Incredible Product Owner opportunity at Physicians Mutual!
With minimal supervision within an Agile Organization, the Product Owner is responsible for working with the stakeholders to elaborate features, define stories and prioritize the Team Backlog with a focus on corporate and architectural priorities.
The Product Owner is responsible for the application(s) their assigned development team enhances and maintains. They will also play a significant role in the overall quality of the solutions delivered.
The Product Owner is the only individual on the team empowered to accept user stories by working with stakeholders to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are met.
Key responsibilities include :
- Maximizing the value of the solutions delivered by the development team
- Working with feature stakeholders to refine and prepare feature backlog for quarterly planning
- Providing clarity and direction to the team
- Preparing team backlog
Qualifications :
- 3+ years in a Product Owner role.
- Business / Technology liaison experience.
- Proficient relationship management.
- Strong facilitation & presentation skills.
Preferred :
- College degree in Information Technology or relevant discipline
- Insurance industry knowledge
- Scrum experience
- Kanban experience
- Certifications : Certified ScrumMaster, SAFe Certification, Certified Business Analysis Professional and / or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
About Us :
Health. Life. Retirement. The Physicians Mutual family empowers people from all walks of life to enjoy the financial security they deserve.
That’s what Insurance for all of us® is about.
The Physicians Mutual family includes Physicians Mutual Insurance Company and Physicians Life Insurance Company. Physicians Mutual Insurance Company offers reliable dental and supplemental health insurance (and now, pet insurance!).
Physicians Life Insurance Company provides important Medicare Supplement and life insurance coverage. The company additionally offers coverage for funeral pre-planning to help meet the growing needs of funeral home owners and the families they serve.
Since our start in 1902, our dedication to delivering on our promise has helped make us one of the nation’s leading health and life insurance providers.
In fact, we are rated in the top 1% of insurance companies. We consistently maintain some of the highest financial strength ratings in the nation from independent insurance analysts, including A.
M. Best Company and Weiss Ratings, ensuring we’ll be there for our policyowners and our employees far into the future.
But the achievement we’re most proud of? We have a 95% customer approval rating a true sign of a company dedicated to embodying its vision.