Product Owner

Title: Product Owner
Location: Salem, OR (97312) / Remote Option
Employment Type: 12-month W2 Contract (no C2C or sponsorship available)

Job Description
Talent Groups is seeking a Product Owner to support a leading workers compensation insurance organization. This role focuses on guiding product vision, managing the backlog, and ensuring delivery teams have clear and valuable work each sprint. The ideal candidate has strong Agile experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work closely with both technical and business teams.

What You Will Do
Manage and prioritize the product backlog to support high value delivery
Write clear and actionable user stories that meet the definition of ready
Facilitate Agile ceremonies and support alignment across scrum teams
Track sprint progress and maintain work items in Azure DevOps
Document technical debt and support backlog refinement and planning
Serve as a link between implementation teams and stakeholders
Identify and communicate project risks or issues

Required Skills and Experience
Three or more years of experience in software product development or in a cross functional software team
Experience in insurance or workers compensation is a plus
Strong backlog management and prioritization skills
Strong stakeholder alignment and relationship building abilities
Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies
Ability to research and collaborate with subject matter experts
Strong written and verbal communication skills with regular updates to teams and stakeholders
Ability to identify and escalate risks
Proficiency with Azure DevOps for backlog and sprint management

Talent Groups thanks all applicants for their interest. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Talent Groups is an equal opportunity employer.
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