Digital Product Owner
- Country: United States
- Region: New York
Digital Product Owner
Hoboken, NJ
Will also consider Manhattan
This is a 12 Month Contract - NO C2C!
Must be a US citizen or Green Card holder
As a global leader in insurance broking ad risk management, Marsh helps clients succeed by defining, designing, and delivering innovative, industry-specific solutions to effectively manage risk.
What can you expect?
The Digital Product Owner will play a critical role in the implementation and execution of Marsh’s largest and most impactful transformation to date. Reporting to the United States & Canada Regional Product Manager within the Chief Transformation Office, you will successfully deliver Marsh’s most significant, large scale, complex programs against the global strategic transformation and change agenda. Serving within Operations & Technology, you will be part of the Operational Excellence (OpEx) transformation program and its related priorities.
What’s in it for you?
Manage moderate scale regional digital products and services end-to-end to achieve business outcomes in coordination with your delivery partners.
Optimize the value of the delivery team by prioritizing a backlog of work against end-user needs and business objectives.
Participate in product discovery exercises focused on crystallizing the end-user need and curating demand for your digital product domain
Contribute to a detailed and robust product roadmap
We will count on you to:
Manage the conversion of high-level business requirements and use-cases into detailed functional specifications and user-stories
Partner with colleagues in UX and Design to ensure delivered product experiences are easy to use, scalable, and enjoyable
Coordinate with colleagues focused on data standards and governance to ensure product alignment with key data efforts
Undertake regular work stream meetings, documenting and following-up on actions and risks identifies from the meetings and escalate where needed, while ensuring remediation action plans are implemented
Maintain ongoing appropriate communication to management and stakeholders both for status as well as to evangelize digital product benefits
Develop comprehensive change management and benefits realization plans to ensure successful delivery of key changes
Develop methods for the regional implementation of long-term product goals and objectives for highly complex and regional projects, evaluating regional needs within a global structure.
Serve as a recognized expert in the product functionality being provided, and the business domain being served.
Proactively communicate risks, dependencies, and changes to Product roadmap to stakeholders, sponsors, and users.
Coordinate large size regional projects, including the establishment of plans, milestones, and deliverables in consultation with business stakeholders and external partners.
What you need to have:
5+ years’ experience as a Product Owner within a Digital Products Organization or related competency
Experience directly contributing to a related project, product, or initiative within a digital business or technology setting
Experience delivering digital products in a multi-site environment
Experience within a change and transformation environment
Experience in a leadership role for a digital product or relevant software solution
Demonstrated competency in partnership skills on past projects and products
Demonstrated ability to communicate with managers, stakeholders, and delivery-partners
Mastery in the digital products development within an Agile organization/structure
Demonstrated ability managing multiple priorities, stakeholders, intiatives in a structured fashion
Strong written skills
Exceptional organizational skills
What makes you stand out
SAFe® or Comparable Certification a Plus (relevant course topics include but not limited to Agile Product Manager, Lean Portfolio Manager, Product Owner / Product Manager, Agilist)
Demonstrated competency in managing stakeholders in a dynamic and diverse environment
Strong organizational skills
Domain experience in at least one relevant area of financial services space that includes but not limited to Insurance, Markets, Risk, Management, Economics
Formal instruction (a degree, minor designation, certification, or other course-work) in a relevant aspect of digital technology including software development, computer or systems engineering, information systems, technology architecture, entrepreneurship, or related.
Experience with modern digital product management software such as Jira
Mastery in communication skill-set to partners, peers, managers, and stakeholders
Experience which demonstrates intellectual curiosity
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: (Submission Summary):
1. 5+ years’ experience as a Product Owner within a Digital Products Organization or related competency
2. Experience delivering digital products in a multi-site environment
3. Experience within a change and transformation environment
4. Experience in a leadership role for a digital product or relevant software solution
5. Mastery in the digital products development within an Agile organization/structure
6. SAFe® or Comparable Certification a Plus (relevant course topics include but not limited to Agile Product Manager, Lean Portfolio Manager, Product Owner / Product Manager, Agilist) – a plus.
7. Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder.
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