Securian Financial is looking for a Product Owner to join its UiPath/RPA Team. The Product Owner leads product vision and delivery for the UiPath/RPA capability, collaborating with internal stakeholders to enhance existing automation and implement new solutions to advance business goals.
Responsibilities
- Creates a compelling product vision
- In collaboration with Operations and market leadership, develops and executes a product roadmap with a focus on measurable outcomes
- Cultivates and maintains an effective relationship with all stakeholders while regularly sharing the vision, roadmaps and progress
- Actively engage with the stakeholders to elicit, consider and document the needs and constraints to align with organizational strategy and priorities
- Collaborates with stakeholders and the team to discover, analyze and document the business requirements into Process Definition Documents (PDD)
- Engages and collaborates with the team and stakeholders to create and manage Agile artifacts (e.g. Product Roadmap, Backlog, Release Plan) and information needed for prioritization decision-making and regularly assesses features and costs to determine whether and when to proceed
- Defines Product KPIs, monitors and reports on metrics/outcomes
- Drives day-to-day product management decisions by prioritizing and maintaining the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders
Skills
- Strategic thinker, resilient, analytical and results driven
- Leadership skills to gain credibility, garner respect, guide the creation of a self-organizing team and be assertive with business priorities and opposing viewpoints while adhering to Agile concepts and principles
- Working knowledge of Agile practices. Understands the fundamentals of iterative development, incremental delivery, backlog management, burndown metrics, velocity, and task definition
- Strong communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills to connect and engage team, facilitate discussion, advocate for team, and negotiate with business/corporate areas, mentor/coach team members, and resolve conflict
- Solid analytical skills, creative problem-solving skills, and high attention to detail
- Ability to work with minimal direction, flexibility to adapt to shifting priorities and schedules, handle multiple issues simultaneously, and to manage stressful situations
- Strong knowledge of technical concepts, architectural principles to drive scalable solutions
- Know how to influence teams to deliver great customer experience without authority
- 1-3 years' experience as a product owner with the ability to demonstrate realized business value and outcomes, or experience in helping product owners do the same
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Leave programs: Securian’s flexible leave programs allow time off from work for parental leave, caregiver leave for family members, bereavement and military leave.
- Holidays: Securian provides nine company paid holidays.
- Company-funded pension plan and a 401(k) retirement plan: Share in the success of our company. Securian’s 401(k) company contribution is tied to our performance up to 10 percent of eligible earnings, with a target of 5 percent.
- Health insurance: From the first day of employment, associates and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners and children – are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage.
- Volunteer time: We know the importance of community. Through company-sponsored events, volunteer paid time off, a dollar-for-dollar matching gift program and more, we encourage you to support organizations important to you.
- Associate Resource Groups: Build connections, be yourself and develop meaningful relationships at work through associate-led ARGs.
Company Overview
To be confident in your financial future, you need to trust the strength and commitment of your financial organization. It was founded in 1880, and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.securian.com/.