Dir, Agile Product Owner - BI Product Value Stream, Cross Product

$117,200 - $193,400/Yr

Travelers - Hartford, WI

Full-time - Senior

Hartford, WI

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

The Director, Agile Product Owner will lead a cross-functional team to deliver capabilities and solutions in an agile manner, acting as the voice of the end-user. This role focuses on defining and prioritizing the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business strategies, and optimizing the flow of value through effective management of deliverables and performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Define, prioritize and ensure a ready backlog of work for a cross-functional product team.
• Effectively manage a backlog of deliverables and capabilities, including experimentation for future deliverables.
• Translate business strategies into execution-ready work for an Agile product team.
• Articulate team goals and strategy to stakeholders and team members.
• Act as the voice of the end-user, ensuring needs and requirements are clearly defined.
• Own team backlog, including prioritization and refinement, making trade-off decisions to maximize value.
• Set objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs) for solutions to optimize value flow.
• Inform and participate in business readiness, managing change adoption and resistance.
• Provide feedback on work-in-progress and contribute to removing roadblocks.
• Partner with leaders to determine resources required for business outcomes.
• Share best practices across teams for alignment and consistency.
• Foster an innovative, inclusive, and diverse team environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Two years of experience in Agile product management preferred.
• Two years of work experience within the supported discipline preferred.
• Three years of experience articulating and translating business strategy and product vision preferred.
• Agile Mindset: Embody Agile core values and principles.
• Product Mindset: Focus on defining a product value proposition.
• Influence: Ability to influence behaviors of leaders at all levels.
• Servant Leadership: Foster an environment where individuals thrive as empowered team members.
• Communication: Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Collaboration: Expertise in cross-functional team environments.
• Continuous Improvement: Commitment to continual improvement and team development.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in motivating/influencing teams.
• Experience in a related field.

Benefits

• Health Insurance from the first day of employment.
• 401(k) matching contributions dollar-for-dollar up to 5% of eligible pay.
• Pension Plan fully funded by Travelers.
• Minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually plus nine paid company Holidays.
• Wellness Program with tools and resources for wellness goals.
• Access to free professional counseling services through the mental health program.
• Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program for community involvement.