Manager – Technical Product Owner

At least 10 years of technical and/or product development with minimum 3-5 years in a software Product Owner role (or a product manager or technical manager with hands-on experience managing backlogs and collaborating with developers)
Experience building and managing high engagement digital products and features on a flexible, services-based platform is a big plus (i.e. mobile, API’s, cloud, etc.)
Proven ability to operate and lead technical product vision in the development process
Commercial and / or Personal Insurance experience is highly desired
Managed product backlog and story refinement meetings
Prioritized new features to maximize business value and set specific release timelines
Proficient with development and project management tools, including Jira and Confluence
Background building relationships with external customers and users to determine requirements and priorities and validate output of development team sprints
Strong user and stakeholder focus, excellent problem solving and analytical skills
Excellent communicator, comfortable having product and technical discussions with both internal and external developers and UX teams
Experience with both waterfall and Agile teams, quality engineers and project managers

Collaborate with the Specialty Program Group businesses, product teams, internal and third-party development teams, and HUB IT teams to translate business roadmaps and capabilities into tangible technical implementations
Serve as the product evangelist and subject matter expert to the technical/developer community
Drive communication and vision between the business, development, platform, data, and operations teams
Uncover and understand customer needs and translate them into requirements for future sprints
Iterate on the existing effectiveness of the organization, making the hard decisions to enable our team to capitalize on opportunities to impact our customer experience positively
Understand upcoming technology trends and how they impact the Special Program Group roadmap
Follow competitors and conduct capability analysis regularly
Assess and address technical risks related to the digital platform
Facilitate the creation and maintenance of proper technical product requirements and documentation

Strong vision and background in digital technical product capability and market insights in the B2C and B2B2C space
Inspirational and collaborative mindset with demonstrated success in building products that customers love
Innovator, with desire to constantly bring new solutions to the table
Cross-industry knowledge of leading-edge technical product capabilities and ability to translate that into the vision for the team
Effective partner, seamlessly working between technical, business, marketing, and IT teams while fostering trust and a sense of empowerment
Track record of product-driven growth fueled by a great end-to-end customer experience
Familiarity with mobile, React, Python is a plus