An agile release train at an insurance company

Agile Product Owner I (SAfe) - Remote

Full Time

Remote

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Job description

Guardian Life Insurance Company
Agile Product Owner 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 has established an Enterprise Solution Delivery (ESD) organization to drive measurable, consistent, predictable portfolio delivery to accelerate and optimize value-add solutions for Guardian’s customers. In order to drive these outcomes, 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 maximize business value delivered while maintaining a sustainable 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.
• Participate in team and Agile Release Train (ART) Agile Ceremonies

• Apply an Agile mindset 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.

Your Qualifications You Have

• 
  Extensive knowledge of Agile Values, Principles, and mindset with at least 5 years’ experience acting in a Product Owner or Product Manager role.
• Certified in Scaled Agile - SAFe® Product Owner (PO/PM)

• Strong technical acumen and system 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.

Your Location

• This position can be located in any of our Guardian offices in the continental United States or can be remote/work from home

Travel

• Travel to Guardian Office Location(s) as needed.

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. We Offer:

• Meaningful and challenging work opportunities to accelerate technology and innovation in a secure and compliant way.
• Competitive compensation
• Excellent medical, dental, supplemental health, life and vision coverage for you and your dependents with no wait period
• Life and disability insurance
• A great 401(k) with match
• Tuition assistance, paid parental leave and backup family care.
• Dynamic, modern work environments that promote collaboration and creativity.
• Flexible time off, dress code, and work location policies to balance your work and life in the ways that suit you best.
• Social responsibility in all aspects of our work. We volunteer within our local communities, create educational alliances with colleges, drive a variety of initiatives in sustainability, and advocate for diversity & inclusion in all that we do.

Primary Location: Remote - United States Other Locations: Job: Organizational Effectiveness Schedule: Full time 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. Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. 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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