Product Owner wholesale Property and Marine

Product Owner, Product Solutions - Property and Marine

Location/Work Mode: Richmond VA

Duration: 12 month

Contract Type : W2 contract

Visa type: USC/GC/GCEAD

Job Description

Operating as a key member of the Product Solutions team and the broader Operations department, this individual will be charged with delivering a comprehensive operations strategy for the products within Wholesale and Specialty Property and Marine portfolio. This includes, but is not limited to, matching technical and operational solutions to product needs to drive an optimal end-to-end experience, ensuring a seamless experience for our partners in delivering our products to the market.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to address the strategic and holistic technology needs of US Wholesale and Specialty’s Property and Marine portfolio, including but not limited to digital distribution (APIs and Portals), data, forms, pricing, compliance, defect fixes, user experience and efficiency
• Own strategic stakeholder engagement for assigned areas, demonstrating a deep understanding of the business; proactively build relationships and connections across Operations, Underwriting to optimize delivery of solutions
• Build, foster and maintain relationships with the broad stakeholder community, including engagement with underwriting, marketing and operations teams to identify customer needs and business objectives
• Serve as Product Owner for the Property and Marine delivery team:
• Adopt and implement Agile best practices, ensuring proper documentation of stories and epics that capture the business needs
• Ensure proper implementation of Agile processes, including refining backlogs, prioritizing user stories, defining project scope, objectives, deliverables, and defining product requirements
• Ensure connection of macro level strategies and business needs to micro technical solutions
• Drive delivery of scalable solutions that meet immediate and strategic business needs aligned to strategic IT roadmaps
• Partner across the Operations department to link technology solutions to workflows and process changes, including UAT and training; help drive technology and process transformation for US Wholesale and Specialty product areas
  

Qualifications

• 9 years of related insurance experience, representing In-depth knowledge of insurance operations; prior underwriting experience preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple and multi-faceted stakeholders
• Solution-oriented, creative thinker