CNA Insurance · 1 month ago
Sr. Product Owner – Digital Solutions & Innovation
Chicago, IL, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$72K/yr - $141K/yr
5+ years expCNA Insurance is seeking a Senior Product Owner who can drive transformative digital initiatives and deliver business value through innovative solutions. In this role, you will lead strategic initiatives within the product vision, translate business requirements into clear technology requirements, and ensure alignment between business objectives and technology strategies.
FinanceFinancial ServicesInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyInsuranceProperty ManagementReal EstateRisk Management
Responsibilities
Leads cross-functional coordination to ensure that people, processes, and communications are fully aligned for seamless technology transitions
Develops and executes integrated deployment plans that address stakeholder engagement, process readiness, and communication strategies. Proactively identifies and resolves disconnects across teams to minimize disruption and maximize adoption
Supports one to two Agile Scrum teams on initiatives of medium to large complexity, and leads additional technology initiatives beyond the core product model to address evolving business needs
Owns, defines, and prioritizes the team backlog, establishes story acceptance criteria, drives content via prioritized user stories, obtains customer validation and accept stories, ensuring that the solution effectively addresses overall program priorities
A thought leader in Scrum ceremonies (such as daily standups, sprint review meetings, retrospective meetings, cross-team coordination, and etc.), alongside the Scrum Master, ensuring that Scrum Teams adhere to the Scrum values of courage, focus, commitment, respect and openness in delivering high quality solutions. Fosters an environment of continuous improvement / learning
Leading by example, facilitates Product Backlog Refinement including reviewing and updating backlog item definition and developing acceptance criteria and value statements, providing information to the team so they can establish technical feasibility and scope estimates, analyzing ways to split backlog items into smaller chunks of incremental value, helping to inform the enablers required to support new features and capabilities, and establishing their capacity allocation
Builds customer and user insights into all stages of the Scrum planning and execution process, ensuring the continuous validation of stories with Customers and business users
Proactively analyzes metrics, and recommends changes to the product based on data from feedback loops
Inspire and motivate a team where the members constructively challenge each other, have a sense of ownership, and advocate for the right long-term decision making. Builds a trusting and safe environment within the team, customers, and other stakeholders
May collaborate with Product Managers and other Senior Product Owners and other Product Owners, to ensure Stories align to value, goals and objectives of overall program priorities
May perform additional duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Strong executor, proven across complex initiatives
Champion for the adoption of new Agile technologies and methodologies
Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders
Highly collaborative with good conflict resolutions skills
Proven ability to enact change quickly
Willingness to develop Agile team members by inspiring, encouraging and providing constructive feedback
Solid leadership skill
Proven ability to work directly with Product Management, business stakeholders and technical/product teams
Domain knowledge of solutions being developed
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
Typically a minimum of five years as a Product Owner or equivalent role
Experience with insurance or finance based products
Successful track record with Agile methodologies
Preferred
Familiarity with tools such as Power Automate, Mendix, and Copilot
Experience with Guidewire or similar insurance platforms
A background in the insurance industry combined with expertise in emerging technologies
Applicable certifications preferred (e.g. SAFe PO/PM, CSPO or PSPO)
Benefits
CNA offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to help our employees – and their family members – achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals.
Company
CNA Insurance
CNA is one of the largest U.S. commercial property and casualty insurance companies.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$0.88M2016-09-12Post Ipo Equity· $0.88M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
Luke Mellors
Vice President, Technology
Daniel Franzetti
Chief Administrative Officer
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