Senior Product Owner – Insurance Underwriting

Location: Remote – EST or CST (Must work EST hours)

Job Summary:

We are looking for a Senior Product Owner to support our P&C client’s business automation initiatives for underwriting, data validation, and quote generation. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in insurance underwriting, experience with automation, and the ability to manage stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities:

• Lead business automation efforts to enhance underwriting processes, ensuring seamless data integration and minimal manual intervention.
• Define business objectives, manage the product backlog, and oversee stakeholder alignment.
• Collaborate closely with business units to understand their needs, drive adoption strategies, and advocate for process improvements.
• Work hands-on with Agile teams, writing user stories, defining epics and features, and ensuring proper documentation.
• Develop and maintain business rules to ensure the system functions correctly and supports key underwriting tasks.
• Utilize automation tools and AI-driven solutions to optimize workflows and improve efficiency.
  
  
  

Required Skills:

• 7-10 years of experience as a Product Owner, with expertise in defining business cases, managing stakeholders, and driving product strategy.
• Strong background in insurance underwriting (P&C, personal, or commercial lines).
• Experience automating manual processes
• Experience creating business rules for technology solutions.
• Agile experience, including user story and epics creation (experience with Rally or similar tools preferred).
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and engage in technical discussions.
• Strong problem-solving mindset, capable of identifying use cases and solutions that improve business operations.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with robotic process automation (RPA), OCR, or AI-driven data extraction.
• Familiarity with Intelligent Document Processing (IDP).
  
  
  

Heitmeyer Consulting is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage all qualified candidates to apply. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to minority status, gender, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law