Manager Intake Call Notes:
• Location: Remote is fine, Eastern time preferred
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: Full year 2026 with possible extension into 2027
• Contract to Hire: Yes
• Interview Details: Interview with HM
• Is this supporting any specific project: PL Auto Safeco Pricing
• What is the most important skillset: Collaborative - need to partner with several other teams to stay in sync on priorities and timelines.
• Any immediate disqualifiers: Must have experience working in JIRA
• Is there a preference for industries the candidates have worked in: Financial
• Can you tell me what the person's day to day will be like: Typical product owner role - daily standup meeting with team, regular planning/refinement/retro sessions, understand business requirements and do research to complete technical requirements & acceptance criteria
Summary:
We're seeking a Product Owner to own Pricing Delivery. In this role you will represent the voice of the business and work closely with technology and leadership to prioritize and deliver capabilities that drive profitable growth.
Job Description:
What you will do • Own product strategy for Risk Pricing and translate organizational strategy into a clear, prioritized roadmap. • Serve as the voice of the business - gather and synthesize stakeholder insights to define problems, outcomes, and success metrics. • Maintain and prioritize the product backlog; write and accept clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria. • Define, track, and be accountable for assigned product KPIs; work with squads to meet those goals. • Collaborate daily with engineering teams, architects, and others to remove blockers, clarify requirements, and align delivery with business outcomes. • Lead quarterly and sprint planning with squads and stakeholders; set expectations for delivery timelines and scope. • Coordinate across portfolios to identify existing capabilities, promote reuse, and surface capability gaps to avoid duplication. • Work with architects and technology leads to understand system implications and dependencies across multiple portfolios. • Assess feasibility, cost-of-delay, and business impact for proposed changes; influence prioritization decisions accordingly. • Monitor product health and long-term viability, balancing short-term delivery with sustainability and cost considerations. • Ensure product work accounts for regulatory, compliance, and industry constraints and negotiate priorities to maintain alignment. • Contribute to user research, customer-driven design, and usability testing; perform market and industry analysis to position the product competitively. • Participate in demos, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies; foster a continuous improvement mindset.
Ideal candidate will have: • 5+ years of product management experience, with strong understanding of insurance products including pricing. • Proven ability to work with leadership and technical teams to define and prioritize strategy and delivery. • Experience writing requirements and/or user stories and managing prioritized product backlogs. • Demonstrated success in driving measurable product KPIs and translating customer insights into product outcomes. • Familiarity with Agile ceremonies and practices; comfortable working in fast-paced, iterative environments. • Technical fluency to partner effectively with architects and engineers (systems thinking, dependencies, integration points). • Experience navigating regulatory or compliance constraints relevant to product delivery. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong stakeholder management abilities. • Experience with roadmap and requirement documentation tools (e.g., Jira, Wiki, Jama). • Technical fluency to partner effectively with architects and engineers (systems thinking, dependencies, integration points). • Experience navigating regulatory or compliance constraints relevant to product delivery. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong stakeholder management abilities. • Experience with roadmap and requirement documentation tools (e.g., Jira, Wiki, Jama).
EEO: "Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans."
Summary:
We're seeking a Product Owner to own Pricing Delivery. In this role you will represent the voice of the business and work closely with technology and leadership to prioritize and deliver capabilities that drive profitable growth.
Job Description:
What you will do • Own product strategy for Risk Pricing and translate organizational strategy into a clear, prioritized roadmap. • Serve as the voice of the business - gather and synthesize stakeholder insights to define problems, outcomes, and success metrics. • Maintain and prioritize the product backlog; write and accept clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria. • Define, track, and be accountable for assigned product KPIs; work with squads to meet those goals. • Collaborate daily with engineering teams, architects, and others to remove blockers, clarify requirements, and align delivery with business outcomes. • Lead quarterly and sprint planning with squads and stakeholders; set expectations for delivery timelines and scope. • Coordinate across portfolios to identify existing capabilities, promote reuse, and surface capability gaps to avoid duplication. • Work with architects and technology leads to understand system implications and dependencies across multiple portfolios. • Assess feasibility, cost-of-delay, and business impact for proposed changes; influence prioritization decisions accordingly. • Monitor product health and long-term viability, balancing short-term delivery with sustainability and cost considerations. • Ensure product work accounts for regulatory, compliance, and industry constraints and negotiate priorities to maintain alignment. • Contribute to user research, customer-driven design, and usability testing; perform market and industry analysis to position the product competitively. • Participate in demos, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies; foster a continuous improvement mindset.
Ideal candidate will have: • 5+ years of product management experience, with strong understanding of insurance products including pricing. • Proven ability to work with leadership and technical teams to define and prioritize strategy and delivery. • Experience writing requirements and/or user stories and managing prioritized product backlogs. • Demonstrated success in driving measurable product KPIs and translating customer insights into product outcomes. • Familiarity with Agile ceremonies and practices; comfortable working in fast-paced, iterative environments. • Technical fluency to partner effectively with architects and engineers (systems thinking, dependencies, integration points). • Experience navigating regulatory or compliance constraints relevant to product delivery. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong stakeholder management abilities. • Experience with roadmap and requirement documentation tools (e.g., Jira, Wiki, Jama). • Technical fluency to partner effectively with architects and engineers (systems thinking, dependencies, integration points). • Experience navigating regulatory or compliance constraints relevant to product delivery. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong stakeholder management abilities. • Experience with roadmap and requirement documentation tools (e.g., Jira, Wiki, Jama).
EEO: "Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans."