New

Product Owner

TEKsystems
$70.00 - $78.00 / hr
life insurance, sick time, 401(k), retirement plan
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Oct 15, 2025
Description Product Owner ***The ideal candidate will possess experience working within the commercial insurance industry with an emphasis owning policy administration projects from small to national accounts throughout all areas of the industry. An individual contributor that serves as the customer proxy to the Agile team within the agile process and is the final authority for decisions regarding priority, business value, and functionality for all the work done by the Agile development team. The Product Owner possesses an in-depth knowledge of goals and desired objectives of the work. They will own, define, and prioritize the team backlog, establish story acceptance criteria, drive content via prioritized user stories, obtain customer validation and accept stories, ensuring that the solution effectively addresses overall program priorities. The Product Owner may be working on a Scaled Agile Release Train as part of the Product Management team, or they may work on an independent Agile team and have Feature as well as story ownership. The Product owner will be a part of multiple Product Owners working with Product Managers on a Large Policy Administration Project. Essential Duties & Responsibilities Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines: -Supports 1-2 Agile Scrum teams on initiatives of medium to large complexity. -Owns, defines, and prioritizes the team backlog, establishes story acceptance criteria, drives content via prioritized user stories, obtains customer validation and accept stories, ensuring that the solution effectively addresses overall program priorities. -A thought leader in Scrum ceremonies (such as daily standups, sprint review meetings, retrospective meetings, cross-team coordination, and etc.), alongside the Scrum Master, ensuring that Scrum Teams adhere to the Scrum values of courage, focus, commitment, respect and openness in delivering high quality solutions. Fosters an environment of continuous improvement / learning. -Leading by example, facilitates Product Backlog Refinement including reviewing and updating backlog item definition and developing acceptance criteria and value statements, providing information to the team so they can establish technical feasibility and scope estimates, analyzing ways to split backlog items into smaller chunks of incremental value, helping to inform the enablers required to support new features and capabilities, and establishing their capacity allocation. -Builds customer and user insights into all stages of the Scrum planning and execution process, ensuring the continuous validation of stories with Customers and business users. -Proactively analyzes metrics, and recommends changes to the product based on data from feedback loops -Inspire and motivate a team where the members constructively challenge each other, have a sense of ownership, and advocate for the right long-term decision making. Builds a trusting and safe environment within the team, customers, and other stakeholders. -May collaborate with Product Managers and other Senior Product Owners and other Product Owners, to ensure Stories align to value, goals and objectives of overall program priorities. -May perform additional duties as assigned. Skills, Knowledge & Abilities Strong executor, proven across complex initiatives Champion for the adoption of new Agile technologies and methodologies Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders Highly collaborative with good conflict resolutions skills Proven ability to enact change quickly Willingness to develop Agile team members by inspiring, encouraging and providing constructive feedback Solid leadership skill Proven ability to work directly with Product Management, business stakeholders and technical/product teams Domain knowledge of solutions being developed Education & Experience Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience Typically a minimum of five years as a Product Owner or equivalent role Experience with insurance or finance based products Successful track record with Agile methodologies Applicable certifications preferred (e.g. SAFe PO/PM, CSPO or PSPO) Skills* Agile, Jira, business requirements, business analysis, policy admin systems exposure, guidewire Top Skills Details Agile,Jira,business requirements,business analysis,policy admin systems exposure,guidewire Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $70.00 - $78.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: * Medical, dental & vision * Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital * 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available * Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) * Short and long-term disability * Health Spending Account (HSA) * Transportation benefits * Employee Assistance Program * Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a fully remote position. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Oct 17, 2025. h4>About TEKsystems: We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.