Associate Product Owner

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• Estimated Salary: $84,500 - $100,000, plus annual bonus opportunity.
• 401(k) plan with a 2% company contribution and 6% company match.
• Work-life balance with vacation, personal time and paid holidays. See our benefits and perks page for details.
• Applicants for this position must not now, nor at any point in the future, require sponsorship for employment.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Leads and motivates cross-functional teams within an Agile Release Train to develop, execute, and release product solutions aligned with product vision, roadmaps, and business value.
• Provides business leadership to development teams by setting clear expectations, prioritizing backlogs, defining release timelines, validating metrics, and ensuring acceptance criteria and deliverables meet stakeholder needs.
• Collaborates closely with management, business partners, and Product Owners to ensure solutions meet strategic priorities, while engaging stakeholders, SMEs, and customers through consistent communication and outcome monitoring.
• Drives continuous refinement of features and backlogs by defining user stories, functional and non-functional requirements, and improvement opportunities that increase product quality, velocity, and customer value.
• Oversees risk mitigation, delivery challenges, and operational readiness, ensuring seamless transitions to operations, clear communication, and effective issue resolution.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• Experienced Product Owner with conceptual knowledge of the SAFe framework and the ability to lead one or more Agile Release Train cars, applying change-management concepts and system-level thinking.
• Strong industry and technical understanding, including insurance operations and how business processes connect to technologies such as cloud, mainframe, web, client-server, SaaS, and enterprise architecture.
• Proven leadership, communication, and collaboration skills used to influence, guide, and build strong relationships across business partners, support teams, and vendors, while contributing to communities of practice.
• Highly analytical and organized, leveraging data-driven decision-making, sound judgment, and strong time-management skills to prioritize, negotiate conflicts, and deliver complex, multi-year initiatives.
• Qualified and experienced professional with a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) and 3+ years in business or project delivery, capable of working independently on complex, cross-team efforts.
• You promote a culture of diversity and inclusion, value different ideas and opinions, and listen courageously, remaining curious in all that you do.
• Able to work remotely with access to a high-speed internet connection and located in the United States.

We value diverse experience, skills, and passion for innovation. If your experience aligns with the listed requirements

If you have questions about your application or the hiring process, email our Talent Acquisition area at careers@mutualofomaha.com. Please allow at least one week from time of applying if you are checking on the status.

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