ProAg is seeking a Product Owner to lead the transformation of how they serve customers (agents, farmers, ranchers) and employees through research-driven insights, seamless user experiences, and innovative product strategies, making crop insurance easier.
Requirements
- Experience with an Agile environment is required
- Hands on experience managing all stages of the development life cycle
- Experience in Microsoft, Cloud, and Office 365 is preferred.
- Proficiency and experience using Microsoft Office package (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word).
- Technical Acumen: Proficiency in product lifecycle tools (e.g., Jira, Pendo), and experience integrating precision ag data into product workflows.
- Leverage AI tools and technologies to enhance product decision-making, streamline workflows, and improve user experiences.
Responsibilities
- As features are prioritized, the Product Owner will be responsible for working with the scrum team to deliver features to production.
- Partner with key stakeholders to analyze potential features that could be developed within our products.
- Understand and interpret all Risk Management Agency (RMA) and National Crop Insurance Service (NCIS) changes. This includes identifying application changes, business changes and policy language changes which will affect business processes and customer workflows.
- Collaboratively build product roadmap and collaborate with Product Team to review product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria based on strategy and ongoing input from stakeholders.
- Communicate expected value and any changes in value to by iteration (sprint, monthly, quarterly, etcetera) based on the empowered team’s capacity.
- Contribute to aligning development and business goals and priorities by collaborating with stakeholders and the squad/team to remove roadblocks to execution.
- Leverage AI tools and technologies to enhance product decision-making, streamline workflows, and improve user experiences.
Other
- Ideally, the successful candidate will have: Minimum of eight years of relevant and progressive professional experience
- Eight years of progressive experience in software application development preferred.
- Must be an exceptional communicator, with an emphasis on confidentiality, tact, and diplomacy.
- Skill in translating complex technical concepts for diverse audiences and fostering stakeholder alignment
- Must be able to cater communication to both a technical and business level.
- The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, UI/UX Design, Product Management or Marketing
- Strategic Leadership: Ability to align product vision with organizational goals and drive execution across cross-functional teams.
- User-Centered Approach: Passion for improving customer experiences through research, feedback, and iterative design.
- Crop Insurance Expertise: Strong understanding of crop insurance workflows and regulatory frameworks (RMA, NCIS).
