Overview
On Site
$DOE
Full Time
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)
Skills
workflows
User Stories
User Experience
Agile methodology
acceptance testing
Business Requirements
Stakeholder Management
communication skills
Marketing
Business Planning
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Self Motivation
Business Process Improvement
Strategies of Pricing
Success Driven Person
Project Scoping
Stakeholder Engagement
Creativity
Backlogs
Business Strategies
Customer Demand Planning
Financial Underwriting
Product Requirement Documents
Wholesaling
Technology Strategies
Job Details
Role: Product Owner, Product Solutions - Casualty
Location: Glen Allen, VA - Hybrid ( 3 days a week)
Duration: 6 Months Contract
Job Summary:
Operating as a key member of the Product Solutions team and the broader Operations department, this individual will be charged with delivering a comprehensive operations strategy for the products within Wholesale and Specialty Casualty portfolio. This includes, but is not limited to, matching technical and operational solutions to product needs to drive an optimal end-to-end experience, ensuring a seamless experience for Markel employees and our partners in delivering our products to the market.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with stakeholders to address the strategic and holistic technology needs of US Wholesale and Specialty's Casualty portfolio, including but not limited to digital distribution (APIs and Portals), data, forms, pricing, compliance, defect fixes, user experience and efficiency
- Own strategic stakeholder engagement for assigned areas, demonstrating a deep understanding of the business; proactively build relationships and connections across Operations, Underwriting and broader client to optimize delivery of solutions
- Build, foster and maintain relationships with the broad stakeholder community, including engagement with underwriting, marketing and operations teams to identify customer needs and business objectives
- Serve as Product Owner for the Casualty delivery team:
- Adopt and implement Agile best practices, ensuring proper documentation of stories and epics that capture the business needs
- Ensure proper implementation of Agile processes, including refining backlogs, prioritizing user stories, defining project scope, objectives, deliverables, and defining product requirements
- Ensure connection of macro level strategies and business needs to micro technical solutions
- Drive delivery of scalable solutions that meet immediate and strategic business needs aligned to strategic IT roadmaps
- Partner across the Operations department to link technology solutions to workflows and process changes, including UAT and training; help drive technology and process transformation for US Wholesale and Specialty product areas
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of related insurance experience, representing In-depth knowledge of insurance operations; prior underwriting experience preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple and multi-faceted stakeholders
- Solution-oriented, creative thinker
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