Product Owner

Erie Insurance • Erie, PA

4d • $79,191 - $126,500 • Onsite

About The Position

Leads a delivery team as the business representative in executing the development of a product or service to meet the product vision and achieve customer outcomes. Guides product or service implementations and ensures the team is working on the right priority items to maximize business value. Acts as the first authority for decisions regarding priority, business value, and functionality for the work done by the delivery team. This role will support the Services Portfolio and Omnichannel Communication Program focusing on self-servicing capabilities and experience for Agents and Customers within ERIE’s Online Accounts, Mobile App, and Agent Exchange.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field required; or Associate degree in a related field plus two additional years of related experience required; or High school diploma plus four additional years of related experience required.
• Two years of insurance/domain related experience required.
• Strong demonstrated knowledge of product/service knowledge within domain area required.
• Demonstrated ability to apply product management methods in a delivery environment required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of product management practices, including backlog management, prioritization, and roadmap development required.
• Manual Keying/Data Entry/inputting information/computer use; Frequent (50-80%)

Nice To Haves

• Experience applying product ownership methods within an Agile delivery environment is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of product management practices, including backlog management, prioritization, roadmap development, stakeholder engagement, and translating business needs into actionable work for delivery teams, is strongly preferred.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional business and technology teams in a complex delivery environment is preferred.
• Agile Product Management or Product Ownership certification (CSPO, ACSPO, PSPO, Certified SAFe Agile PO) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engages with customers, users, stakeholders and customer experience experts to understand customer needs, opportunities and overall trends to ensure their most valuable outcomes are built into the backlog.
• Utilizes customer and product data as well as input from product managers, stakeholders and team members to support product vision and key measures of product success.
• Oversees the end-to-end product lifecycle to achieve the product vision and deliver value to customers.
• Monitors and evaluates product progress at each stage of the development process and updates stakeholders on progress.
• Ensures capabilities and features align to organizational strategies and outcomes, creates or co-creates a roadmap that aligns to the product vision.
• Assists in breaking down large efforts into valuable product features that can fit into the teams quarterly planning cycle and breaks down features into user stories to fill the teams backlog.
• Prioritizes the stories in the teams backlog to maximize value to the customer and works with technical lead to balance operational work with strategic work to ensure a quality and supported product.
• Actively participates in scrum meetings, product sprints and leads the sprint review for stakeholders and ensures the right context is provided and understood.

Benefits

• Premier health, prescription, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents.
• Coverage begins your first day of work.
• Low contributions to medical and prescription premiums.
• We currently pay up to 97% of employees’ monthly premium costs.
• Pension.
• Full-time employees are vested after five years of services.
• 401(k) with up to 4% contribution match.
• The 401(k) is offered in addition to the pension.
• Paid vacation, personal days, sick days, bereavement days and parental leave.
• Career development.
• Tuition reimbursement program for higher education and industry designations.
• Company-paid basic life insurance.
• Short-and long-term disability insurance.
• Orthodontic coverage for children and adults.
• Adoption assistance.
• Fertility and infertility coverage.
• Well-being programs.
• Paid volunteer hours for service to your community.
• Dollar-for-dollar matching of your charitable gifts each year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level