Product Owner

Product Owner

Location: Seattle, WA

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid candidates within 50 miles of a hub location will have in-office expectations of 2 days per week onsite; all others fully remote (any U.S. time zone except Hawaii and Alaska)

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Pay Rate: $65.00 $71.00 / Hour (USD)
• Shift / Schedule: Days
• Contract to Hire: Possible
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

We're looking for a Product Owner to join our Distribution Independent Agent (IA) Sales Experience Portfolio and help build a best-in-class Quoting application for our Home product line. This is a high-impact role at the center of a critical strategic initiative: delivering the tools our independent agents need to sell our enhanced Home products. You'll own the enhancement backlog for our New Quote & Issue agent experience, ensuring every update keeps pace with our evolving product portfolio and keeps agents equipped to sell with confidence.

Key Responsibilities

Core Backlog & Delivery Ownership

• Own prioritization and management of the Home enhancement product backlog for the New Quote & Issue agent experience
• Partner closely with experience and technology teams to translate new Home product launches into agent-experience updates, identifying pain points and opportunities to streamline how agents utilize our system
• Stay ahead of emerging trends and technologies to continuously improve ease-of-doing-business metrics
• Help maintain delivery momentum and support issue resolution across the squad
• Support the launch and stabilization of new end-to-end quote flows in market

Day to Day Expectations

• With your aligned engineering squad/team, contributes towards achieving assigned product KPIs; manages product(s) with a low-medium degree of strategy, scope, and complexity
• Owns and maintains the product backlog and is accountable for its contents, prioritization, and acceptance criteria; accountable for clear, actionable user stories
• Sets priorities and actively participates in squad/team quarterly planning
• With support, sets expectations with stakeholders for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalities
• Participates in squad/team demos, retrospectives, and all other ceremonies
• Works daily with the Agile working group clarifying business requirements, removing roadblocks, constantly communicating, and supporting alignment around product strategy
• Attend daily standup
• Attend stakeholder meetings to ensure work is moving forward and identify potentially impacting work from Product
• Write user stories
• Synthesize Qualtrics feedback to identify potential areas of opportunity
• Build ContentSquare dashboard to review/prepare for recent implementation

Required Skills

• Product management or product owner experience in an Agile delivery environment
• P&C (Property & Casualty) insurance experience required; must have regulated industry experience and knowledge
• Strong execution and organization skills
• Experience writing clear user stories and acceptance criteria
• Ability to facilitate or support Agile ceremonies
• Strong communication skills and comfort working with cross-functional teams
• Experience working with or alongside engineering/technology teams

Preferred Skills

• Personal Lines experience/familiarity
• Commercial Lines experience
• Financial services industry experience

Important Notes

• Interview Process: 2 rounds
• Candidates within 50 miles of a hub location will have in-office expectations of 2 days per week onsite; remote candidates must be located in a U.S. time zone (Hawaii and Alaska excluded)
• Resumes that demonstrate specific contributions to squad execution and quantifiable value delivered not just job descriptions are strongly preferred

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About GTT

GTT is an NMSDC-certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. GTT is a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, an Alaska-based company and one of the largest Alaska Native-owned corporations. An Inc. 5000 honoree and one of SIA's Best Staffing Firms to Work For, GTT connects professionals with Fortune 500 organizations across IT, engineering, construction, utilities, life sciences, financial services, and healthcare throughout the U.S. and Canada. We're committed to diverse, inclusive workplaces and to placing people in roles where they can do their best work.

Job Number: 26-18277