AVP, Product Owner

Overview:

Headquartered in Wilkes-Barre, PA, we employ over 1,000 individuals (and growing) and have offices across the country. Our vision is to be a leading small business insurance provider nationwide.

Founded upon an exceptional culture and led by a collaborative and inclusive management team, our company’s success is grounded in our core values: accountability, service, integrity, empowerment, and diversity. We are always in search of talented individuals to join our team and embark on an exciting career path!

BENEFITS :

• Competitive compensation
• Healthcare benefits package that begins on first day of employment
• 401K retirement plan with company match
• Enjoy generous paid time off to support your work-life balance plus 9 ½ paid holidays
• Up to 6 weeks of parental and bonding leave
• Hybrid work schedule (3 days in the office, 2 days from home)
• Longevity awards (every 5 years of employment receive a generous monetary award to be used toward a vacation)
• Tuition reimbursement after 6 months of employment
• Numerous opportunities for continued training and career advancement
• And much more!

Responsibilities:

This role will be pivotal in driving our platform's evolution, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.

• Partner with cross functional teams including stakeholders, data analytics and development to determine best solution for capability enablement.
• Responsible for defining the product vision, roadmap and managing the product backlog to ensure it is meeting the objectives and delivering value to the stakeholders.
• Translate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria.
• Prioritize the product's needs and objectives based on stakeholder and development team inputs.
• Business capability's owner, enabler and functional expert for the product and processes surrounding the product.
• Deeply entrenched in the development stages of a product including planning, development, test and deployment.
• Ensure a consistent methodology in design and implementation of a capability though product evaluation and inspection. (i.e. user experience design).
• Anticipate business needs and routinely guide business on designs and/or solutions to ensure insurance product and process can be enabled with both speed to market and ease of implementation.
• Keep up to speed on the current industry and product trends to influence capability enhancements.
• The ability to document business requirements, functional specifications and process workflows when needed.

Qualifications:

• Exceptional Communication (Oral, Written, and Presentation) skills amplified by a “Get it Done” attitude supported through the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment.
• High degree of organization, individual initiative, personal accountability and comfort in working in a high paced delivery environment and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities and deadlines effectively.
• Proactive, self-starter with the balance of technical knowledge and insurance business acumen is required.
• Established background in launching software or services in partnership with development teams and high degree of proficiency in prototyping, iterative development, understanding of Agile principles is required.
• Experience building out customer portals is required.
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 5+ years of experience in product management and/or development or relevant experience.
• Experience launching, building and enhancing products to drive operational efficiency and business value.
• Experience in an agile transformation across an organization is a plus.

Salary Range

$115,000.00-$190,000.00

The successful candidate is expected to work in one of our offices 3 days per week and also be available for travel as required.

The annual base salary range posted represents a broad range of salaries around the U.S. and is subject to many factors including but not limited to credentials, education, experience, geographic location, job responsibilities, performance, skills and/or training.