TruStage · 9 hours ago
Operations Consultant III, Product Owner - Annuities
Waverly, IA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$104K/yr - $156K/yr
6+ years expTruStage is committed to creating a brighter financial future for everyone and is seeking an Operations Consultant III, Product Owner for their Annuities team. This role is responsible for leading the execution of work within the Annuity Customer Care Execution Area, ensuring that initiatives meet business needs while maximizing business value through effective stakeholder engagement and agile practices.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Proactively and independently lead an effective model to:
Clarify purpose and scope of work that the team will execute on
Effectively engage stakeholders to ensure transparency of prioritized work while ensuring the right activities are happening to prepare the operations to receive changes from the working team
Accountable for the business value story to ensure investments made are aligned to highest value opportunities or greatest needs
Effectively represent the interest of the stakeholders to internal scrum teams
Effectively partner with IT and stakeholders to develop a prioritized product release plan driven by business value
Provides support to teams on any production or process related issues
Develop close working relationships through:
Continuous collaboration with all stakeholders to understand priorities and trade-offs (cost of delay) with ability to translate priorities into a prioritized product backlog
Facilitate backlog refinement, sprint planning, and sprint reviews to refine and continuously manage user stories and acceptance criteria for IT teams
Effectively communicate goals and requirements to the scrum teams
Define, design and implement key operational processes through:
Provide acceptance on completed features and user stories (or PBI's)
Adopt a test and learn approach with a focus on thin-sliced releases referred to as Minimal Viable Functionality
Establishing critical success factors on user stories including the associated metrics to assess success and a communication method to report out on results
Ensure operational run the business reports remain viable as changes are implemented
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Business or equivalent work experience
Minimum of 6-8 years of experience in Business Process Management, Business Continuous improvement or related field to include successful implementation of process or continuous improvement initiatives and progressive project management experience to include application of project management methodology, project cost estimation, and risk assessment experience in addition to successful implementation of key project initiatives
2-3 years product owner or experience in an agile environment
Business acumen to determine business benefit/ROI
Proven record on ability to manage expectations of multiple stakeholders/customers
Demonstrated team-building and coaching skills; proven teamwork and collaboration with diverse groups
Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of stakeholders and to mobilize and motivate teams
Proven ability to multitask and manage multiple, complex priorities
Ability to communicate at all levels with clarity and precision, both written and verbal
Strong influencing skills; demonstrated ability to challenge and persuade, directing a group of stakeholders to the best decision
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Employee assistance program
Life insurance
Disability plans
Parental leave
Paid time off
401k
Tuition reimbursement
Company
TruStage
TruStage® is a financially strong insurance and financial services provider, built on the philosophy of people helping people, meeting the needs of middle-market consumers and the businesses that serve them.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
TruStage has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (22)
2024 (15)
2023 (13)
2022 (25)
2021 (15)
2020 (15)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Sidd Kuckreja
SVP, Chief Technology Officer
Brian J. Borakove
Senior Vice President - Deputy Chief Financial Officer
Company data provided by crunchbase