Product Owner - Cloud Platform

About the position

The Product Owner will be responsible for delivering functionality to information workers relating to email, contemporary chat and messaging platforms, document repositories, and work organization. This role will use input from both business and technical stakeholders to deliver critical functionality allowing users to work collaboratively across the company.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with key stakeholders to define goals and create an execution plan for development projects, focusing on outcomes rather than solutions.
• Translates product initiative requirements to functional team members by defining user stories for the team.
• Provides overall leadership, guidance, and support of software product delivery team(s).
• Along with Scrum Master, leads various Agile activities and ceremonies including daily stand-ups, story review, release and sprint planning sessions, status meetings, sprint reviews, demos, and retrospectives.
• Works closely with and ensures regular communication with Program and Portfolio Managers, internal stakeholders, project sponsors, and other technology teams to ensure smooth onboarding of work.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5+ years related work experience.
• Knowledge of Cloud Engineering platforms.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
• Knowledge of software development practices and procedures.
• Experience working in application lifecycle management tools such as DevOps, JIRA, or Rally.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with business analysis or project management.
• Familiarity with continuous delivery and continuous integration.
• Strong interpersonal skills including conflict resolution skills.
• Insurance industry and product knowledge.

Benefits

• Retirement and savings plan with immediate enrollment and 100% employer match up to 5%.
• Medical, Dental and Vision for regular, full-time employees and eligible dependents.
• Dedicated Learning & Development program for employees.
• 100% upfront Educational Reimbursement program.
• Subsidized downtown parking.
• Competitive time off policies including parental leave.
• Employee Assistance program.
• On-site fitness center.
• Robust wellness program.