Agile Product Owner I - Disability Insurance Administration

Overview

Our Product Owner is responsible for establishing vision for an Agile (Scrum/Kanban) team. The Product Owner prioritizes and manages the health of the team backlog and contributes significantly to team quality. Product Owners are a key role in Enterprise Solution Delivery. Guardian is seeking a multidimensional Agile leader experienced with the following: Requirement elicitation and analysis, Agile story writing, team level backlog management, decomposition, Journey & Story Mapping.

You Will

• Identify, communicate, and decompose business requirements into small, estimated, functional, vertical user stories that fit within a single iteration.
• Define functional and non-functional requirements in the form of acceptance criteria.
• Prioritize and sequence stories to enhance business value delivered while maintaining a balanced pace for the team.
• Accept user stories as done throughout the iteration with multiple define-build-test cycles.
• Works with Product Management Team to ensure vision, goals, and objectives are established and achieved.
• Engage in team and Agile Release Train (ART) Agile Meetings
• Apply an Agile approach and behavior to effectively collaborate with the Agile Release Train (ART), team and stakeholder(s).
• Leverage Agile estimation, forecasting and economic prioritization (WSJF) tools.
• Make critical decisions regarding functionality and priority for the team with a focus on delivering value.
• Use various tools including personas to guide design choices, empathy maps to help teams understand user needs, journey maps to describe customer experiences across the operational value stream & story maps to design workflows.

You Have

• Extensive understanding of Agile Values, Principles, and approach with a minimum of 5 years' experience serving as a Product Owner or Product Manager.
• Certified in Scaled Agile - SAFe Product Owner (PO/PM)
• Knowledge of Disability Insurance products and administration
• Profound technical expertise and systems thinking
• Proficiency using Confluence, JIRA, Clarity, and Jira Align.
• Consumer centric focus with experience managing user experience components.
• An ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and solutions in a simple and logical manner.
• Demonstrated track record in effective requirement elicitation and analysis.
• Excellent critical thinking and communication skills.
• Experience serving in an analytical role such as business or system analysis.
• Self-driven with strong project management and organizational skills.
• Experience working on platform migrations and working with vendor partners.

Your Location

• Hybrid-Three days a week at a Guardian location in Pittsfield, MA.

Salary Range:

$77,570.00 - $127,430.00

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

Our Promise

At Guardian, you'll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Accommodations

Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact

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