Product Owner

Selective Insurance Company of America offers a total rewards package built to support both your day-to-day and your long-term goals. This role includes a competitive base salary (range depends on geographic location), incentive plan eligibility at all levels, and comprehensive health care plans. You will also have access to a retirement savings plan with company match, a discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program, and tuition assistance and reimbursement programs. The position includes 20 days of paid time off.

This Product Owner role is based in Hartford, CT (hybrid) and focuses on translating product vision and strategy into delivery plans across agile development teams. You will be accountable for business value and outcomes, helping ensure teams are building the right capabilities at the right time through disciplined backlog management, customer advocacy, and outcome tracking.

Responsibilities

• Translate product and program strategies and vision into actionable delivery plans for a dedicated agile development team.
• Own end-to-end value delivery and team-level outcomes by collaborating with product leaders, IT partners, business leaders, and stakeholders.
• Serve as a customer advocate and proxy by engaging internal and external customers, improving feedback mechanisms, and incorporating outcomes into product scope and design.
• Participate in market and competitive research and apply relevant findings to product initiatives.
• Collect, refine, and analyze data for decision-making using an economic view to assess cost, benefit, and business value when setting priorities.
• Build and reinforce a product mindset within the team, supporting alignment to product strategy while navigating ambiguity and change.
• Own and regularly prioritize the user story backlog, refining features and user stories with the Product Manager and Business Analyst.
• Lead demonstrations of business value and guide teams through agile ceremonies, program planning, defect remediation, and continuous improvement activities.
• Manage team-level dependencies, adjusting delivery plans and communicating impacts as appropriate.
• Collaboratively manage measurement and tracking of outcomes and team-level status reporting.

Requirements

• Understanding of the P&C insurance industry, product line or domain, and aptitude for continued learning.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management, with appreciation for diverse perspectives.
• Proficiency in customer and user engagement.
• Proficiency in market and competitive research.
• Strong problem-solving skills, intellectual curiosity, and a development-focused mindset.
• Ability to collect and analyze data and apply it to effective decision-making.
• Comfort and aptitude navigating ambiguity.
• Ability to operate effectively at both strategic and tactical levels.
• Strong understanding and experience with product and software development lifecycles.
• Knowledge and practical experience writing and refining agile requirements.
• Knowledge and practical experience with agile methodologies and tooling.
• Knowledge of and comfort working with regulated products.
• Highly proficient written and verbal communication skills.
• 3+ years of business analysis experience.
• 3+ years of experience in an insurance line of business role.
• Demonstrated success leading projects from inception to delivery.
• College degree preferred.

Additional Information: Selective is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. For Massachusetts Applicants: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.