Looking to start your career in Technology? We have opportunities right here in mid-Michigan! Vertafore is looking for talented people to join our team in Michigan. Our dynamic environment provides professional development, fast upward mobility, and exposure to the latest and greatest in technology.
Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solution are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships. Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success. Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better.
We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., including East Lansing, Michigan – we are minutes from Michigan State University, Lansing Community College, and Cooley Law School!
JOB DESCRIPTION
A product owner’s main objective is to translate business problems and requirements into user stories that enable a development team to create the best solution to solve customer problems. A product owner at Vertafore is a member of an energetic agile team of Software and QA engineers and is responsible for defining, prioritizing, and ensuring that developed solutions achieve business requirements.
You will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to understand business processes/goals and identify business problems that may be effectively resolved with technology solutions. You’ll work closely with Sr. Product Owners and / or Product Managers to understand roadmap goals/strategy and distill high-level requirements into a backlog of user stories that enable development teams to understand what problems need to be solved in order to build the best solution. As a Product Owner you will also prioritize the development backlog and work with Sr. Product Owners and / or Product Managers to plan and sequence the work appropriately. As features or user stories are delivered, you’ll work closely with QA to ensure the problems are solved and requirements are met.
Our culture fosters collaboration, innovation, integrity, mentorship, commitment to success and FUN. Our managers are dedicated to growing their people and offering an opportunity that allows you to make an impact in your career.
Core Requirements and Responsibilities:
Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:
Translate business problems and requirements into user stories for the development teams to implement
Develop and maintain a prioritized backlog of user stories for implementation
Partner with QA to define acceptance criteria and verify acceptance criteria are met
Research and respond to questions from designers, developers, and QA
Clarify user stories to the appropriate level of detail where needed
Collaborate with product management, development, and user experience design staff to lead on time, successful scope definition and feature deployment
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
1-3 years of professional experience, preferably working with B2B SaaS software
Experience working within a cross functional organization
Experience supporting customer needs and communicating
Experience communicating effectively with multiple parties, including customers
Demonstrated ability to exercise judgment within generally defined practices and select methods to obtain solutions
Additional Requirements and Details:
Travel required up to 10% of the time.
Located and working from an office location.
Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds.
Frequent repetitive hand and arm movements required to operate a computer.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (working on a computer, etc.).
Frequent sitting and/or standing.