Product Owner – Enterprise Data

Standard Insurance Company • Portland, OR

1d • Remote

About The Position

The Product Owner – Enterprise Data is a member of the Agile Team within Enterprise Data & Analytics. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in translating business needs into data-driven solutions that empower teams enterprise-wide. Bring your robust understanding of data best practices, to ensure that data products are accurate, secure, and scalable, while integrating well with downstream systems. The Product Owner is responsible for defining and prioritizing backlog items to streamline the execution of program priorities while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the features for the team. This position will play a significant role in incremental value delivery and collaborates with the team to ensure that the story meets the definition of done. This role is accountable for executing product strategy and vision by aligning business goals with customer needs and advocating for the end user. They balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution, and use data & feedback to continuously improve the product and ensure project success. Operating in an Agile environment is key to delivering high-value, high-quality solutions on time. 80% Execution & Delivery Collaborates with Data Product Manager on feature creation and Program Backlog prioritization. Drives the decomposition of features into story maps and incremental value delivery. Responsible for the preparation and participation in PI Planning. Executes against the product roadmap and PI Priorities. Accountable for the health and readiness of the team backlog, including new features, defects and technical debt. Collaborates with analysts & engineers to define and prioritize in the backlog. Manages and prioritizes the flow of work to ensure consistency of incremental value delivery. Develops detailed user stories containing thorough and testable acceptance criteria, along with non-functional requirements. Validates story and feature completion and ensures adequate testing before release. Owns risks to delivery, coordinating with internal and external teams to mitigate any risks. Integrates user feedback and usability studies/research, to enhance user satisfaction. Collaborates with Data Product Manager to analyze metrics and analytics to make data-informed decisions. Keeps pulse on the customers, anticipates bottlenecks, makes tradeoffs, and takes acceptable risks to maximize the benefit for our customer and business. 20% Strategy & Planning Develops a deep understanding of the customer, their needs and is a champion for the voice of the customer. Understands the role of a data platform in driving business value within a customer group. Contributes to 12-18 month product roadmap and assists in prioritization of business features. Owns the development and maintenance of a six-week prioritized, build ready backlog for one or more development teams.

Requirements

• A High School Diploma or GED is required.
• 5 years in a Product Owner (or like) role working within an Agile environment.
• Progressive experience in providing business analysis in employee benefits, financial services, technology delivery, or other related fields.
• 2 years of experience in data engineering, data analysis, business intelligence, and/or data best practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including active listening and effective presentation of ideas.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of cross-functional team members and leaders.
• Must excel working in team-oriented roles that rely on collaborating with others.
• Must exhibit strong consumer instincts, intuitively understands why product ideas will succeed.
• Experience with hypothesis-driven learning and turning data into actionable insights.
• Exhibits bias-to-action and avoids analysis-paralysis.
• Willing to take informed risks.
• Ability to separate what must be done now, and what can be improved later.

Nice To Haves

• A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology or a related field is preferred.
• Professional licensure or certification: CSPO, ICP-APO, POPM, SAFe 5/6, APM SAFe 5/6 is preferred.
• Proficiency with the following programs/tools is preferred: Databricks, Python, Jira, Confluence, SQL querying, PowerBI, understanding of ETL pipeline, and statistical software.

Responsibilities

• Translating business needs into data-driven solutions.
• Defining and prioritizing backlog items.
• Streamlining the execution of program priorities.
• Maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of features for the team.
• Ensuring stories meet the definition of done.
• Executing product strategy and vision by aligning business goals with customer needs.
• Advocating for the end user.
• Balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Using data & feedback to continuously improve the product.
• Collaborating with Data Product Manager on feature creation and Program Backlog prioritization.
• Driving the decomposition of features into story maps and incremental value delivery.
• Preparing and participating in PI Planning.
• Executing against the product roadmap and PI Priorities.
• Accountable for the health and readiness of the team backlog, including new features, defects and technical debt.
• Collaborating with analysts & engineers to define and prioritize in the backlog.
• Managing and prioritizing the flow of work to ensure consistency of incremental value delivery.
• Developing detailed user stories containing thorough and testable acceptance criteria, along with non-functional requirements.
• Validating story and feature completion and ensuring adequate testing before release.
• Owning risks to delivery, coordinating with internal and external teams to mitigate any risks.
• Integrating user feedback and usability studies/research, to enhance user satisfaction.
• Collaborating with Data Product Manager to analyze metrics and analytics to make data-informed decisions.
• Keeping pulse on the customers, anticipating bottlenecks, making tradeoffs, and taking acceptable risks to maximize the benefit for our customer and business.
• Developing a deep understanding of the customer, their needs and being a champion for the voice of the customer.
• Understanding the role of a data platform in driving business value within a customer group.
• Contributing to 12-18 month product roadmap and assisting in prioritization of business features.
• Owning the development and maintenance of a six-week prioritized, build ready backlog for one or more development teams.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and a 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED