scientists and business partners, and you will lead the scrum ceremonies that keep your pod aligned. You will guide your team through PI planning by defining work packages and their sequence, then set interim sprint goals and drive the team to thorough completion. You will also own release coordination and communication, monitor production system health against uptime expectations, assist with testing and coordinate with dependent teams during each sprint so implementation meets their expectations. A strong understanding of the SDLC and Agile/Scrum methodologies is essential. Your understanding of AI concepts will be valuable, because these solutions integrate machine learning, deep learning, generative AI, optimization, robotic process automation, computer vision and logical rule sets on a modern AI/ML DevOps infrastructure. Direct AI development experience is an advantage given the complexity of our AI product release cycles. When a written story is the slower path, you will communicate intent through a coded prototype or a pull request. As AI compresses delivery timeframes from months to days, demand for work-ready items will grow quickly. You will apply AI tooling to your own work, from requirements capture through story generation and test coverage, to help the team keep pace. Join us in pushing the boundaries of responsible and ethical AI at The Standard to revolutionize business processes and customer experiences.
Requirements
- A high school diploma or GED is required.
- 5+ years of professional technology and business analysis experience.
- Prior experience in team-oriented roles that require collaboration with others.
- Agile/Scrum experience is required, including hands-on ownership of a backlog, a sprint cadence and a release process.
- The ability to translate technical, data science and business perspectives for a non-technical audience is required.
- The ability to coordinate work across teams you do not manage is required.
Nice To Haves
- A Bachelor's degree is preferred.
- An understanding of high-level requirements for cloud-based software applications, traditional AI/ML modeling techniques and generative AI systems is preferred.
- An understanding of the SDLC is preferred.
- Proven success delivering forward-leaning technical products that combine AI methods and tools, such as ML, DL, optimization, RPA, OCR, generative AI and classification, is highly preferred.
- AI development experience on an enterprise-level product is preferred.
- Technical fluency to read a pull request, build a prototype and hold a credible design conversation with engineers is preferred.
- Experience supporting production software, including incident response and uptime monitoring, is preferred.
- Experience working in underwriting or claims is preferred.
- Experience in the financial or insurance industry is preferred.
- Proficiency in Jira, Miro, Databricks, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint is preferred.
- Experience working with a global capability center or equivalent off-shore organization is preferred.
- Experience with dual-track discovery delivery method is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Turn a prioritized product vision into working software.
- Own the backlog, the sprint, the release and the production health of Applied AI products.
- Partner with the AI Product Manager to translate strategic direction into actionable work plans and user stories.
- Elicit detailed implementation requirements from engineers, data scientists and business partners.
- Lead scrum ceremonies.
- Guide the team through PI planning by defining work packages and their sequence.
- Set interim sprint goals and drive the team to thorough completion.
- Own release coordination and communication.
- Monitor production system health against uptime expectations.
- Assist with testing.
- Coordinate with dependent teams during each sprint.
- Apply AI tooling to your own work, from requirements capture through story generation and test coverage.
- Communicate release plans, timing and progress clearly to stakeholders, IT leaders and internal teams.
- Document thoroughly, listen diligently and turn complex feedback into clear implementation direction.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision
- 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
- An annual incentive bonus plan
- Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually
- Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance
- An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
