Transamerica Corporation is hiring: Product Owner in Denver

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include 1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, 2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and 3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.* Research and evaluate market-based and customer-inspired insights that inform the product's vision and comprehensive strategy planning.* Provide vision and serve as a champion of customer perspectives to the Agile team in the form of clearly written epics, themes and user stories each with clear acceptance criteria in collaboration with the team. Help the team make business trade-offs between near term and longer term product goals. Provide leadership to make the hard calls on scope and competing priorities while realistically manage stakeholder demands* Establish and prioritize the product roadmap and its backlog in collaboration with the team.* Collaborate proactively in ceremonies with UI/UX team, product scrum team, and other product owners to maintain the product roadmap, business outcomes, and goals.* Lead regular backlog refinement workshops to help estimate relative feature value and update delivery forecasts to aid prioritization, minimize oversubscription of delivery teams and manage stakeholder expectations.* Ensure product aligns with company strategy and broader product strategies through regular communication with customers, stakeholders and product management. Coordinate with the Scrum Master to facilitate short feedback loops between delivery teams and stakeholders through frequent deliveries and sharing of lessons learned.* Engage in scaled agile practices and coordinate with other Product owners (as needed) to promote cross-team alignment around product roadmaps and dependencies.* Lead product release planning with technical and business stakeholders and set expectation for delivery of new functionalities.* Participate in system demos at the end of the iteration and provide story/feature acceptance per the pre-agreed “Definition of Done” criteria.* Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, or experience work in a related field.* Solid understanding of the product lifecycle.* In-depth experience with agile methodologies, technical understanding of products, and up-to-date on industry standards and best practices* Comfortable working with multiple teams, in-house and remote* Excellent verbal and written communication skills* Accurate and precise attention to detail.* Able to build strong interpersonal relationships with business analysts, UI/UX team, leadership, senior management, and internal and external stakeholders* Experience with JIRA, or a similar agile product management toolset.* Proficient computer skills, Microsoft Office Suite; working knowledge of software development.* Two years of related work experience.* Product Owner certification (e.g. CSPO, SAFe POPM)* Track record of continued and recent education in agile, including training, conferences, user groups and self-study* Knowledge of approaches discussed in the agile space: XP, Kanban, SAFe, LeSS, Crystal, FDD, etc.* Experience as a collaborative leader.The salary for this position generally ranges between $105,000 - $130,000 annually/per hour. ***Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including***qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in-office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law.**What We Offer** For eligible employees, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support both the personal and financial well-being of our employees. Compensation Benefits Benefits Package * Pension Plan* 401k Match* Employee Stock Purchase Plan* Tuition Reimbursement* Disability Insurance* Medical Insurance* Dental Insurance* Vision Insurance* Employee Discounts* Career Training & Development OpportunitiesHealth and Work/Life Balance Benefits We believe our responsibilities extend beyond our corporate walls. That's why we created the acquired the Transamerica business in 1999. Since its start in 1844, Aegon has grown into an international company serving more than 23.9 million people across the globe.\* It offers investment, protection, and retirement solutions, always with a clear purpose: #J-18808-Ljbffr