Consultant, Digital Product Owner - NF Life and Annuities

If you're passionate about helping a Fortune 100 company drive their strategy forward through innovative product development and advancing strategic partnerships to protect customers (and their pets), then Nationwide's Strategy and Corporate Development Office might be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

Compensation Grade: G5

This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization.  Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program.

Job Description Summary

Do you want to be a member of a team that aspires to lead digital innovation in the insurance and financial services industry? Are you an entrepreneur at heart, able to pivot quickly and be agile in your approach? If you’re passionate about fueling growth, driving brand choice and solving needs in ways that haven't yet been imagined, then Nationwide’s Digital Product Management Group may be the place for you!

As a Consultant, you'll be the liaison among the Digital Product Manager, other products owners and key team members to develop the product vision and strategy. You'll work to discover, refine and deliver a product that addresses user needs while creating the right user experience. We'll count on you to collaborate across teams to engage, empower and ensure priorities and project goals are achieved.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities: 

• Partners with Digital Product Manager and other Digital Product Owners to execute on the solution vision/roadmap. Serves as the customer and business proxy to developers and agile delivery teams for a digital product and/or experience impacting a line of business.
• Defines, prioritizes and grooms the agile delivery team's product backlog to ensure continuous delivery, as well as, develops, prioritizes and manages epics and user stories for the delivery team.
• Participates in daily scrum meetings, grooming meetings, project status meetings, sprint planning and review meetings. Drives near-term objectives planning by overlaying the prioritize backlog against fixed time blocks (monthly/quarterly) to help manage interdependencies and coordination across development teams.
• Participates in planning and execution of user acceptance testing, triage issues and works with development team to resolve any challenges/issues.
• Defines, monitors and analyzes metrics that inform the success of the digital solution(s).

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Director, Digital Product Management. This is an individual contributor role.

Typical Skills and Experiences: 

Education: Undergraduate studies in business administration, digital marketing, human-computer interaction, user experience, computer science or related subject area.

License/Certification/Designation: Property/casualty insurance and/or life/health/accident/variable annuity licensing and/or FINRA 6 and 26 securities registration, CLU, CPCU, CPU, FLMI certifications are a plus.

Experience: Typically, eight or more years of demonstrated experience delivering customer-facing digital solutions, internet sales, website or web application development and/or research. Experience with agile delivery methodologies and product management/owner principles. Project management in an internet sales environment required.
 

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Understanding of key digital technologies in the focus area assigned required. Insurance and financial services industry knowledge a plus. Understanding of agile delivery methodologies and product owner/manager practices required. Knowledge of user experience principles and practices a plus. Proven ability to manage digital efforts with moderate technical complexity for a line of business and/or experience. Strong ability to communicate with cross-functional agile teams including technology developers, user experience, business, marketing and other product owners and managers. Ability to analysis data, results and metrics to set backlog priorities. Strong project and process management skills. Strong problem-