Product Owner II
About The Position
The company is seeking a passionate, resourceful Product Owner to join an agile delivery team. This role involves gathering requirements from stakeholders, refining vision into clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria, and acting as a bridge between stakeholders and the IT development team. The ideal candidate is objective-focused, deadline-driven, excels in a fast-paced environment, and possesses strong time management, prioritization, planning, and organizational skills. They should be detail-oriented, capable of simplifying complex concepts, inquisitive, and eager to explore new ideas and emerging technologies, including AI-powered tools, to enhance efficiency. The company, AMA, is described as a family-like workplace committed to protecting its more than one-million members through various operations including automotive, registries, travel, insurance, and more. It emphasizes making a meaningful difference in communities and fostering an inclusive, respectful, and accessible environment, offering accommodations during the recruitment process. AMA is a membership organization representing Albertans, offering roadside assistance, travel, registries, insurance, driver education, and a member rewards program, guided by a commitment to 'Treat You Like Friends and Family'.
Requirements
- Post-secondary education/certification or actively pursuing it in an applicable functional or business designation.
- At least three years of insurance industry/functional experience.
- Understand agile project delivery methodologies.
Nice To Haves
- Certification in agile project delivery methodologies.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with AI‑powered tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and similar platforms.
Responsibilities
- Develop relationships with business partners to understand their operation and provide recommendations to solve strategic and operational needs.
- Plan and prioritize stories within a sprint plan.
- Participate in daily triage/scrum meetings to resolve issues, address changes and report on progress.
- Collaborate with team members to ensure the sprint results in a working product that you will share with leadership and key stakeholders.
- Break down features into user stories to help deliver high-priority business value.
- Provide and analyze data to make informed recommendations for decisions that mitigate risks.
- Evaluate problems and opportunities from both a business and customer perspective to determine the best approach.
- Gather requirements to support solutions by conducting interviews, workshops, surveys, site visits, business process description, document analysis, use cases, tasks and workflow analysis.
- Assists team members with understanding system functionality, resolving straight forward system maintenance or production issues.
- Develop and support the execution of robust testing strategies, test plans and scripts.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and flexible benefits
- Employer-paid retirement savings program
- Employee-exclusive discounts on travel, insurance, memberships, and more
- Free travel medical insurance for you and your immediate family
- Ongoing professional development
- Paid vacation and personal days, including a Volunteer Day and Me Day
- Flexible work models that make sense for your lifestyle
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
