Product Owner

Product Owner

Good things are happening at Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies—an A+ (Superior) rated, nationwide Property & Casualty insurer backed by Berkshire Hathaway. With supportive leadership, collaborative teams, and opportunities to grow, GUARD is a place where people build meaningful, long‑term careers.

Good things you can count on:

• Hybrid schedule: 2 days remote / 3 in-office
• Predictable hours (no nights, weekends, or holidays)
• Competitive pay + generous PTO
• Medical, dental & vision starting day one
• 401(k), tuition reimbursement & longevity bonuses

Responsibilities:

We are seeking a Product Owner to lead the design, delivery and enablement of business capabilities within an internally or externally facing portal product (e.g. ASC). The product owner will be directly accountable for ensuring a consistent design and capabilities framework. They communicate and influence effectively with stakeholders, technical and service focused individuals across the organization to share the importance of operational excellence and drive high engagement through metric driven outcomes. This role reports to the VP, Head of Product Management. This role will be pivotal in driving our platform's evolution, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.

Key responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross functional teams including stakeholders, data analytics, state bureaus and development to determine best solution for capability enablement.
• Responsible implementing the product vision, roadmap and prioritizing the product backlog to ensure it is meeting the objectives and delivering value to the stakeholders.
• Refine product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria.
• Prioritize the product's needs and objectives based on stakeholder and development team inputs.
• Serve as the primary contact for the product and processes surrounding the product.
• Involve in the development stages of a product including planning, development, test and deployment.
• Ensure a consistent methodology in design and implementation of a capability though product evaluation and inspection. (i.e. user experience design).
• Anticipate business needs and routinely guide business on designs and/or solutions to ensure insurance product and process can be enabled with both speed to market and ease of implementation.
• The ability to document business requirements and process workflows when needed.

Qualifications:

• Exceptional communication (oral, written, and presentation) skills amplified by a "Get it Done" attitude supported through the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment.
• High degree of organization, individual initiative, personal accountability and comfort in working in a high paced delivery environment and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities and deadlines effectively.
• Proactive, self-starter with the balance of technical knowledge and insurance business acumen is required.
• Established background in launching software or services in partnership with development teams and high degree of proficiency in prototyping, iterative development, understanding of Agile principles is a plus.
• 3+ years of experience in product management/product owner and/or development or relevant experience.
• Experience in property & casualty insurance a plus.
• Experience in transforming user experience portals is a plus.

Salary Range $77,762.70-$180,082.10 + bonus

In accordance with applicable pay transparency laws, this range represents a good-faith estimate. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, credentials, geographic location, and other considerations permitted by law.

This role may be based out of any of our office locations, including:

US-NJ-Parsippany | US-PA-Conshohocken | US-GA-Alpharetta | US-PA-Wilkes Barre | US-IL-Rosemont | US-AZ-Scottsdale

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship.

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