Senior Associate, Technical Product Owner

Senior Associate, Technical Product Owner role supporting the Institutional Life Illustration & Policy Administration Systems team with hybrid delivery and reliable downstream data flows.

Responsibilities

• Convert Product Manager priorities and Agile epics into use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, and detailed requirements, accounting for business process impacts, downstream data needs, and vendor timelines.
• Work with end-users, SMEs, and technology teams to document processes, surface feature requirements, and incorporate quality findings and compliance directives into improvements that reduce risk and improve efficiency.
• Own and continuously improve the product backlog based on business priorities.
• Support intake, sprint planning, PI planning, and coordination across development, testing, maintenance, and vendor activities.
• Facilitate stakeholder conversations; communicate delivery progress, dependencies, and risks.
• Review UAT outcomes, assess defects, coordinate issue resolution, and support business sign-off and production readiness.
• Drive feature adoption and platform operations through release communications, demos, training materials, documentation review, and investigation and escalation of production issues.

Requirements

• Experience in Product Owner responsibilities, including requirements definition, user stories, acceptance criteria, and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience coordinating technology delivery using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches, including third-party vendor dependencies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to evaluate business processes and technical issues.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, listening, and stakeholder collaboration skills.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, accountability, and ability to manage competing deadlines.
• Proficiency with Jira (or similar tools) and Microsoft Office.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with SAFe Agile practices, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, and PI planning.
• Familiarity with life insurance policy administration systems including Adastar or Cyberlife.
• Familiarity with illustration platforms including Ascent.
• Knowledge of life insurance products and institutional markets, including BOLI and COLI.
• Experience supporting UAT, production release readiness, and downstream system data requirements.

Technology & Tools

• SAFe Agile
• Jira
• Microsoft Office
• Ascent
• Adastar
• Cyberlife
• Cyberlife

Markets Supported

• Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI)
• Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI)
• Corporate Sponsored markets

Compensation

• Salary Range: USD $90,000 - $128,500 per year
• Overtime: Exempt
• Discretionary bonus: Eligible (Yes)
• Sales bonus: Eligible (No)
• Actual base salary determined by factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and job location
• Employees may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus
• In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible to participate in an incentive program

Location: Overland Park, KS, United States (hybrid)