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Travelers · 18 hours ago

Agile Product Owner

Travelers is a leading property casualty insurer with a culture rooted in innovation and collaboration. As an Agile Product Owner, you will partner with Circle leadership to transform legacy billing platforms and create a contemporary billing experience for customers, ensuring alignment with business strategy and delivering measurable outcomes.

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Responsibilities

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 for continuous team and process improvement
Partner with Circle Leads and peers to effectively communicate resources required to achieve defined business outcomes
Share best practices across teams to ensure alignment and consistency in ways of working within a value stream
Foster an innovative, inclusive and diverse team environment, promoting positive team culture, encouraging collaboration and self-organization
Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

Agile product managementAgile mindsetProduct mindsetServant leadershipCommunicationCollaborationContinuous improvementInfluence

Required

Two years of work experience in related field required

Preferred

Bachelor's degree preferred
Two years of experience in Agile product management preferred
Agile Mindset: Embody Agile core values of openness, courage, respect, focus, and commitment. Infuse Agile principles, practices and methodologies to achieve team success
Product Mindset: Focus on defining a product value proposition that aligns with and supports the circle/value stream objectives and which is the north star for the team
Influence: Ability to influence behaviors of leaders and without traditional hierarchy
Servant Leadership: Foster an environment where individuals thrive as empowered and equal members of a team
Communication: Ability to communicate thoughts, concepts, practices effectively at all levels, adjusting as needed to a target audience
Collaboration: Expertise working with others in a cross-functional multi-team environment
Continuous Improvement: Demonstrate a commitment to continually improve, share learning with others and encourage team development

Benefits

Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.

Company

Travelers

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Travelers provides insurance coverage to protect the things that are important to you – your home, your car, your valuables and your business.

H1B Sponsorship

Travelers has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (58)
2024 (47)
2023 (60)
2022 (42)
2021 (27)
2020 (20)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2002-03-22IPO

Leadership Team

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Dan Frey
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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Beth Maerz
SVP, Customer, Strategy and Innovation
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