Agile Product Owner - Risk Engineering

We’re determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals – and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.   

The Hartford is looking for an Agile Product Owner to shape and deliver new capabilities for our Cross Business Insurance Risk Services Value Stream. You will set the priorities for two-three agile teams, bring the voice of the customer into every decision, and connect day-to-day delivery to the business vision. You may join an existing delivery team or help stand up a new one. This role reports to the Value Stream Owner for Risk Services.

This role will have a Hybrid work schedule, with the expectation of working in an office (Columbus, OH, Chicago, IL, Hartford, CT or Charlotte, NC) 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday).

What You'll Do

Shape the product vision and backlog

• Interpret internal and external customer feedback, along with industry and competitor trends, to build business cases and contribute to the product vision and roadmap
• Use data, the voice of the customer and the voice of the business to manage and prioritize the product backlog
• Contribute to feature road mapping

Lead day-to-day delivery

• Create features and user stories, simplify requirements and establish clear acceptance criteria
• Make sure the development team understands each backlog item and its business value
• Make trade-off decisions within the agile team with minimal oversight
• Inspect product progress at the end of every sprint, and accept or reject the work delivered
• Analyze delivery metrics to identify trends and opportunities to improve how the team works

Partner across the organization

• Serve as the link between customers, business stakeholders and development teams throughout planning and delivery
• Work with your Scrum Master and Agile Release Train partners, such as the Agile Product Manager and Release Train Engineer, to make sure solutions deliver the business vision
• Work with data scientists, ML engineers and technical stakeholders to define requirements and prioritize AI features that are ethical, explainable and user-centric
• Act as a trusted advisor, balancing competing business and IT priorities

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Product Owner
• Prior financial services or insurance experience
• Strong knowledge of agile methodologies and frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe and DevOps
• Domain expertise: you understand business processes and can explain them clearly to a delivery team
• Solution design skills that promote reuse and flexibility
• Ability to find opportunities to use and integrate data to improve business processes
• Experience partnering with data scientists and ML engineers on AI-enabled products
• Project management skills, including risk mitigation and change management
• Ability to handle large scope and high complexity within agile teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Risk Engineering
• CSPO or PSPO certification
• Rally experience

How You'll Succeed

• Deliver outcomes: think critically, prioritize well and make informed decisions based on business objectives, with the commitment to see delivery through
• Build strong partnerships: communicate frequently and transparently, and influence and negotiate with stakeholders and the development team
• Strive for excellence: adapt to new ways of working, learn from mistakes and embrace ambiguity
• Lead the team: build a positive delivery team culture and address issues that disrupt the team

Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.

Compensation

The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is:

$100,000 - $150,000

Equal Opportunity Employer/Sex/Race/Color/Veterans/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity or Expression/Religion/Age

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