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The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role.
Description
We are a forward-thinking organization passionate about harnessing people, process, and technology to drive innovation and profitable growth for the Global Risk Solution (GRS) business. We are looking for a skilled and dynamic Associate Product Owner to join our Agile team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work across multiple teams and departments, helping to shape and execute the vision and direction of underwriting technology to achieve GRSs aspirations. You will work closely with technical teams, business stakeholders, and cross-functional partners to create and maintain a product roadmap, ensuring that our solutions meet customer needs and business objectives. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about both technology and business strategy, with a talent for innovation, process optimization, and creative problem-solving.
As an Associate Product Owner, you will work closely with other Product Owners to define and prioritize features and stories to ensure alignment with customer and organizational goals. You may perform Product Owner tasks such as reviewing and writing user stories of lower risk and complexity as well as managing the product backlog.
Responsibilities:
- Help drive process innovation and improvements to optimize business/ technology workflows
- Leverage your creativity to find innovative solutions to complex challenges, enhancing product features and processes to meet evolving business needs
- With guidance from a Product Owner, supports the communication of and alignment to the product vision.
- May also contribute to the definition of the product vision
- Supports the use of product level KPIs to drive product decisions.
- Assists in collecting KPI data and/or reinforcing their use in product decisions
- Supports creating and maintaining the backlog (including prioritization and acceptance criteria)
- Contributes to squad/team quarterly planning and sets expectations for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalities
- Participates in squad/team demos, retrospectives, and all other ceremonies
- With guidance, works daily with the Agile working group, clarifying business requirements, removing roadblocks, constantly communicating, and supporting alignment around product strategy
- With guidance from the Product Owner, monitors and maintains the product health, supporting long-term product viability and efficiency
- May analyze feasibility, cost of delay ramifications, economies, and other aspects of planned or potential changes to the product
- Conducts research into regulatory, compliance and other industry constraints on the product.
- Negotiates with squads/teams within the portfolio to ensure priorities are aligned during a sprint
- With guidance, supports building the product roadmap at the squad/team level based on strategy and ongoing input from stakeholders
Qualifications
- Knowledge of Agile development methodologies and IT project management as typically acquired through a Bachelor`s degree in relevant field (business, computer science, humanities, etc.)
- 3 years of experience in business, technology, or consulting with a minimum of 1 year direct experience with agile teams
- Ability to develop strong working relationships and able to influence others and build consensus with cogent arguments
- Experience communicating moderate to complex ideas, issues and designs
- Ability to operate with incomplete information and make timely decisions
- Problem solver with ability to lead a team
- Experimental mindset with demonstrated willingness to learn and experiment
About Us
As a purpose-driven organization, Liberty Mutual is committed to fostering an environment where employees from all backgrounds can build long and meaningful careers. Through strong relationships, comprehensive benefits and continuous learning opportunities, we seek to create an environment where employees can succeed, both professionally and personally.
At Liberty Mutual, we believe progress happens when people feel secure. By providing protection for the unexpected and delivering it with care, we help people embrace today and confidently pursue tomorrow.
We are proud to support a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace, where all employees feel a sense of community, belonging and can do their best work. Our seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) offer a centralized, open space to bring employees and allies together to connect, learn and engage.
We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to make things better, and we put people first by offering you benefits that support your life and well-being. To learn more about our benefit offerings please visit: https://LMI.co/Benefits
Liberty Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. We will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information or on any basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.
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