Senior Product Owner, New Business Underwriting

As a Senior Product Owner - New Business Underwriting, you will be responsible for defining and driving product roadmaps, integrating customer research, and ensuring compliance with data/AI standards. The position requires strong knowledge of product journey mapping, business process improvement, and OKR management. You will translate product vision into a team backlog, prioritize features, manage the backlog with the Tech Lead, and ensure timely delivery of product functionality and customer experience.

Must Have

• Translate the product vision and strategy into a team backlog, including user stories with clear acceptance criteria and tasks.
• Work closely with the Product Manager to prioritize and implement process improvements.
• Define, prioritize, and sequence product features and requirements in the team backlog.
• Manage the backlog and roadmap in collaboration with the Tech Lead.
• Break down data requirements into the team backlog and ensure timely and quality delivery of product functionality.
• Work with data and AI SMEs to ensure data and AI standards are met across applications.
• Conduct go-to-market readiness activities as the team prepares for release.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• A minimum of 5-7 years of experience in product management or a related field.
• Proven experience in defining and driving product roadmaps, integrating customer research, and ensuring compliance with data/AI standards.
• Strong knowledge of product journey mapping, business process improvement, and OKR management.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.

Good to Have

• Previous experience with Rating or Underwriting.

Perks & Benefits

• Support and flexibility to achieve professional and personal goals.
• Skill-building opportunities.
• Leadership development opportunities.
• Philanthropic opportunities.
• Opportunities to build communities and grow your career.
• Surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
• Contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources.

Role Summary

As a Senior Product Owner - New Business Underwriting, you will be responsible for defining and driving product roadmaps, integrating customer research, and ensuring compliance with data/AI standards. The position requires strong knowledge of product journey mapping, business process improvement, and OKR management. Excellent communication and teamwork skills are essential, along with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines

You will:

• Translate the product vision and strategy into a team backlog, including user stories with clear acceptance criteria and tasks, ensuring alignment with epics and customer needs
• Work closely with the Product Manager to prioritize and implement process improvements, track progress and communicate updates to stakeholders
• Define, prioritize, and sequence product features and requirements in the team backlog, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs
• Manage the backlog and roadmap in collaboration with the Tech Lead
• Break down data requirements into the team backlog and ensure timely and quality delivery of product functionality and desired customer experience
• Work with data and AI SMEs to ensure data and AI standards are met across applications
• Conduct go-to-market readiness activities as the team prepares for release, including reviewing the release plan with the PDM

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• A minimum of 5-7 years of experience in product management or a related field
• Proven experience in defining and driving product roadmaps, integrating customer research, and ensuring compliance with data/AI standards
• Strong knowledge of product journey mapping, business process improvement, and OKR management
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Previous experience with Rating or Underwriting, preferrred

Required skills:

• Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
• Product Requirements
• Product Backlog Management
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Solution Delivery

Salary Range:

$118,980.00 - $195,465.00

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

Our Promise

At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

Inspire Well-Being

As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits

. Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Accommodations

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