Title: Product Owner
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Hartford, CT or Fort Wayne, IN
Temp to perm position.

Description:

• Looking for a Product Owner to lead an agile development team that resides in the Retail IQ Value Stream within the Retail Business Technology Solutions group.
• In this role, you will join a value stream product team. You will be responsible for defining and prioritizing a product backlog focused on developing, supporting, and improving Life & Annuity feeds from the admin platform into the Actuarial Data repository.
• You’ll work in close partnership with product management and the actuarial community to understand customer and business needs and then translate those needs within agile software engineering teams to implement solutions and drive outcomes that contribute to the success of our portfolio.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead prioritization, development, and acceptance of user stories to establish and enhance the Actuarial Data Repository.
• Partnering with Product Managers and Actuarial stakeholders to understand customer and business needs and translate them into requirements/user stories.
• Provide direction and collaborate effectively with appropriate stakeholders on complex issues and conflicts that impact time, cost, scope, quality, and risk of assigned features and user stories.
• Writes up stories/requirements for Agile POD/Build Team(s) and Annuity Data Repository enhancement work.
• Serve as key decision maker on priorities of product backlog, and work to ensure that all stakeholders are aligned at each stage of the development lifecycle.
• Submits User Acceptance Criteria and completes User Acceptance Testing.
• Point of contact for issues with Actuarial Data Repository/Operational Data Store.
• Help drive adoption and business intelligence for the Actuarial Data Repository.
• Leading the implementation and integration of improvements.
• Continuously prioritizing the product backlog to ensure that the Agile software development team is focused on the highest value work.
• Coordinating with other Product Owners and team members to manage dependencies across teams.
• Surveys upstream data providers and downstream data customers to develop an understanding of how Life and Annuity data is used.
• Assists in the development of data processes and reconciliation reports that are efficient, traceable, and instill confidence in the integrity of results for downstream stakeholders and auditors.
• As needed, performing business analyst and QA support.
• Proactively identify and recommend process improvements that significantly reduce workloads and/or maintain/improve quality.
• Provide subject matter expertise to clarify development requirements.

• Maintain data dictionary and follow established data governance policies.

Education And Experience

• 4 Year/Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience instead of a Bachelor's) (Minimum Required).
• 3 - 5+ Years of experience in Business Analysis, Project Management, or a product-related role within a development team that directly aligns with the specific responsibilities for this position. (Required)
• Salesforce experience in any industry, financial services knowledge a plus
• SAFe experience preferred

Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret both internal and external documents such as general media/publications, professional journals, technical procedures, governmental regulations, policies, proposals, and standard operating procedures.
• Confident, comfortable communicator with strong written and verbal communication skills.

Mathematical Skills

• Apply concepts such as probability, statistics, modeling, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical solutions.
• Works with mathematical concepts such as averages and/or variances.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to analyze information and to evaluate the implications of a course of action or solution.
• Ability to interpret and apply common sense understanding to carry out a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Evaluate trends in data or information.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Ability to perform under stress in cases of emergency, critical, or hazardous situations.
• Ability to work with others in a team environment.
• Demonstrated strong relationship management skills with internal clients (e.g., management, peers, and colleagues); proven ability to develop collaborative approaches.
• Demonstrates ability to identify and recommend process improvements.
• Demonstrates excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload and multitask while maintaining strict attention to detail.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills with a collaborative style.
• Demonstrates the ability to use sound judgment and discretion regarding confidential information.
• Finds common ground and can gain collaboration among management, colleagues, and peers; can influence outcomes without directing or commanding.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Strong project management skills, including critical ability to coordinate and balance multiple projects in a time-sensitive environment, under pressure, and meet deadlines.
• completes regulatory and job training requirements.

Certifications

• No Licensure or Certification Required.
• Salesforce Certified Admin Preferred.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to lift to 25 lbs.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, use hands to handle & feel & talk, hear & see.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk & reach with hands & arms.
• Employee must be able to work more than 40 hrs per week.

 
  
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 53.00/hr.