Product Owner

Overview: Serve in a critical role within Agile development teams, assisting in guiding the creation and delivery of products that meet both customer needs and business objectives. Utilizing combination of strong business acumen and technical knowledge, effectively communicate with both business stakeholders and technical teams. Ensure product vision is clearly defined, understood, and realized through close collaboration with cross-functional teams, prioritizing product backlogs based on value and facilitating Agile processes. Serve as liaison between business objectives and technical execution, ensuring delivery of products that drive significant business value. Responsibilities: • Partner with Product Manager to craft compelling product vision and to articulate product vision and roadmap to delivery team that aligns with business goals, leveraging technical knowledge to ensure feasibility and scalability.

• Contribute to prioritizing and managing product backlog utilizing understanding of technical dependencies and constraints, ensuring clear communication of features, user stories and acceptance criteria to development team.
• Serve as liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, translating business needs into technical requirements and ensuring alignment on product goals.
• Lead Agile ceremonies with confidence, drawing on technical knowledge to clarify requirements and guide sprint planning.
• Working with Sr Product Owner or Product Manager, analyze data to inform product decisions, prioritizing features and enhancements that deliver maximum business value. Measure outcomes that align with success metrics, identifying and escalating gaps and pivoting when data doesn’t support outcomes.
• Collaborate with user experience (UX)/user interface (UI) teams to ensure product designs meet user needs while being technically viable.
• Build strong working relationships with key partners, stakeholders and customers to facilitate delivery of expected quality Agile products.
• Commitment to embrace Sammons Financial Group Companies shared values (Accountability, Connection, Openness, Respect and Integrity).
• As stated within the Company Attendance and Punctuality policy, regular attendance is required and expected in order to meet the business service levels and workflow demands.
• Participate in other initiatives and/or projects as necessary. Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree Information Systems, Business Administration or a related field Preferred
• Minimum 2 years' experience in a product ownership role within an Agile software development environment with a proven track record of delivering products that meet market needs Preferred
• Experience working closely with technical teams utilizing understanding of technical requirements and constraints Preferred
• Experience in translating business needs into strategy and actionable tasks to deliver expected outcomes Preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies with the ability to apply principles in business-focused product development
• Knowledge of basic technical principles relevant to the product domain (e.g., web technologies, software development lifecycle, user experience (UX)/user interface (UI) design considerations)
• Project management skills with ability to manage competing priorities and navigate complex project landscapes
• Effective communication skills with capability of negotiating with stakeholders and ability to convey complex product requirements to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills with a track record of leading cross-functional teams to success
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement with a willingness to stay up to date on industry trends and emerging technologies
• Certified Scrum Product Owner designation Preferred
• Some travel may be required

Suitability Requirements: • Criminal background check required.
Company Information: •Sammons Financial Group offers a competitive benefit package that includes: Health, Dental, Vision, Company Paid Retirement, PTO and Holiday Pay.

• Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is a 100% company-funded retirement plan, so you can save for retirement without contributing a penny of your own paycheck.
• Healthy balance between work and personal lives. Friday afternoons off all year long, competitive PTO, and generous number of paid holidays.
• Our incentive program for defined goals subject to eligibility and performance. Monetary rewards are based on individual and/or overall company performance.
• Colleagues who support one another, model our core values, and drive our healthy, high-performing culture. Pay Range: USD $60,119.00 - USD $125,247.00 /Yr. Pay Transparency Verbiage: Range includes data points from multiple labor markets. Specific range is dependent on the labor market where the incumbent will be hired to perform the position. Starting salary is dependent on candidate qualifications and experience. For a narrower salary range specific to your labor market, please inquire. Work Authorization/Sponsorship: At this time, we’re not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role (This includes, but is not limited to students on F1-OPT, F1-CPT, J-1, etc.)