Corporate Vice President, Product Owner - Protection Powered Growth Planning (Data and Enterprise)

Translate Protection Powered Growth Planning strategy into product features, priorities, and backlog execution across data and enterprise services in a hybrid role in New York.

Responsibilities

• Translate planning data and integration needs into product features
• Define acceptance criteria for data, modeling, and integration work with Technology, Data, AI, Actuarial, and financial planning SMEs
• Manage enabling dependencies across shared services, external technology partners, and consuming products to keep planning capabilities accurate, traceable, and reliable
• Make build-versus-integrate decisions for enabling capabilities, including what the team builds, what it integrates from partners or shared platforms, and how data and calculations remain consistent, traceable, and ready for compliance review
• Convert product vision into the backlog by creating user stories and acceptance criteria aligned to PM epics and customer needs
• Prioritize and sequence features so the team backlog reflects AI-driven insights, business priorities, and customer needs
• Break down data requirements and ensure timely, high-quality delivery using AI and automation tools
• Own the team-level backlog and roadmap, including bug fixes, maintenance, and accountability for product quality
• Drive features from creation through production and release, ensuring organizational and go-to-market readiness
• Coordinate and resolve team-level and cross-team dependencies
• Partner with the PM on prioritization and implement process improvement opportunities
• Collaborate with data governance SMEs to meet data standards across applications
• Define team competencies, deliver against team OKRs, and track progress to stakeholders

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in product management, product ownership, business analysis, or related delivery roles
• At least 3 years as a Product Owner or Product Manager in an Agile environment (SAFe preferred)
• Experience delivering data-intensive or integration-dependent product features
• Experience with financial modeling, regulated calculations, or shared enterprise capabilities (plus)
• Familiarity with APIs, data models, and integrating fintech or vendor platforms into enterprise products
• Ability to translate product vision and strategy into a prioritized feature roadmap and actionable backlog for a delivery team
• Strong backlog management and sprint-planning experience across the release lifecycle (user stories, acceptance criteria, refinement, and release planning)
• Proven ability to drive work from definition through production and release with focus on product quality and organizational/go-to-market readiness
• Strong understanding of customer journeys, customer experience, and usability principles, with the ability to incorporate feedback into product decisions
• Demonstrated ability to identify, manage, and resolve cross-team dependencies and build relationships across business, technology, Agile, and platform teams
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, serving as a bridge between business stakeholders and development teams
• Experience defining, tracking, and communicating team-level OKRs and using performance measures to improve delivery and product outcomes
• Strong Agile execution skills with hands-on experience using Jira (or equivalent) for backlog and release management
• Digital, data, and AI fluency, including translating data and technical requirements into actionable work and leveraging AI-enabled tools and automation
• Strong knowledge of insurance or financial-services business processes and customer needs, or ability to rapidly build domain expertise in a regulated industry
• Working style grounded in ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement

Technologies

• Agile
• SAFe
• Jira
• APIs

Location and Role Details

• New York, NY (Hybrid: 3 days per week)
• Job Requisition ID: 95341
• Department: Field Experience Value Stream
• Job Level: LEVELPF5
• Exempt (Overtime eligible: Exempt)
• Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
• Sales bonus eligible: No
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• #LI - HYBRID

Compensation

• Salary Range: $119,000-$170,000 per year
• Actual base salary determined based on experience, skills, qualifications, and job location

Benefits

• Full package of benefits for employees
• Leave programs
• Adoption assistance
• Student loan repayment programs
• Annual discretionary bonus eligible
• Eligible to participate in an incentive program