[Hiring] Senior Director, Product Owner @Liberty Mutual

Role Description

The Senior Director, Product Owner role is responsible for aligning Global Surety's business objectives to our technology investment portfolio. This includes deeply understanding surety's business objectives, how and where technology can best achieve those goals, and partnering with operations and technology to plan, estimate, deliver and measure results in furtherance of those goals.

You will also be responsible for leveraging strong Agile methodologies and standards to consistently improve performance, communicate with and integrate feedback from stakeholders, and drive delivery of our technology portfolio. In addition to the qualifications below, ideal candidates have successfully worked in a global environment, are confident with AI, and push themselves and others to find creative solutions to business problems.

• Responsible for translating portfolio-level business objectives into technology product strategies.
• Responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction and overall progress of the transformation to Agile development methodology.
• Works closely with business units to take business strategy and translate into product strategies to support overall business objectives.
• Represents the business by communicating the product vision broadly and effectively to key stakeholders and Senior Management.
• Allocates investment across products and ensures sufficient resources.
• Owns the overall product backlog and provides guidance to product owners on the scrum teams that comprise the complete effort.
• Uses the overall backlog to coordinate the work of product teams, through each team’s product owner.
• Functions as the final arbiter at the product level to order work and accepts the final release plan.
• Manages final escalation on trade-offs across the product portfolio.
• Provides customer-oriented feedback on product and feature demos for scrum sub-teams.
• Provides leadership to agile product teams and has direct managerial responsibilities for Product Owners and other Agile development team roles.
• Defines objectives and development plans in alignment with IT and business objectives.
• Manages team to achieve business results.
• Champions Agile development methodology transformation across the company through contribution to Agile education initiatives and communicating agile principles to executive audiences.
• Monitors the application of Agile principles across product teams.

Qualifications

• Business expertise and knowledge of Agile development methodologies and IT project management as typically acquired through a Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (business, computer science, etc).
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in business, engineering, technology and/or consulting.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• At least 5 years’ experience managing product management teams.
• Proven business expertise needed to set clear priorities across the product portfolio and drive business value.
• Has in-depth knowledge and ability to influence business strategy.
• Possesses strong communication and influence skills within reporting line as well as with IT and business peers.
• Excellent collaboration skills -- leading execution across teams, influencing across organizations, respected, experience of working across levels from developers and designers.
• Demonstrates passion for improving customer outcomes and experiences.
• Embraces change and 'outside of the box' ideas -- does not feel attachment to the status quo.
• Encourages non-hierarchical culture.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits.
• Workplace flexibility.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Opportunities provided through Employee Resource Groups.

Company Description

At Liberty Mutual, our goal is to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and can thrive. We build an environment that welcomes a wide range of perspectives and experiences, with inclusion embedded in every aspect of our culture and reflected in everyday interactions.

We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to make things better, and we put people first by offering you benefits that support your life and well-being.

Liberty Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. We will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information or on any basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.