Sr. Product Owner, Underwriting, Remote

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans•Minneapolis, MN

48d•Remote

About The Position

This Sr Product Owner will work on a cross functional team and use a mix of AI, ML and other solutions, to create meaningful, intuitive, and optimized experiences for their users. They own the direction-setting, discovery, refinement and prioritization of the users wants and needs. A Sr Product Owner typically has more experience than the role of Product Owner, and as such likely manages complex products with greater scope and impact. The Sr. Product Owner role is highly collaborative working closely with several key partners and many stakeholders. They articulate, translate, and execute on the Product Manager's long-term strategy and vision of the product through refined tactical strategies and solutions, in order to drive critical business and experience outcomes. This requires the right alignment and regular, transparent communication to ensure both roles deliver on their goals.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
5-7 years relevant business experience
Understand fundamentals of iterative development, software development process and procedures
Expertise in the principles of Agile Product Management, stakeholder management, market and user research, technology management, and process design
High level of organization and attention to detail
Passion and understanding of new technology and trends
Excellent communication, collaboration, and influence skills among all organizational levels; strong facilitation and executive communications skills

Nice To Haves

Proven success developing business cases, roadmaps, product strategies strategies and execution plans for complex or large-scope products
Ability to prioritize work against enterprise, division, and product strategies. Can effectively communicate rationale and impact for prioritization choices
Expert in defining high-quality business requirements and proficient in Agile story writing
Expertise with foundational product management tools, techniques and principles across discovery, design, build, release, and measure cycle
Strong leadership skills to coordinate and motivate product teams, even outside direct reporting relationships
Demonstrated experience with user interface design and best practices for usability
Experience working in large, complex organizational initiatives
Advanced skills in MS Office Suite with particular emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

Works as a key team member on a cross functional team, responsible for continuous delivery of value to the customer through compelling and empowering customer experiences
Collaborate with Product Manager and stakeholders to ensure work prioritization is aligned with Thrivent's priorities and overall product roadmap as well as to provide product development feedback and direction. Leans into the work of developing and socializing the product strategy with senior leaders across the company
Continuously innovates and evolves the product in alignment with strategic priorities. Is responsible for creating, maintaining, and evolving the product roadmap
Maintain and refine product backlog: Create user stories and acceptance criteria and prioritize all stories to ensure work focuses on those with maximum business value that align with product strategy
Ensure stories clearly communicate the customer and stakeholder needs to meet key business objectives and strategies for the product. Is available for consultation during agile team planning and grooming sessions as needed. Coaches team members on effective product management and agile techniques to help mature the abilities of the entire team
Facilitates efforts across other product teams to align product roadmaps and sprint plans, in an effort to focus on delivering the maximum business value to the organization
As a functional leader of an agile team, ensures the team is aligned around similar goals and objectives and attending all team meetings
Engages with customers and users on a regular basis to uncover implicit and explicit needs
Develop and track key value drivers that measure effectiveness of product discovery and overall product performance, and communicate these to stakeholders and business leaders on a regular basis
Foster a sense of urgency to achieve goals and leverage resources to overcome unexpected obstacles.
Inspire others to achieve challenging goals and high standards of performance while committing to the organization's direction (Product/Agile/DevOps)
Models Thrivent's leadership competencies - courage, collaboration, and commitment by demonstrating resiliency, working together to make the best decisions, and holding yourself and others accountable
Supports and/or develops an environment in which Thrivent employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement, exceptional employee engagement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients. Shapes and/or supports a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values, ensuring that Thrivent's trust and reputation remain strong with its clients