Product Owner

At Physicians Mutual, technology and business work together to deliver solutions that improve experiences for our customers and employees. We're looking for a collaborative, strategic Product Owner who enjoys partnering with stakeholders, translating business needs into actionable deliverables and helping Agile teams deliver high-quality solutions.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of business and technology. You'll work closely with business partners, and technical teams to align priorities, manage backlogs and ensure the team delivers solutions that support organizational goals. You'll serve as the voice of the customer for your assigned teams, helping them understand business priorities and requirements, while also helping stakeholders understand technical solutions.

If you're an excellent communicator who enjoys solving complex business problems and guiding Agile delivery, we'd love to hear from you.

• Own and prioritize the backlogs for assigned teams.
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand business goals, gather requirements and define features and user stories.
• Write clear acceptance criteria that enable successful development and testing.
• Work with development and architecture teams to refine, estimate and prioritize work.
• Serve as the primary decision-maker for story acceptance, ensuring both functional and nonfunctional requirements are met.
• Facilitate backlog refinement sessions and support quarterly and iteration planning.
• Provide ongoing clarification to developers throughout the development lifecycle.
• Balance business priorities, technical considerations and delivery timelines when making prioritization decisions.
• Coordinate dependencies across teams and communicate risks, roadblocks and changing priorities.
• Participate in iteration reviews, demonstrations and retrospectives while promoting continuous improvement.
• Build strong relationships across business and technology teams to ensure alignment and successful delivery.
• Help translate technical concepts into clear business language for stakeholders, particularly within data-focused initiatives.

What Makes You Successful

You enjoy collaborating with diverse teams and are comfortable serving as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams. You're naturally curious, organized and proactive, with the ability to independently manage competing priorities while maintaining a focus on delivering customer value.

Successful candidates demonstrate:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to influence without direct authority.
• Confidence facilitating discussions with both business and technical audiences.
• A collaborative mindset and commitment to continuous improvement.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• The ability to make informed decisions in a fast-paced Agile environment.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three to five years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst or in a similar business technology role.
• Experience working within an Agile software development environment.
• Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Strong understanding of backlog management and Agile planning practices.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Preferred

• Experience in insurance, financial services or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience supporting data-focused products or applications.
• Experience using Rally or similar Agile project management tools.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), SAFe, CBAP or similar certifications.

Health. Life. Retirement. The Physicians Mutual family empowers people from all walks of life to enjoy the financial security they deserve. That’s what Insurance for all of us® is about.

The Physicians Mutual family includes Physicians Mutual Insurance Company, Physicians Life Insurance Company and Physicians Select Insurance Company. Physicians Mutual offers reliable dental and supplemental health insurance, and pet insurance. Physicians Life provides important life insurance, Medicare Supplement insurance and coverage for funeral pre-planning. Physicians Select Insurance Company additionally offers exclusive Medicare Supplement insurance.

Since our start in 1902, our dedication to delivering on our promise has helped make us one of the nation’s leading health and life insurance providers. In fact, we are rated in the top 1% of insurance companies. We consistently maintain some of the highest financial strength ratings in the nation from independent insurance analysts, including A.M. Best Company and Weiss Ratings, ensuring we’ll be there for our policyowners and our employees far into the future.

But the achievement we’re most proud of? We have a 95% customer satisfaction rating — a true sign of a company dedicated to embodying its vision.