Product Owner - Application Server Platforms

Company: FM Global
Location: Franklin
Posted on: November 17, 2021

Job Description:

More information about this job:Overview:FM Global is a leading property insurer of the world's largest businesses, providing more than one-third of FORTUNE 1000-size companies with engineering-based risk management and property insurance solutions. FM Global helps clients maintain continuity in their business operations by drawing upon state-of-the-art loss-prevention engineering and research; risk management skills and support services; tailored risk transfer capabilities; and superior financial strength. To do so, we rely on a dynamic, culturally diverse group of employees, working in more than 100 countries, in a variety of challenging roles.-
Responsibilities:Overview--The Product Owner plays a key role in delivering solutions for Application Server Platforms that add value to products/applications developed by product development teams. This individual is responsible for conducting research on user and business needs for a variety of application server platforms. Will be actively supporting the -voice of the customer-, defining the product vision-& roadmaps, and prioritizing the product backlog, while maintaining conceptual and technical integrity of the features or components that the team is responsible for. For the features in the backlog, the Product Owner defines measurable user focused objectives and keep the team focused on the objectives throughout the delivery cycle.---Responsibilities-Sets clear product vision, roadmaps and communicates the story effectively to key stakeholders and to the work team.---Owns the end-to-end strategy of the solution from inception through implementation. Builds a backlog of product features (i.e., writes user stories and acceptance criteria) with the work team ensuring all items are clearly described, estimated, and prioritized by applying systems thinking.---Ensures customer-focused design thinking considering user difficulties and customer experience, while using market and industry knowledge to deliver solutions that add value, positively impact time-to-market, velocity, security, and stability to products/applications developed by development teams.---Defines customer success, ensures ease of adoption, and monitors ongoing success using tools to understand the delivered value utilizing usage statistics, surveys and feedback sessions and iterating with user and market needs as they change.---Leads design/product meetings, approves each feature. Drives sprint and release plans together with Scrum Master. Take advantage of product KPIs and overall product performance (and other business metrics) to optimize the solution.--Cultivates a culture of automation, efficiencies in delivery, communication/collaboration and use of metrics to drive decision making and accountability-- Qualifications:Qualifications--5 to 10 years related work experience in roles of increasing responsibility/influence in managing and improving enterprise application server platforms.--Skills--Product Owner (or similar) experience a plus!-Proven ability to make hard decisions in a fast-paced environment and accountable for supporting enterprise priorities.--Strong problem-solving skills. Able to operate at both strategic vision and tactical execution level.--Strong technical experience and understating of one or more application server platforms (e.g., Windows Application Servers (Web & Client), Linux, CRM, PeopleSoft etc.), and knowledge of user demands and pain points.-Experience in Agile methodologies and managing a backlog.--Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate complex messages in a compelling manner.-A servant-leader with exceptional planning, analytical, decision-making, organization, communication, and teamwork skills,-as well as-strong enterprise infrastructure knowledge with a proven ability to influence others and build consensus.--An inclusive, empowering, and creative leader with-an experimental-approach. Demonstrated willingness to learn and develop others.--Education-4 Year College Degree/Bachelors--We offer our employees a wide range of benefits including career long learning opportunities, tuition reimbursement, 401 (k), pension, flexible schedules, rich health and well-being programs, generous time off allowances, volunteer days and so much more!---FM Global is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce.--Please note that all FM Global visitors, including external candidates interviewing for open positions will be required to be vaccinated and should be prepared to provide proof of vaccination.

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