| Location | New Hampshire, NH |
Role: Surety Product Owner
Location: Portsmouth NH
Key Responsibilities
1 Surety Business Domain Support
Work with Underwriting Operations Billing and Product stakeholders to understand business requirements and priorities
Apply working knowledge of the Surety bond lifecycle including new business changesriders renewals cancellations reinstatements and related transactions
Support requirements across Contract and Commercial Surety products
Collaborate with business SMEs on more complex Surety scenarios such as cosurety international guarantees and regional variations
Document business rules process flows data requirements and acceptance criteria
2 Product Backlog Agile Delivery
Support backlog refinement and help translate business requirements into Features and User Stories
Write clear user stories with appropriate acceptance criteria
Participate in PI Planning sprint planning sprint reviews demos and backlog refinement
Work closely with Product Leadership to prioritize backlog items based on business value dependencies and delivery needs
Provide daytoday functional clarification to developers and QA engineers
Track dependencies and coordinate with other Product Owners and delivery teams when required
3 Systems Integration
Develop an understanding of the application ecosystem and how information flows between user interfaces APIs core Surety platforms billing and downstream systems
Work with architects and engineers to clarify functional requirements for APIs and system integrations
Support validation of rating premium calculations billing currency and other financial business rules
Partner with QA and business users during integration testing bug resolution and UAT
Required Qualifications Experience
Surety Insurance Domain
2 years of experience in Surety Commercial Insurance Specialty Insurance or a related business domain
Working knowledge of the Surety bond lifecycle and common bond types is preferred
Exposure to areas such as rating billing cosurety guarantees or financial transactions is advantageous but not required to be expertlevel
Product Ownership Business Analysis
2 years of experience as a Product Owner Business Analyst Product Analyst or similar role in an Agile environment
Experience translating business requirements into Features User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
Familiarity with AgileScrum exposure to SAFe or PI Planning is beneficial
Experience with Jira and Confluence or similar Agile delivery tools
Technical Aptitude
General understanding of APIs data flows JSON and system integrations
Ability to work effectively with developers QA engineers architects and business stakeholders
Ability to learn business and technical concepts without being expected to act as the technical architect
Stakeholder Communication Skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to collaborate across Business Product Engineering and QA teams
Comfortable asking questions clarifying requirements and facilitating discussions
Ability to organize competing priorities and work effectively in a multiteam environment