Agile Product Owner - Auto

Who Are We? Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it. Job Category Technology Compensation Overview The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards. Salary Range $101,600.00 - $167,600.00 Target Openings 1 What Is the Opportunity? Travelers is seeking a Agile Product Owner to lead a team to deliver capabilities/solutions in an agile way. In this position, you will act as a voice of the end-user to guide day-to-day work of a smaller scale team, focusing on achievement of defined outcomes versus defining how the work is completed. What Will You Do? • Write epics that define business outcomes rather than system changes, focusing on the flexibility the platform must support instead of the specific rules it encodes. • Design for configurability by avoiding early commitments to specific rates, states or market rules. • Apply vertical slicing to deliver the thinnest end-to-end path through the user journey first, then expand scope incrementally. • Maintain rigorous traceability, ensuring every story aligns to a portfolio epic and a measurable success indicator. • Exercise sound judgment on ownership boundaries, distinguishing between what Auto systems build and what they integrate with, to keep scope accurate and transparent. • Translate technical concepts, including data contract standards and entitlement models, into plain language that enables nontechnical business partners to make informed decisions. • Take an iterative, feedback-driven approach, treating early epics as working hypotheses to refine with engineering and product partners rather than fixed commitments. • Define, prioritize and ensure a ready backlog of work for a smaller scale product team, accept final product output, focusing on achievement of defined outcomes versus defining how the work is completed. • Effectively manage a backlog of deliverables and capabilities as well as 'test and learn'/experimentation targeted at defining/refining future deliverables, measuring performance and adjusting the overall roadmap of deliverables as needed. • Understand and implement team goals and strategy, ensuring alignment with circle and value stream vision; Articulate team goals and strategy effectively to key stakeholders, Circle Leads and team members. • Act as voice of the end-user; have a deep understanding of and respond to customer feedback ensuring needs and requirements are clearly defined; ensure team work product meets defined acceptance criteria. • Own team backlog, including prioritization and refinement; Make trade-off decisions to maximize value. • Optimize the flow of value by setting objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs) for solutions. • Inform and participate in business readiness; understand the impact of change, implement the approach to manage adoption and mitigate resistance. • Provide feedback on work-in-progress, clarify requirements and contribute to removing roadblocks or impediments; Look for opportunities fo