Product Owner, CVP

Job Requisition ID:91946

Location Designation:Fully Remote

Group Benefit Solutions delivers comprehensive insurance and absence management solutions for mid-sized and large companies. Our work fosters a healthier, happier, and more secure workforce, contributing to New York Life's legacy of being there when we're needed most. Here, you'll design, implement, and support these solutions directly impacting employees' lives. At our core, we provide financial security and peace of mind to people through our absence, accident, disability, voluntary benefits, and life insurance solutions. Click here to learn more about Group Benefits solutions.

Role Overview:

This unique opportunity is a permanent position within the Group Benefit Solutions' IT team. As a senior product owner, in the Sales, Underwriting, Implementation, and Producer Agile Release Train (ART), you will be part of a high-visibility initiative to transform the user experience for Group Insurance clients and customers.

The Agile Product Owner represents the voice of the Group Insurance customer and client at the team level, maintaining and prioritizing the Product Backlog, to ensure that the team is working on stories that maximize business value and deliver necessary fixes and functionality to all end users. This role will focus on supporting the Underwriting and Actuarial applications within Group Insurance so experience working in this area is a plus. They must have strong business skills and experience working with technology teams.

We are looking for exceptional candidates to work Eastern Time (EST) with on-shore, near-shore and off-shore members that want to grow a successful career and that wants to be part of an ambitious, highly focused team. Limited travel (15-25%) will be required in the future when teams return to onsite work.

In order to be considered, youmustbe highly motivated, driven to succeed, have proven IT leadership skills, and have demonstrated expertise in managing large scale IT application delivery and quality engineering in a matrixed environment. You are an accomplished product owner and skilled problem solver who can motivate change as well as a strategic thinker who understands the big picture.

What You'll Do:

• Ability to partner with Product Managers to decompose Program Epic work requirements and priorities into features.
• Ability to create detailed user stories for these defined features
• Full accountability for execution of assigned user stories and associatedproducts/deliverables. Comfortable participating in and supporting development and testing and production support teams
• Engage with Scrum Master and team members on a regular basis to ensure assigned features are fully executed within the prescribed Program Increment. Hold all appropriate Product Owner ceremonies as necessary (PI Planning, Grooming, Demo, etc.)
• Engage Solution Architects and System Architects to understand potential impacts and for design solution discussions
• Have a vision on how the Salesforce.com application for NYL GBS will benefit and help define business processes
• Lead prioritization of work for delivery team based on business value and engagement with stakeholders
• Responsible for user story management, including accurate story descriptions and acceptance criteria
• Comfortable with escalating risks to Product Manager
• Disciplined with scope management; partners with other product owners to assess and evaluate changes for feasibility and impacts on commitments
• Negotiates and manages scope to ensure commitments are achieved
• Builds an environment of trust, collaboration, and openness among peers and other team members. Shares lessons learned, perceptions, and best practices openly with an eye towards continuous process improvement
• Proposes recommendations and adjustments to project delivery and related solutions throughout the life of the initiative
• Communicates clearly with all levels of stakeholders to ensure deliverables are hit. Can articulate tradeoffs and impacts with the big picture in mind to enable strategic and tactical decision making as well as mitigate risk

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Science and Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Science or related discipline is preferred
• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) is preferred
• 5 to 10 years of technology project experience is required
• A proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders; mobilize and motivate teams; set direction and approach; resolve conflict; deliver tough messages with grace; execute with limited information and ambiguity
• Ability to navigate a fast paced, highly matrixed organization effectively
• Proven ability to present and communicate at all levels with clarity and precision both written and verbally
• Ability to remove barriers and enable teams to complete their objectives
• Demonstrated, applied experience establishing and delivering complex projects
• Excellent problem-solving and strategic thinking skills
• Experience working in an agile delivery environment
• Experienced or retains advanced knowledge of multiple IT disciplines including software designs and architecture patterns, quality assurance methods, requirement gathering, business process engineering, etc.

It is recommended that all qualified candidates apply to this posting as soon as possible. Residents of Colorado are hereby notified that the deadline to apply is 3 days from the Posting Date listed above.

Pay Transparency

Salary range:$120,00-$145,000

Overtime eligible:Exempt

Discretionary bonus eligible:Yes

Sales bonus eligible:No

Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Our Benefits

We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work. Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.

Our Diversity Promise

We believe in a diverse workforce because it is our mission to advocate for the financial security and success of people in every community. This is why diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are guiding principles that are embedded in our brand and our culture. Click here to learn more about how we have been recognized for our leadership.

Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by theFoundation.We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.

Job Requisition ID:91946

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