IT - Product Owner

Manager Intake Call Notes

Location

Remote (any US time zone except Hawaii and Alaska). Candidates within 50-miles of a hub location will have in-office expectations of 2 days a week onsite.

Duration

1 year with possible 1 year addtional extension

Contract to Hire

Possible

Interview Details

2 rounds

Is this supporting any specific project

Product Enhancements to our Home Quote and Issue system for Independent Agents.

What stands out on a resume

Product Owner experience and the ability to communicate their value or the value they provided during their previous employment. Looking for resumes that don't just have job descriptions but how they have contributed to squad execution. P&C experience required. Commercial Lines experience is nice to have.

Disqualifiers

No PO experience, no Agile exp, no exp with engineering or technology.

Industry Exp

Insurance P&C required, financial services, must have regulated Industry experience and knowledge.

Day to Day

The contractor will work closely with product, design, engineering, and business partners to support delivery of prioritized work and gather input that informs decisions.

Also

Attend daily standup

Attend stakeholder meetings to ensure work is moving forward, 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

Overview

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

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.

Ideal candidate will have

Product management or product owner experience in an Agile delivery environment.

Personal Lines experience/familiarity

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.

EEO

“Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”