Product Owner

Company Description

Who We Are:

As a leader in Medicare health insurance distribution, Spring Venture Group guides people through one of their most important life decisions — finding the right insurance coverage. We are on a mission to be the most trusted partner for our customers and our people, enabling empowered decisions along the journey to health and financial well-being.

Spring Venture Group offers incredible culture, benefits, and fantastic income potential in a stable and successful work environment at a Medicare agency. This starts with a workplace that empowers people to do their best work. Come build a rewarding career and make a meaningful impact on peoples’ lives in an environment that values your determination. Join our diverse, inclusive team and get ready to crush your goals!

Job Description

OVERVIEW

The Product Owner plays a critical role in driving execution and delivery for product teams. They work to refine product priorities into detailed user stories, maintain the product backlog, and facilitate Agile ceremonies. They serve as the product team's primary contact, perform user acceptance testing (UAT), coordinate cross-team dependencies, collect user feedback, and track team performance metrics. The Product Owner serves as the crucial bridge between strategic product vision and tactical implementation.

REPORTS TO

The Product Owner reports to the Manager, Product Owners in the Product Delivery department. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

The essential duties for this role include, but are not limited to: 

• Partners with the product team to understand product priorities and refine them into detailed user stories with clear acceptance criteria

• Maintains and refines the team backlog to ensure product teams always have clear, ready items to work on

• Facilitates the Agile process and ceremonies (standup, refinement, backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives) for one or more product teams

• Serves as the primary day-to-day contact for the product team to answer questions and remove blockers

• Performs UAT on completed work to ensure it meets defined acceptance criteria before release

• Coordinates across product teams to manage risks and dependencies on priorities that span multiple teams

• Coordinates with stakeholders on releases including preparing documentation, schedules, and beta/early adopter previews

• Triages incoming issues and requests from users/stakeholders and collects ongoing product feedback

• Tracks and analyzes sprint performance metrics to identify process improvements and team velocity trends

• Creates monthly reporting outlining product team metrics and outcomes

ROLE COMPETENCIES

The competencies for this role include, but are not limited to: 

• Emotional Intelligence

• Drive for Results

• Continuous Improvement

• Communication

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or some relevant work experience, preferred.

• Intermediate understanding of a variety of agile methodologies (i.e. Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban).

• Intermediate knowledge of SDLC

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Strong collaboration skills

• Proficient in Jira or other software tools.

• Proficient in writing user stories with acceptance criteria, test cases, requirements, and other artifacts

• Intermediate experience with database queries or willingness and ability to learn

Additional Information

Benefits:

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Competitive Compensation
• Medical, Dental and vision benefits after a short waiting period
• 401(k) matching program
• Life Insurance, and Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance
• Optional enrollment includes HSA/FSA, AD&D, Spousal/Dependent Life Insurance, Travel Assist and Legal Plan
• Generous paid time off (PTO) program starting off at 15 days your first year
• 15 paid Holidays (includes holiday break between Christmas and New Years)
• 10 days of Paid Parental Leave and 5 days of Paid Birth Recovery Leave
• Annual Volunteer Time Off (VTO) and a donation matching program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - health and well-being on and off the job
• Rewards and Recognition
• Diverse, inclusive and welcoming culture
• Training program and ongoing support throughout your Venture Spring Venture Group career  

Security Responsibilities:

• Operating in alignment with policies and standards
• Reporting Security Incidents Completing assigned training
• Protecting assigned organizational assets

Spring Venture Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer