Senior Technical Product Owner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Massachusetts.

📋 Description

• Define and convey a long-term technical product vision that aligns with business objectives, user requirements, and technological trends.

• Shape strategic product functionalities that are in line with enterprise architecture and scalability aspirations.

• Develop and revise capability maps, roadmaps, and development plans in collaboration with Product Managers and Value Stream Owners.

• Manage project and operational requests through standardized processes, taking ownership of the product backlog.

• Identify and address IT and security risks while aligning objectives with policies, standards, and regulatory mandates.

• Establish and track KPIs/OKRs for compliance and product performance metrics.

• Lead strategic alignment discussions with operational and executive stakeholders.

• Facilitate agile ceremonies, feedback loops, demonstrations, and performance evaluations.

• Provide data-driven updates on product progress, experience outcomes, and ROI to senior leadership.

• Guide agile teams in the creation of Epics, Features, and User Stories with clear acceptance criteria.

• Advocate for agile principles, continuous improvement, experimentation, and iterative development.

• Utilize user research, analytics, and journey mapping to inform experience-centered product design.

• Collaborate with UX, engineering, compliance, data, legal, and operational teams to deliver secure digital solutions.

• Analyze business requirements and convert them into actionable specifications and user stories.

• Evaluate product decisions using a comprehensive understanding of IT architecture.

• Mentor junior product team members and assist with onboarding and capability development initiatives.

• Ensure team alignment with organizational policies, standards, and development frameworks.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree is preferred in Business, Insurance, Finance, or a related Technology discipline.

• 5–7 years of pertinent work experience.

• Familiarity with systems architecture and business processes in the Insurance sector is preferred.

• Proficient in Office 365, MS Azure, and Agile Collaboration tools.

• Strong understanding of systems architecture, APIs, cloud-native services, and both back-end and front-end integration.

• Must be eligible to work in the US without the need for sponsorship, either as a US citizen or green card holder.

• Knowledge of Agile frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban.

• Experience in establishing product governance frameworks, prioritization models, and digital operating rhythms.

• Experience mentoring junior team members.

• Capability to convert ambiguous business needs into actionable product strategies with significant ROI.

• Ability to navigate complex environments, resolve conflicts, and unify stakeholders around a common vision.

• Strong organizational, planning, communication, consensus-building, and stakeholder influence skills.

🏝️ Benefits

• Hybrid or remote work arrangement.

• Full-time, exempt position.