Product Owner
Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solution are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships.
Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success.
Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better.
We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.
Job Description
We are looking for a Product Owner who can fully understand and analyze both internal and external customer needs and then articulate those needs to the development team via user stories. As a team member embedded in an energetic agile team of Software and QA Engineers, you will serve as the interface between our Product Management and your development team throughout the planning and software development process.
You will collaborate closely with internal and external customers to understand business processes/goals and identify business problems that may be effectively resolved with technology solutions. Working closely with senior Systems Analysts and Product Managers on requirements elaboration, documenting proposed software solutions, and maintaining a prioritized backlog of issues. Our culture fosters collaboration, innovation, integrity, mentorship, commitment to success and FUN. Our managers are dedicated to growing their people and offering an opportunity that allows you to make impact in your career.
Qualifications:
We need Product Owners that:
o Have the ability to define problems, collect data, analyze data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
o Understand business drivers, future customer needs and competitive challenge
o Have the ability to define problems, collect data, analyze data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
o Understand business drivers, future customer needs and competitive challenge
o Understand Business and Technical Data Architecture
o Have experience in Data Analysis with experience with Data Migrations/Conversions a plus·
o Have excellent analytical and problem solving skills, specifically the ability to investigate issues with keen attention to detail
o Thrive on responsibility and display a drive for results
o Enjoy having fun, make things happen, and dream big
o Work collaboratively with others to accomplish goals
o Demonstrate a flare for innovation and creativity
o Have strong time management and organizational skills
o Can communicate complex concepts to all levels of an organization and customers
o Write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals clearly and effectively
o 2+ years' experience, preferably with business and data analysis for web-based software
o Understand web and database technologies
We love Product Owners that:
o Clearly communicate and defend their ideas strategies
o Have a passion for product quality
o Have experience design skills
o Are driven to improve, personally and professionally
o Operate best in a fast-paced and flexible work environment
o Are experienced with agile methodologies and understand the role of the product owner
We really like it when they:
o Share best practices that inspire everyone around them to raise the bar
o Have experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Additional Requirements and Details:
· Travel required up to 10% of the time.
· Located and working from an office location.
· Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds.
· Frequent repetitive hand and arm movements required to operate a computer.
· Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (working on a computer, etc.).
· Frequent sitting and/or standing.
*We are currently working remotely due to COVID19
The Vertafore Way
Insurance is about relationships, and technology should make those relationships stronger. That's why, at Vertafore, it's our mission to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers, becoming better every day, and delivering results you can see, we provide the level of trust and security that insurance is all about.
· Bias to Action: We're united by an innate drive to take action and make a difference in the technology and insurance spaces.
· Win Together: We work together as one team, showing empathy and respect along the way.
· Show Up Curious: We work to challenge one another to push boundaries and think beyond the box.
· Say It, Do It: We honor every one of our commitments because integrity is important to us.
· Customer Success is Our Success: We cultivate authentic relationships and follow up by actively listening to their needs.
· We Love Insurance: We appreciate the impact insurance has on the world.