Product Owner - RPA (Hybrid)

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.

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