Senior Product Owner

ICW Group offers a competitive total rewards package designed to support both your wellbeing and long-term growth. You will work in a hybrid office environment in San Diego, CA, with access to generous medical, dental, and vision plans, 401K retirement plans with company match, paid time off and paid holidays, plus bonus potential. ICW Group also provides learning support, including coverage for ongoing development with 100% support for continued learning.

As a Senior Product Owner, you will lead product outcomes from vision through delivery, partnering across business and IT to turn market and user needs into an execution-ready roadmap. This role acts as the connection point between stakeholders, development teams, and end-users to drive user-centric results through agile delivery practices.

What you’ll do

• Define and communicate the product vision, overall strategy, and growth opportunities to business and IT stakeholders with minimal guidance from leadership or other Product team members.
• Continuously refine product vision, roadmap, and strategy to drive optimum business value.
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate product ideas into a prioritized backlog based on business value or ROI.
• Participate in agile ceremonies including sprint planning, iteration reviews, and retrospectives to support iterative development and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate Product Grooming Backlog sessions to align priorities and strategy for cross-functional collaboration.
• Own accountability across development stages, evaluating progress and performance each iteration and deciding whether the team can move forward.
• Work closely with Technical Product Managers and the Scrum master to ensure successful execution of the roadmap.
• Maintain user personas and journey maps to anticipate future needs.
• Create annual and quarterly plans that align product groups to roadmap deliverables.
• Independently manage direction updates for relevant product areas and drive user-centric outcomes with business and IT leadership.
• Research and analyze market trends and user needs to shape the roadmap.
• Collaborate with other Product Owners and Product Managers to share best practices and support alignment within a value stream.

What you bring

• 3+ Guidewire ClaimCenter implementations with techno-functional ownership across FNOL, claim handling, exposures, reserves, financials, payments, recoveries, and reporting.
• Deep understanding of P&C claims operations, including adjudication, authority structures, coverage interpretation, compliance, and claims lifecycle.
• Experience with ClaimCenter data model, workflows, business rules, integrations, and configuration concepts.
• Experience implementing integrations across policy administration, billing, document management, payment vendors, and regulatory agencies.
• Data migration experience on GW platforms, including conversion, validation, and reconciliation.
• Guidewire ACE Certified Business Analyst (ClaimCenter with Palisades or newer).
• Experience with Guidewire Cloud Platform (GWCP) and SaaS delivery models.
• Experience implementing Commercial Lines, Workers’ Compensation, or Specialty claims solutions.
• Experience with other Guidewire Products such as ContactManager and Cloud Data Access/Platform, including integration with ClaimCenter.
• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university (major or emphasis in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required).
• 10+ years related experience, including leading technical teams, collecting business needs, and translating requirements to a technical audience.
• 5+ years as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar role, with a track record of launching and managing products or platforms.
• Certified Product Owner (CPO) required; SAFe preferred.
• Knowledge of Agile processes and principles, plus strong communication skills with cross-functional teams and leadership.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office tools including Word, Visio, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint.

Salary and role details

• Location: San Diego, CA (hybrid)
• Job category: IT
• Job type: Full time (REQ ID: JR101656)
• Compensation range: USD 105,780 - 189,347 per year (range excludes fringe benefits and potential bonuses)
• This range is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses; final base salary is determined by factors such as experience, education, and role location.