Data Product Owner - Excess, Surplus & Specialty Insurance

Nationwide • Columbus, OH

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About The Position

If you're passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results, then Nationwide's Information Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we're looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care. This role will be filled in a hybrid capacity, with collaboration taking place in one of our office locations in Columbus, OH, Scottsdale, AZ, or Des Moines, IA. This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program. We expect to fill two positions focused Excess, Surplus & Specialty. The Consultant, Data Product Owner is responsible for setting data product strategy for the domain and supporting the development of desirable, feasible, viable, and sustainable data solutions to meet stakeholder needs.

Requirements

• Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, business, statistics, math, a related field or comparable experience and education strongly preferred.
• Graduate studies in business, statistics, math, computer science or a related field are a plus.
• Five to eight years of relevant experience delivering Technology enabled business solutions.
• Experience leading small to medium-scale initiatives across business and technology teams.
• Experience with product roadmap development, prioritizing business cases, SQL and Python preferred.
• Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Nice To Haves

• Certifications are not required, CSPO, SAFe POPM, PSPO or equivalent designation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Executes on the solution vision/roadmap.
• Serves as the customer and business proxy to developers and agile delivery teams for a single data product/experience impacting a single line of business.
• Actively participates in daily scrum meetings, grooming meetings, project status meetings, sprint planning and review meetings.
• Drives near-term milestone planning by overlaying the prioritized backlog against fixed-time blockers (monthly/quarterly) to help manage interdependencies and coordination across development teams.
• Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
• Participates in planning and execution of user acceptance testing, triage issues and works with development team to resolve.
• Manages all communications related to data product between Technology line, business stakeholders and work requestors, resolving blockers/risks on behalf of business, with some supervision.
• Conducts/coordinates User Acceptance Testing.
• Defines, monitors and analyzes metrics that reflect the quality and success of the data solution(s).
• Serves as steward for data product, providing end-to-end subject matter expertise, including related up- and downstream systems and processes.
• Acts as governance advocate, ensuring data metrics are understood and leveraged as intended by business users.
• Responsible for ongoing data accuracy, including defect reporting, prioritization and resolution.
• Assists in the governance of all data access requests and has final right of refusal for accesses.
• Defines, prioritizes and grooms the agile delivery team's product backlog to ensure continuous delivery, as well as develops, prioritizes and manages epics and user stories for the development team.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short and long term disability coverage
• Paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
• Nine paid holidays
• 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
• 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
• 401(k) with company match
• Company-paid pension plan
• Business casual attire

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree