Technical Product Owner

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated • Chesterfield, MO

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

You desire impactful work. You’re RGA ready RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all. The Technical Product Owner is responsible for strategic product planning, backlog management, and solution design for a suite of cloud-native, AWS-based platforms supporting Investments and Investments Accounting. Acting as the voice of the customer for technology delivery teams, this role partners closely with business product managers and Investments stakeholders to define product vision, roadmaps, and features that align to business outcomes. The role combines strong domain knowledge, technical expertise, and agile practices to translate complex business needs into scalable, user-centric solutions. The Product Owner leads solution design for new capabilities and ensures successful delivery through close collaboration with business, technology, and governance partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Arts, or Sciences (or equivalent experience) – Required
• 10+ years of combined business and technical experience – Required
• Previous experience supporting business teams from an IT perspective – Required
• Experience in system design with a strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles – Required
• Proven ability to solve complex problems with broad business impact
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to gain buy-in
• Innovative, analytical thinker comfortable challenging the status quo constructively
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a remote, cross-regional, and matrixed environment
• Strong business domain analysis, process modeling, and business architecture skills
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives and adapt to changing priorities and deadlines
• Data-driven decision-maker with strong planning and execution skills
• Demonstrated ability to foster a collaborative, customer-focused team culture
• Ability to own and evolve product roadmaps for AWS-hosted platforms, balancing user needs, security, and operational stability
• Strong understanding of cloud platform concepts and managed services sufficient to inform prioritization and trade-off decisions
• Ability to translate stakeholder and “citizen developer” needs into well-defined, prioritized backlog items
• Working knowledge of modern software delivery practices, including containerization, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code, to effectively partner with engineering teams
• Understanding of data orchestration and pipeline concepts, including ETL workflows, scheduling, and dependencies
• Experience operating in enterprise or regulated technology environments, with sensitivity to compliance, security, and resilience
• Strong communication and documentation skills to enable platform adoption and self-service usage

Nice To Haves

• AWS Level 1 Certification – Preferred

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Roadmap Partner with business product managers and Investments leadership to define product vision and maintain aligned product roadmaps
• Contribute to technology roadmaps that leverage enterprise platforms, frameworks, and portfolio capabilities
• Ensure proposed solutions align to business objectives and demonstrate clear value and cost-benefit drivers
• Solution Design & Delivery Lead design of new product features and capabilities, starting with problem definition and business need
• Translate business requirements into well-defined features, user stories, and acceptance criteria for delivery teams
• Communicate complex concepts using storyboards, process flows, and other visual or interactive techniques
• Recommend and advocate for user-centric solutions, including influencing stakeholders toward optimal approaches
• Backlog & Agile Practices Own and maintain the product backlog, collaborating with the business product manager on prioritization and sequencing
• Apply RGA’s Product Framework and Agile best practices to drive iterative, outcome-focused delivery
• Serve as a technical liaison to ensure accurate interpretation of requirements throughout the development lifecycle
• Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration Act as a key partner across Investments, IT, and enterprise stakeholders to identify needs and define effective solutions
• Lead or contribute to cross-divisional and cross-regional solution strategy planning
• Support intake and governance processes to ensure transparency, alignment, and effective decision-making
• Value Measurement & Enablement Define business objectives, solution goals, and success measures for delivered capabilities
• Partner with functional leads to ensure technology solutions are effectively embedded into business processes
• Foster a positive, collaborative, and engaged team environment

Benefits

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.
• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.
• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees