Job Description

Job Description

Optomi, in partnership with an innovative and fast-growing software company within the insurance industry, is seeking an experienced Senior Product Owner for their Hartford, CT location! This Senior Product Owner will act as a product champion and key leader accountable for business value and outcomes, building a product mindset, and driving end-to-end delivery of complex, strategic imperatives across agile development teams.

What the right Candidate will enjoy:

• Competitive compensation!
• Large clientele with large budget projects!
• Opportunity for growth within a fast-growing company!
• Provide excellent leadership!
• Working at a innovate company!

Experience of the right candidate:

• Advanced understanding of the P&C insurance industry, product line or domain and aptitude for continued learning
• Advanced collaborative and stakeholder management aptitude; appreciation for diverse perspectives
• High proficiency in customer and user engagement
• High proficiency in market and competitive research
• Advanced problem-solving capability, Intellectual curiosity, and development-focused mindset
• High proficiency in data collection and analysis and ability to apply in effective decision-making
• Comfort and aptitude in navigating ambiguity
• Elevated ability to effectively operate at both strategic and tactical levels
• Advanced understanding of and experience with product and software development lifecycles
• Strong knowledge of and practical experience with writing and refining agile requirements
• Advanced knowledge of and practical experience with agile methodologies and tooling
• Experience and comfort working with regulated products
• Highly proficient written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities of the right candidate:

• Effectively synthesizes and translates product and program strategies and vision into actionable delivery plans for multiple agile development teams.
• Accountable for end to end value delivery and outcomes at the team level, collaborating with product leaders, IT partners, business leaders, and stakeholders to ensure teams are building the right thing at the right time.
• Acts as a customer advocate and proxy, engaging with internal and external customers to understand needs, optimize feedback mechanisms, and incorporate outcomes in product scope and design.
• Conducts and participates in market and competitive research efforts, introducing applicable findings in development of product initiatives.
• Collects, refines, and analyzes relevant data for informed decision making. Employs an economic view, assessing cost, benefit, and business value in determination of team priorities.
• Cultivates a product mindset, ensuring team-level understanding and alignment with product strategy throughout development and innovation activities, navigating ambiguity, and embracing change.
• Owns, manages, and regularly prioritizes user story backlogs. Refines features and user stories in collaboration with the Product Manager and Business Analysts
• Leads demonstration of business value and guides multiple teams through agile ceremonies, program planning, defect remediation, and continuous improvement activities.
• Proactively manages team-level dependencies, adapting delivery plans and communicating impacts as appropriate.
• Collaboratively manages measurement and tracking of outcomes and status reporting at the team level.

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