Product Owner

Job Title: Product Owner – Process Automation

Location: Cincinnati, OH

Who We Are:

Vernovis is a Total Talent Solutions company that specializes in Technology, Cybersecurity, Finance & Accounting functions. At Vernovis, we help these professionals achieve their career goals, matching them with innovative projects and dynamic direct hire opportunities in Ohio and across the Midwest.

Come join us:

Vernovis is looking for a Product Owner who will play a key role in defining and executing automation strategies for underwriting processes. While working closely with cross-functional teams, you will translate business objectives into actionable initiatives, ensuring a customer-centric, data-driven approach to product development. From facilitating Agile ceremonies and maintaining an iterative, prioritizing backlog to drive user adoption and optimizing product usage, you’ll be instrumental in delivering impactful, measurable outcomes.

What You'll Do:

• Work with a cross-functional process automation team to define a strategy and requirements for successfully automating underwriting processes.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to define business objectives, facilitate sprint activities, and create and communicate requirements that translate business needs into strategic business and technology initiatives.
• Ensures a customer-centric and data-driven approach to identify and advocate for iterative deliverables with measurable outcomes.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders on user adoption strategies and progress on product adoption.
• Creates and maintains training materials as needed to assist in product adoption.
• Monitors usage, assesses user data, and identifies opportunities to increase usage and improve user experience.
• Creates and maintains an actionable and prioritized backlog.
• Serves as the liaison between the product owner, delivery team, and key stakeholders.
• Participates in or facilitates all agile ceremonies (e.g., standups, planning, retro, etc.).
• Instill Product Mindset with a balanced team approach:
• Ability to break down complex problems into simple solutions focused on important customer needs.
• Focus on data-driven approaches to solving problems and validate solutions.
• Develops and maintains relationships across the business.
• May be tasked with coaching, mentoring, or pairing with other Product Managers.
• May have responsibility for performance and coaching of staff and may have a participatory role in decisions regarding talent selection, development, and performance management.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Have:

• A minimum of 3 years of related experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience managing product development and development methodology.
• Prior experience withing the insurance industry.
• Experience with lean and user-centered design methodologies is a plus.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree preferred.

The Vernovis Difference:

Vernovis does not accept inquiries from Corp to Corp recruiting companies. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and not violate any immigration or discrimination laws.

Vernovis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.