Hybrid Enterprise Product Owner

at AAA

• Job title: Enterprise Product Owner
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $129,400 - $172,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Guidewire
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Costa Mesa, United States

About the role

• Enterprise Product Owner role at ACE responsible for defining product roadmap and capabilities. Leading strategic initiatives and product backlog prioritization for enterprise products.

Responsibilities

• Define the product roadmap and capabilities for the development of an enterprise product and services for all ACE markets.
• Communicate the strategic and tactical goals and objectives for the product, in accordance with business line drivers.
• Create and implement all strategic initiatives to ensure the achievement of company goals for the assigned product.
• Lead the process of setting business requirements for overall functionality and navigation and ensures the product backlog is created.
• Primarily responsible for prioritizing the product backlog to achieve the committed business.
• Ensure the delivery of a quality product while maximizing product value in line with Business stakeholder’s product vision objectives.

Requirements

• 5+ Years of Guidewire experience.
• Develop, implement, and communicate all strategic initiatives to ensure achievement of company goals for the assigned enterprise product.
• Responsible for developing innovative and creative solutions that meet existing and emerging market needs, increase the value of current products, and/or introduce new product/service opportunities.
• Utilize trends, developments in the marketplace, and voice of the customer research to shape product and service offerings.
• Manage the products and programs, including research, analysis, proposals, great cross collaboration skills, clearly defines requirements, testing, performs system demos to business stakeholders, and product introduction in a timely manner.
• Research competitive market for business opportunities and ensure integration of product line with the Club’s MRM strategy.
• Develop product initiatives that synergize with other Club programs.
• Evaluate financial and competitive impacts of potential product features.
• As a dedicated, co-located member of the product team, communicate product vision, strategy, and direction to the product development team.
• Work with the product team to convert high-level business priorities into the product backlog and user stories.
• Create acceptance criteria for the product backlog.
• Develop detailed user stories, which may include some or all of the following supplemental information: business process flows, data flows, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, apply progressive refinement and prioritize the product backlog.
• Participate in team stand-ups and retrospectives.
• Facilitate iteration planning meetings.
• Take lead in the sprint review meetings and identify opportunities of improvement.
• Escalate risks and issues through team meetings, formal and informal communication.
• Determine the next build to release.
• Write release notes.
• Monitor defect reporting and convert defects into the product backlog.
• Identify new product opportunities while developing and maintaining the enterprise product roadmap.
• Determine and direct how strategy fits with the overall distribution strategy of the Club.
• Establish enterprise product goals and objectives.
• Oversee and evaluate progress against targeted goals and make adjustments and priorities to attain assigned objectives.
• Lead usability testing and user research as necessary.
• Draft and manage implementation schedule and work with the product development team to set key milestones and deliverables.
• Cultivate relationships with external vendors, partners, and development team members in the development of technology products.
• Produce and deliver executive and stakeholder presentations.
• Maintain a high level of skill and current knowledge of the product line and apply knowledge in proposing and directing the development of enterprise product initiatives.
• Create a quality assurance (QA) plan and assist with the testing of products prior to launch.

Benefits

• Health coverage for medical, dental, vision
• 401(K) saving plan with company match AND Pension
• Tuition assistance
• PTO for community volunteer programs
• Wellness program
• Employee discounts