Liberty Mutual

Product Owner III

Liberty Mutual$100K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
  • 7 years in business, technology, or consulting with direct Agile experience
  • Master's degree preferred
  • Proven ability to influence stakeholders across organizational boundaries
  • Strong communication skills for conveying complex concepts
  • Proven experience with Agile practices and decision-making under uncertainty
  • Knowledge of Personal Lines insurance products is an advantage

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creation of product vision and align it with strategic priorities.
  • Develop and achieve product-level KPIs while managing product strategy and complexity.
  • Own and prioritize the product backlog with actionable user stories.
  • Participate in squad/team planning and set expectations for feature delivery.
  • Engage in Agile ceremonies including demos and retrospectives.
  • Clarify requirements, remove roadblocks, and ensure alignment on product strategy.
  • Monitor product health and analyze impacts of regulatory or compliance constraints.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Flexible workplace culture
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Inclusive environment with Employee Resource Groups
  • Support for personal well-being and work-life balance
Full Job Description
Description

Are you passionate about transforming how customers shop for insurance online? Join our I Buy I Sell Consumers Portfolio as a Product Owner III and help shape the future of the digital insurance buying experience.

 

In this role, you'll lead a cross-functional Agile product teams focused on creating intuitive, seamless, and engaging experiences that make purchasing insurance easier than ever. You'll leverage customer insights, behavioral data, and experimentation to identify opportunities, reduce friction throughout the buying journey, and deliver measurable business value.

 

As a Product Owner, you'll empower your teams to innovate, embrace thoughtful risk-taking, and solve meaningful customer problems using modern technology. If you're energized by turning customer insights into impactful digital experiences, we'd love to hear from you.

 

Responsibilities

  • Accountable for collaboratively creating product vision and alignment with strategic priorities with stakeholders. Contributes to the development of the portfolio vision. Communicates the vision as a product strategy to their squad/team and other squads/teams outside their portfolio & functional area as well as executive leadership.
  • With the squad, accountable for developing and achieving product level KPIs. Manages product(s) with high degree of strategy, scope, and complexity.
  • Owns and maintains the product backlog and is accountable for its contents and prioritization. Accountable for clear, actionable user stories.
  • Sets priorities and actively participates in squad/team quarterly planning. Contributes to priorities for and actively participates in portfolio quarterly planning. Sets expectations with stakeholders for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalities.
  • Participates in squad/team demos, retrospectives, and all other ceremonies.
  • Works daily with the agile working group clarifying business requirements, removing roadblocks, constantly communicating, and supporting alignment around product strategy.
  • Leads IT and business leadership to align development and business goals and priorities while working with stakeholders and squad/team to remove roadblocks to execution.
  • Monitors and maintains the product health. Designs additional monitoring to support enhanced understanding of product health. Proactively monitors impact of their product on others in the ecosystem.
  • Analyzes and reports on feasibility, cost of delay ramifications, economies, or other aspects of planned or potential changes to the product. 
  • Drives alignment with stakeholders to understand the impact that their products' regulatory, compliance, and other industry constraints will have on other products in the portfolio. Negotiates with internal and external squads/teams to set aligned priorities among squads/teams both within and outside the portfolio. 

Ideal candidate will have: 

  • Product Mindset Experience: A strong focus on delivering outcomes by deeply understanding the customer needs and developing effective solutions.  
  • Strong Communication Skills: Ability to depict complex ideas, issues and designs to varied audiences on the business vision and plan, and the impact of change. Ability to influence a diverse group of stakeholders through strong leadership skills.
  • Analytic Mindset: Responsible for analyzing data to identify opportunities, prioritize work, test hypotheses and drive business results. 
  • Problem Solver:  Ability to make quick and challenging decisions on a daily basis.
  • Personal Lines Product Knowledge: Strong understanding of Personal Lines insurance products to help increase consumer confidence that they have the right product and coverage when shopping online 

This position requires two in-office days per week for candidates who reside within 50 miles of Columbus, OH; Seattle, WA; Boston, MA; Portsmouth, NH; Indianapolis, IN; or Plano, TX.

Qualifications
  • Advanced knowledge of Agile development methodologies as typically acquired through a Bachelors’ degree in relevant field (business, computer science, humanities etc.), 7 years in business, technology, or consulting with 5 to 7 years direct experience with agile teams
  • Master's degree preferred
  • High level of proven business expertise needed to set clear priorities for product and understand business value impacts
  • Develops strong stakeholder relationships and influencing across multiple organizational boundaries
  • Demonstrated experience leading varied audiences through the development of complex ideas, issues and designs
  • Ability to lead varied audiences through census building
  • Proven experience with Agile practices and expectations
  • Comfortable with making decisions with some level of uncertainty
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Knowledge of insurance industry preferred
  • Knowledge of relevant products and portfolio strongly preferred
  • Strong experimental mindset to drive innovation amongst uncertainty and exploit market opportunities

Pay Philosophy: The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role.At Liberty Mutual, our goal is to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and can thrive. We build an environment that welcomes a wide range of perspectives and experiences, with inclusion embedded in every aspect of our culture and reflected in everyday interactions. This comes to life through comprehensive benefits, workplace flexibility, professional development opportunities, and a host of opportunities provided through our Employee Resource Groups. Each employee plays a role in creating our inclusive culture, which supports every individual to do their best work. Together, we cultivate a community where everyone can make a meaningful impact for our business, our customers, and the communities we serve. We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to make things better, and we put people first by offering you benefits that support your life and well-being. To learn more about our benefit offerings please visit: https://www.libertymutualgroup.com/about-lm/careers/benefits

About Liberty Mutual

Since 1912, Liberty Mutual Insurance have committed theirselves to providing broad, useful and competitively-priced insurance products and services to meet their customers' ever-changing needs. Their delivery on this commitment is the reason they're now the third largest property and casualty insurer in the U.S. based on 2012 direct premium written according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Liberty Mutual Careers

Join the vibrant team at Liberty Mutual, a leading global insurance company, where your career is in your hands. At Liberty Mutual, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that values diversity and innovation. With a variety of job opportunities across multiple fields, this is where your professional journey can truly flourish.

Work You’ll Do

At Liberty Mutual, you’ll be part of a team that’s dedicated to empowering people to live safer, more secure lives. Whether you’re interested in a position in claims handling, underwriting, or customer service, you’ll find a platform here to enhance your skills and push the boundaries of what you can achieve.

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Liberty Mutual offers a range of career paths for both seasoned professionals and those just starting out. Our internship programs provide invaluable hands-on experience, helping to bridge the gap between education and full-time employment. For those seeking to grow their career, we offer positions that challenge and inspire, backed by benefits that support both professional and personal growth.

Innovate with Us

Innovation is at the heart of Liberty Mutual. We encourage our team to bring fresh ideas that drive industry leadership and improve customer experiences. By joining our team, you’ll collaborate with talented professionals who are keen on developing solutions that lead the market.

Develop Your Career

Liberty Mutual is deeply invested in the professional development of its employees. With comprehensive diversity training and leadership programs, we prepare you to take on leadership roles within the company. Networking opportunities within the company can lead to mentorship and further career advancement.

Benefits of Joining Liberty Mutual

Working at Liberty Mutual comes with numerous benefits. From competitive salaries to health and wellness programs, we ensure our team members are well taken care of. More than just a job, a position at Liberty Mutual is a stepping stone to a fulfilling career.

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