Location: Dublin, OH or Van Wert, OH- Hybrid work model Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit, an intrinsic desire to ask why, and the grit to create something new? If so, Central Insurance might be the right place for you. We're an established insurance provider that believes technology and great customer experience are the keys to future growth. That's why we're building out our product team. In this role, you'll become part of an empowered product team focused on our shared technical foundation. You will work closely with other Product Owners to understand their roadmaps and identify common underlying technical needs. You will also work closely with your Engineering counterpart to identify and evaluate build or buy options. Some of the technologies you will work with include Content Management, Workflow, Messaging, and Performance Management. With your Engineering counterpart, you will create a vision for the foundation and break it down into executable epics and stories, clearly articulating requirements, and orchestrating the product team's activities. If you're ready to move away from a rigid corporate culture to an entrepreneurial culture filled with friendly people that respect and value each other, read on. RESPONSIBILITIES Delivery Planning Work with Product Managers, Product Development, and Design to break initiatives into epics and stories. Document stories with strong acceptance criteria and validate acceptance criteria are met prior to release. Collaborate with your product team to ID dependencies, sequence work, and track deliverables. Create the initial list of stories and epics to be included within each sprint based on priority, effort, capacity, and dependencies and coordinate with Design and Product Development to finalize list. Groom the backlog and facilitate t-shirt sizing conversations. Tracking Facilitate regular standups and track release burndown at the story and epic level. Flag delays, communicate as needed, and adjust timelines if needed. Facilitate regular communications with stakeholders and remediate any disconnects. Regularly share status with x-functional teams. Releasing Co-ordinate project releases with relevant internal audit, and security teams to ensure all compliance requirements are met. If other team members are not available, assist with rollout enablement, high-level functional end-to-end testing, and user acceptance testing coordination. Performance Tracking Identify UI and API driven events that help the team understand user experience and adoption and document tracking needs within user stories and epics. Track high-level costs associated with products and report to stakeholders, Product Development, and Product Managers. Discovery Understand the full product vision by attending research, initiative, and strategy walk-throughs conducted by Product Management and Design. QUALIFICATIONS Education & Training Bachelor’s degree in business management or computer related field (or 3 years of direct Product Owner experience) Knowledge, Skill, and Ability Strong foresight to identify ill-defined requirements, capacity constraints, risks, and dependencies that may require resequencing or rewriting of epics and stories Concise communication skills to ensure Product Development teams understand requirements and acceptance criteria and to share status and performance updates with technical and non-technical audiences Inquisitive with the ability to find bottlenecks, broken processes, capacity issues, and communication breakdowns and work with others to remediate Continuous improvement mindset with the ability to reflect on past team experiences and identify and execute future improvements Highly organized with the ability to create and track executable plans that maximize Product Development utilization and efficiency while also meeting user and market requirements Outcome oriented with the ability to track and communicate performance Collaborative with strong relationship building skills to coordinate x-functional teams Knowledgeable about different delivery methods and agile principals and methods Experience Two or more years of Product Owner or equivalent experience