Company
Farm Family
Farm Family specializes in farm and ranch protection with a wide range of products including flexible farm packages, business owner policies, commercial package, workers compensation, commercial auto and select personal auto coverage. Farm Family is a leader in serving the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic markets and is pursuing growth across the U.S. The Farm Family entities are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Clearbrook Group Holdings Inc.
Job Description
A Product Owner lead s the agile scrum team (s) and ensures product planning and effective prioritization. This includes managing the product throughout the p roduct l ifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, and working closely with agile teams to deliver value .
This position bridges the gap between product strategy and development. It is responsible for health and management of the product backlog, organizing sprint activities, and is expected to answer questions from developers as needed. Additionally, this position work s with support partners to ensure that revenue, customer satisfaction goals , and other outcomes are met in alignment with the product’s overall strategy and goals.
Product Owner II: This is the standard level of product ownership. Product O wners at this level work closely with the development team, define user stories, prioritize the backlog, and ensure the team delivers value according to user needs. They have established themselves as a subject matter expert with respect to their product.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :
Break s down overall product strategy and roadmap into program increment (quarterly) and sprint level goals and priorities (in partnership with the Product Manager).
Connec ts with customer s and internal stakeholder s needs to inform the product strategy and roadmap. This includes relevant competitive knowledge and industry trends .
Maintain s the content and integrity of the product team’s backlog of stories, enablers, and defects. Ensur es stories are well informed and represent the intent of agile release train ( ART ) level features.
Prioritiz es the sequence of the backlog items and communicat es that sequence to the product team during backlog refinement and iteration planning .
Models servant leader ship to the product team and incorporates feedback and suggestions made during team retrospectives into future delivery activities.
Ensures working product demos are presented to key stakeholders for awareness, transparency, and input.
Collaborat es with other leaders across the ART to ensure transparency of work, dependencies are understood and properly sequenced, working methods are consistent across the teams, and priorities are aligned-on.
Evaluat es the individual agile team members for effectiveness and contributions and ensuring the teams are high performing. This includes making recommendations to remove or add team members as needed.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS :
Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or relevant field.
Two to four years of experience.
Supervisory/management experience not applicable.
At least three years of agile Product Owner experience in scrum and scaled agile environments.
Experience delivering software products using agile principles, including planning and estimating with a continuous improvement mindset.
Proven track record of bringing successful products to market on time, incorporating a variety of development and delivery strategies (third party, insourcing, outsourcing).
Proven success in leading, coaching, and motivating cross-functional empowered teams.
Experience with market research, competitive analysis, and technology trend analysis.
Ability to assess the impact of new product initiatives on the delivery team environment.
Demonstrated understanding and empathy for customer needs and pain points, amplifying the voice of the…