National Indemnity Company

National Indemnity Company

Product Owner - Finance

Omaha, NE · Mid · Full-time

No sponsorshipDetected 31 days ago
CI/CDDevOpsProject ManagementAgileJiraExcelLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • Our companies, as members of the Berkshire Hathaway group of Insurance Companies, provides opportunities for professionals interested in just that.
  • A Brief Overview The Product Owner II is responsible for identifying, organizing, prioritizing, and assessing work for a software delivery team.
  • The Product Owner's responsibilities include gathering feature requests, scheduling releases and coordinating sprints.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborates with key stakeholders to define goals and create an execution plan for development projects, focusing on outcomes rather than solutions

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent work experience required.
  • Knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)
  • Knowledge of software development practices and procedures
  • Experience working in application lifecycle management tools such as DevOps, JIRA, or Rally
  • Experience with business analysis or project management

Benefits

  • We care about your health and wellbeing!
  • Benefits, Perks and more!

Company info

  • NICO National Indemnity Company Want to work for a company with unparalleled financial strength and stability that offers "large company" benefits with an exciting, friendly, and "small company" atmosphere?
  • The Product Owner II is responsible for identifying, organizing, prioritizing, and assessing work for a software delivery team.
  • Abilities include identifying user needs and working with cross-functional teams to manage product releases.
  • Responsible for facilitating communication between stakeholders and delivery team(s), as well as helping clearly define what should be built on behalf of the relevant business team(s) and why.
  • Expected to interact with subject matter experts across multiple departments and to support the BA/QA professionals on the team in creating users stories and developing test plans built around the product and project requirements.
  • This position will be with National Indemnity Company in Omaha, Nebraska and will be a hybrid work schedule of 50% in the office at our Corporate Headquarters.
  • Sponsorship is not available for this position.
  • A Brief Overview
  • What will you do?
  • IDENTIFY PRODUCT TEAM GOALS: Collaborates with key stakeholders to define goals and create an execution plan for development projects, focusing on outcomes rather than solutions
  • USER STORIES AND RELEASE PLANNING: Translates product initiative requirements to functional team members by defining user stories for the team. Maintains and applies understanding of work process dependencies into functional requirements.
  • PRODUCT TEAM GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION: Provides overall leadership, guidance, and support of software product delivery team(s). Works with Scrum Masters and Technical Leads to help direct, motivate, and guide the delivery team(s). Works with BA/QA professionals to support the development of project test plans, test scripts, and the organization of the testing efforts for the team.
  • AGILE CEREMONIES: Along with Scrum Master, leads various Agile activities and ceremonies including daily stand-ups, story review, release and sprint planning sessions, status meetings, sprint reviews, demos, and retrospectives.
  • COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION: Works closely with and ensures regular communication with Program and Portfolio Managers, internal stakeholders, project sponsors, and other technology teams to ensure smooth on-boarding of work.
  • What are we looking for?
  • Five or more years' related work experience.
  • Required knowledge:
  • Professional experience as a Business Analyst, Business Team Manager, Project Manager, or Scrum Master
  • Preferred Knowledge:
  • Familiarity with continuous delivery and continuous integration
  • Insurance industry and product knowledge
  • Who would excel in this role?
  • Strong team facilitation skills

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Sponsorship is not available for this position.

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