Agile Product Owner - Park Avenue Securities

Our Product Owner is responsible for establishing vision for an Agile (Scrum/Kanban) team. The Product Owner prioritizes and manages the health of the team backlog and contributes significantly to team quality. Guardian is seeking a multidimensional Agile leader experienced with the following: Requirement elicitation and analysis, Agile story writing, team level backlog management, decomposition, Journey & Story Mapping.

You will

• Identify, communicate, and decompose business requirements into small, estimated, functional, vertical user stories that fit within a single iteration.

• Define functional and non-functional requirements in the form of acceptance criteria.

• Prioritize and sequence stories to enhance business value delivered while maintaining a sustainable pace for the team.

• Accept user stories as done throughout the iteration with multiple define-build-test cycles.

• Works with Product Management Team to ensure vision, goals, and objectives are established and achieved.

• Participate in team Agile Ceremonies

• Apply an Agile attitude and behavior to effectively collaborate with the team and stakeholder(s).

• Leverage Agile estimation, forecasting and economic prioritization (WSJF) tools.

• Make critical decisions regarding functionality and priority for the team with a focus on delivering value.

• Use various tools including personas to guide design choices, empathy maps to help teams understand user needs, journey maps to describe customer experiences across the operational value stream & story maps to design workflows.

You have

• Broker/Dealer experience

• Extensive knowledge of Agile Values, Principles, and attitude with at least 5 years’ experience acting in a Product Owner or Product Manager role.

• Certified in Scaled Agile - SAFe® Product Owner (PO/PM)

• Strong technical competence and system thinking

• Proficiency using Confluence, JIRA, Clarity, and Jira Align.

• Consumer centric focus with experience managing user experience components.

• An ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and solutions in a simple and logical manner.

• Proven track record in effective requirement elicitation and analysis.

• Excellent critical thinking and communication skills.

• Experience serving in an analytical role such as business or system analysis.

• Hard-working with strong project management and organizational skills

Salary Range

$79,350.00 - $130,365.00

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

Our Promise

At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals.  Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

Inspire Well-Being

As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues.

Health Care

• Choice of [high deductible/copay] medical plans* with prescription drugs, including coverage for fertility and transgender inclusive benefits

• Dental plan

• Vision plan

• Health care accounts – flexible spending, health reimbursement, and health savings accounts

• Critical illness insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

• Company-paid Life and Disability insurance plus voluntary supplemental coverage

• Accident insurance

Retirement and Financial

• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match, plus an annual age/service-based Company contribution and an annual profit-sharing contribution, if applicable

• Complimentary 1:1 financial guidance with a licensed Fidelity representative

Time Off and Remote Work

• Flexible work arrangements (part in-person/part remote)

• Unlimited paid time off for most roles plus time off for volunteering, jury duty, voting, and bereavement

• Personal holidays for colleagues to use in recognition of religious, cultural, or civic days

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