Development Product Owner I – Life Company (Actuary DPO)

Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

We are proud to support active-duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs.

The Opportunity

Help shape the future of life insurance products at the intersection of business, data, and technology—while being part of a collaborative and supportive culture.

We’re looking for a motivated and forward‑thinking Development Product Owner I (Mid-Level) to join our Life Actuarial and Reinsurance agile team. You’ll work within a team environment that values collaboration, respect, continuous learning, and shared success—where ideas are welcomed and contributions truly matter. In this role, you’ll be the voice of the business, translating vision into action and partnering with talented developers and actuaries to deliver solutions that directly power our life and annuity products.

Life Actuarial and Reinsurance teams play a mission‑critical role in company‑wide initiatives, supporting everything from product pricing and development to financial reporting and long‑term risk management. If you enjoy solving complex problems, growing alongside supportive teammates, and seeing your work make a measurable impact, this role is for you.

This role attains, understands, and communicates business vision and needs in order to write and refine user stories, prioritize work, and provide guidance to technical teams. Uses critical thinking, problem solving, and Agile principles to partner with business owners, subject matter experts, and the development team to build effective solutions. Possesses a proficient knowledge and understanding of and ability to work within multiple delivery methodologies, including Agile and other approaches, to deliver business value

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position will be based on the San Antonio, TX; Phoenix, AZ; Plano, TX; Charlotte, NC. or Tampa Campus. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

What you'll do:

• Works with business and Subject Matter Experts to understand business strategy and vision and then writes, refines, accepts and prioritizes stories and/or features to support effective and compliant solutions while balancing investment and business value.

• Owns and maintains a prioritized work backlog for one or more Agile teams.  Product backlog includes complete user stories with acceptance criteria so that they are consumable and testable by the Agile team or program.  Reviews and accepts output of I/T and/or business development to ensure specified acceptance criteria have been completed.

• Serves as direct representative of the business with one or more delivery teams, representing the customers' perspective throughout the product delivery cycle.

• Participates in a cross-functional team of user experience partners, designers, business analysts, developers, testers and others to develop, execute and release in alignment with program and/or product road maps. 

• Partners with sponsors, stakeholders, and IT to facilitate, the translation of business requirements from relevant business processes, gaining a developing understanding of the needs, measures, and risks & controls for the improvement area. 

• Partners with change partners and key stakeholders to assist with preparing the business for the change and provides tactics and metrics for benefits, adoption, and risk. Leverages existing change management routines, as needed.

• Executes robust test plan (user acceptance testing, production validation).

• Demonstrates proficient knowledge in multiple business or system domains and capable of contributing to agile team at the project level.

• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• Bachelor’s degree OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience