Enterprise Product Owner
Job Description
Enterprise Product Owner partners with business lines and product development to define roadmap, backlog priorities, and enterprise capabilities across all ACE markets.
Responsibilities
- Define the product roadmap and enterprise product and services capabilities for all ACE markets
- Communicate strategic and tactical goals and objectives aligned to business line drivers
- Create and implement strategic initiatives to support company goals for the assigned enterprise product
- Lead setting of business requirements for overall functionality and navigation, ensuring the product backlog is created
- Prioritize the product backlog to achieve committed business outcomes
- Ensure delivery of a quality product while maximizing product value aligned to stakeholder product vision objectives
- Develop innovative and creative solutions for existing and emerging market needs, including increasing value of current products and/or introducing new opportunities
- Use marketplace trends and voice of customer research to shape product and service offerings
- Manage products and programs including research, analysis, proposals, cross-collaboration, requirement definition, testing support, system demos to business stakeholders, and timely product introduction
- Research competitive markets for business opportunities and ensure integration with the Club’s MRM strategy
- Develop product initiatives that synergize with other Club programs
- Evaluate financial and competitive impacts of potential product features
- Communicate product vision, strategy, and direction to the product development team as a dedicated, co-located member of the product team
- Convert high-level business priorities into product backlog items and user stories
- Create acceptance criteria for the product backlog
- Develop detailed user stories, including business process flows, data flows, sequence diagrams, and activity diagrams, using progressive refinement and backlog prioritization
- Participate in stand-ups and retrospectives; facilitate iteration planning meetings
- Lead sprint review meetings, identify opportunities for improvement, and escalate risks/issues through team meetings and communication channels
- Determine the next build to release and write release notes
- Monitor defect reporting and convert defects into the product backlog
- Identify new product opportunities while developing and maintaining the enterprise product roadmap
- Determine how strategy fits with the Club’s overall distribution strategy
- Establish enterprise product goals and objectives; oversee and adjust priorities based on progress
- Lead usability testing and user research as needed
- Draft and manage the implementation schedule, working with development to set milestones and deliverables
- Cultivate relationships with external vendors, partners, and development team members for technology product development
- Produce and deliver executive and stakeholder presentations
- Maintain current product line knowledge and apply it to proposing and directing enterprise product initiatives
- Create a QA plan and assist with testing prior to launch
Requirements
- 3-5 Years of Guidewire experience
Benefits
- Health coverage for medical, dental, vision
- 401(K) saving plans with company match AND Pension
- Tuition assistance
- Floating holidays and PTO for community volunteer programs
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness programs
- Employee discounts (membership, insurance, travel, entertainment, services and more!)