CNO Financial Group is seeking an Associate Product Owner to support the definition and prioritization of product backlogs, coordinate Agile teams, and ensure the delivery of effective and efficient systems and processes to achieve business outcomes.
Requirements
- Working experience in an Agile environment practicing Scrum required.
- Experience working with geographic and culturally diverse teams.
- Analytical, problem solving, communication to multiple levels of leadership.
- Bachelor's Degree or 8 years’ equivalent work experience.
- 3 years of related experience or at least 2 years’ experience working as a business analyst, user acceptance tester, or similar role.
- Experience with Microsoft Office and other business-related software.
- Certifications/Licenses: Jira, Miro, and SAFe Agile Methodology.
Responsibilities
- Support and lead elements of the product management agenda with guidance from the PO.
- Support the creation and prioritization of requirements, backlogs, and use cases through customer feedback, interviews, and observations of business stakeholders.
- Guide the team/business in mapping business processes.
- Support the team in developing functionality that makes CNO systems and processes more effective and efficient.
- Actively validate and monitor deliverables to ensure expected results are attained. Test as needed.
- Creates and analyzes user stories, assesses the risks and impacts on current systems and processes, and recommends appropriate actions.
- Lead and facilitate the design, analysis, recommendation and implementation of large and complex system or process changes.
Other
- Bachelor's Degree or 8 years’ equivalent work experience.
- 3 years of related experience or at least 2 years’ experience working as a business analyst, user acceptance tester, or similar role.
- Must be willing to work central or eastern time zone hours.
- Work cannot be performed from outside of the United States.
- All associates may be asked to travel varying corporate offices periodically.
