[Hiring] Senior Agile Product Owner @The Hartford

Role Description

We are seeking an Agile Product Owner to support the delivery of high-impact digital experiences across our Employee Benefits platform. This role partners closely with the Product Manager, Product Owners, and cross-functional teams to translate strategic business and customer needs into actionable work items. This is an execution-focused role responsible for managing team-level priorities, refining feature and user stories, and ensuring successful sprint delivery. It is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to deepen their product knowledge while contributing to meaningful customer-facing solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Backlog Ownership & Agile Execution
  • Own the overall health of the team backlog, ensuring features and stories are well-defined, prioritized, and ready for development.
  • Own the prioritization of all features and stories to ensure close alignment with digital outcomes and objectives.
  • Own the breakdown of the epics into features and document clearly and timely for refinement and PI planning.
  • Partner with process and business analysts to have clear, concise user stories and acceptance criteria documented and aligned to features and priorities.
  • Lead and/or participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, and daily execution support.
  • Partner with the team to clarify requirements and remove blockers.
  • Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities within the team's Agile processes.
• Product Delivery Support
  • Collaborate with Agile Product Managers and senior Product Owners to execute against the product roadmap.
  • Ensure delivered features meet defined acceptance criteria and business expectations.
  • Assist in coordinating dependencies and aligning work across teams.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Business Alignment
  • Work closely with engineering, UX, and business partners to ensure shared understanding of requirements.
  • Communicate effectively and confidently with stakeholders on progress, risks/challenges, and delivery outcomes.
  • Leverage customer feedback, analytics, and stakeholder input to inform backlog priorities.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in product ownership, business analysis, or digital product delivery.
• Strong experience in the Agile/Scrum environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to break down complex problems into clear, actionable work items.
• Ability to manage stakeholders with high degree of professionalism.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• High degree of curiosity and intrinsic motivation.

Requirements

• Experience supporting digital products or customer-facing platforms (Preferred).
• Familiarity with backlog management tools (e.g., Jira, Rally) (Preferred).
• Basic understanding of analytics and customer experience principles (Preferred).
• Interest in building a career in Product Management (Preferred).

Benefits

• The annualized base pay range for this role is: $100,000 - $150,000.
• Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition.