Integrity Marketing Group

Product Owner

Integrity Marketing Group • $80K — $110K *
Urbandale, IA 50322In-Person
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience as a Product Owner or equivalent role specializing in enterprise platforms
  • Preferred experience with customer portals
  • Strong skills in backlog management including creation of epics and stories
  • Proven track record in stakeholder alignment and discovery processes
  • Familiarity with Kanban and Scrum methodologies; experience with Jira is a plus
  • Exceptional facilitation and communication skills for varied stakeholders
  • Knowledgeable in program, project, and change management practices

Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain product vision, goals, and roadmap for high-value outcomes
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to establish success metrics and sequencing
  • Own and refine product backlog, ensuring alignment with business direction and prioritization
  • Manage technical debt with IT teams, balancing maintenance and new feature work
  • Set and enforce clear standards for backlog hygiene and acceptance criteria
  • Drive discovery to identify problems and present high-value solutions
  • Facilitate tradeoff decisions with clear options and manage critical metrics

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Opportunities for career development and training
  • Collaborative work environment
  • Access to the latest industry tools and technologies
  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs
  • Support for professional certification pursuits
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Planning
  • Define and maintain the product vision, goals, and roadmap in alignment with high-value outcomes.
  • Partner with stakeholders to define outcomes, success metrics, and sequencing.


Backlog ownership
  • Own and refine the product backlog: initiatives/epics/features/stories, prioritization, and readiness, ensuring business direction leads to prioritized, well-shaped work.
  • Work with IT teams to manage and prioritize technical debt, ensuring proper allocation of time between maintenance and feature work.
  • Define and enforce standards (e.g., Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, clear acceptance criteria, intake process, backlog hygiene).


Discovery & Stakeholder Alignment
  • Drive discovery to surface and clarify problems while presenting high-value solutions.
  • Facilitate tradeoff decisions by presenting clear options (scope, sequencing, dependencies, risks).
  • Manage and report on critical metrics.


Delivery Partnership
  • Partner with IT partners and delivery/engineering teams to plan and manage flow.
  • Support a balance of Scrum practices (e.g., sprint goals/planning).


Position Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

  • Experience as a Product Owner (or equivalent) owning prioritization and backlog quality for enterprise platforms. Customer portal experience is preferred.
  • Strong skills in backlog creation (epics/stories), acceptance criteria, and prioritization methods.
  • Proven ability to run discovery and align stakeholders around outcomes and tradeoffs.
  • Experience working with Kanban teams, scrum teams, agile ceremonies, etc. Experience with Jira is preferred.
  • Strong facilitation and communication skills, including operating effectively with a variety of stakeholders and technical/data teams.
  • Experience coordinating efforts across business units and technical teams.
  • Knowledge of program, project and change management practices.


Education
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or a related field.


Licensing and/or Certification
  • N/A


About Integrity Marketing Group

Integrity Marketing Group is the nation?s leading independent distributor of life and health insurance products focused on serving the Senior Market. Founded in 2006, Integrity develops and distributes life and health insurance products with insurance carrier partners and markets these products through its distribution network, which includes other large insurance agencies located throughout the country that have a significant presence in the Senior Market. Integrity?s platform provides a highly scalable and efficient distribution model that enables its insurance carrier partners to reach the Senior Market through its distribution network. Integrity has over 5,000 employees located in offices across the country.
Learn more about Integrity Marketing Group
Size
5,000 employees
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$50 million
Founded
2006
5 Year Trend
+50%
Revenue
$1 billion
NASDAQ
IM
* Ladders Estimates

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