Enterprise Product Owner - Hybrid

AAA•Costa Mesa, CA

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Enterprise Product Owner position is responsible for defining the product roadmap and capabilities for the development of an enterprise product and services for all ACE markets and communicating the strategic and tactical goals and objectives for the product, in accordance with business line drivers. Creates and implements all strategic initiatives to ensure the achievement of company goals for the assigned product. Leads the process of setting business requirements for overall functionality and navigation and ensures the product backlog is created. Primarily responsible for prioritizing the product backlog to achieve the committed business. Ensure the delivery of a quality product while maximizing product value in line with Business stakeholder’s product vision objectives.

Requirements

5+ Years of Guidewire experience

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and communicate all strategic initiatives to ensure achievement of company goals for the assigned enterprise product.
Responsible for developing innovative and creative solutions that meet existing and emerging market needs, increase the value of current products, and/or introduce new product/service opportunities.
Utilize trends, developments in the marketplace, and voice of the customer research to shape product and service offerings.
Manage the products and programs, including research, analysis, proposals, great cross collaboration skills, clearly defines requirements, testing, performs system demos to business stakeholders, and product introduction in a timely manner.
Research competitive market for business opportunities and ensure integration of product line with the Club’s MRM strategy.
Develop product initiatives that synergize with other Club programs.
Evaluate financial and competitive impacts of potential product features.
As a dedicated, co-located member of the product team, communicate product vision, strategy, and direction to the product development team.
Work with the product team to convert high-level business priorities into the product backlog and user stories.
Create acceptance criteria for the product backlog.
Develop detailed user stories, which may include some or all of the following supplemental information: business process flows, data flows, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, apply progressive refinement and prioritize the product backlog.
Participate in team stand-ups and retrospectives.
Facilitate iteration planning meetings.
Take lead in the sprint review meetings and identify opportunities of improvement.
Escalate risks and issues through team meetings, formal and informal communication.
Determine the next build to release.
Write release notes.
Monitor defect reporting and convert defects into the product backlog.
Identify new product opportunities while developing and maintaining the enterprise product roadmap.
Determine and direct how strategy fits with the overall distribution strategy of the Club.
Establish enterprise product goals and objectives.
Oversee and evaluate progress against targeted goals and make adjustments and priorities to attain assigned objectives.
Lead usability testing and user research as necessary.
Draft and manage implementation schedule and work with the product development team to set key milestones and deliverables.
Cultivate relationships with external vendors, partners, and development team members in the development of technology products.
Produce and deliver executive and stakeholder presentations.
Maintain a high level of skill and current knowledge of the product line and apply knowledge in proposing and directing the development of enterprise product initiatives.
Create a quality assurance (QA) plan and assist with the testing of products prior to launch.