Markel Corporation
* Partner with stakeholders, including upstream and downstream systems/functional areas, to understand business priorities and how they rely on legacy applications and workflows.* Own strategic stakeholder engagement for assigned areas, demonstrating deep knowledge of both business processes and system constraints.* Adopt and implement agile best practices across the team for maintaining and enhancing legacy systems, balancing stability with incremental improvements.* Owns prioritization decisions for assigned product backlog and release planning* Ensure proper documentation of stories and epics that capture business needs.* Refine and maintain product backlogs, prioritize user stories, and define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and product requirements.* Work with architects to translate business strategies into practical solutions within the limitations of existing systems while identifying opportunities for modernization.* Drive delivery of scalable solutions aligned with strategic IT roadmaps strategic IT roadmaps and portfolio budgets* Collaborate across Operations to ensure legacy systems continue to support these functions without disruption.* Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, and training initiatives for updates or transitions involving legacy systems.* Help drive technology and process transformation for US & Bermuda* Measure product performance and value delivery through KPIs and metrics tied to business outcomes.* Ensure prioritization aligns with IT investment roadmap and budgetary goals.* Partner with Product Managers, Architects, and Enterprise teams to maintain conceptual and technical integrity across the portfolio.* Champion customer-centric outcomes by prioritizing features that enhance customer experience and operational efficiency* Ensure product changes adhere to regulatory and compliance standards.* 5+ years of insurance experience is a plus* Bachelor's degree is required* Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in technology or operations* Ability to manage multiple and multi-faceted stakeholders* Solution-oriented, creative thinker* Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and product management practices* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills* Proficiency in Jira and Confluence for backlog management and documentation.* Ability to translate strategic goals into actionable business requirements* Highly ethical, professional, and trustworthy, with a commitment to compliance and integrity* Flexible, adaptable, and resilient, with the ability to work effectively in a dynamic and changing environment* Financial and business acumen to align product decisions with organizational goals.* Ability to track and report on continuous improvement metrics and modernization impact**Who we are:**Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.**We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better****We enjoy the everyday | We think further****What’s in it for you:**In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work.* We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees’ needs at all stages of life.* All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance.* We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.Choose **‘Apply Now’** to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.Markel is aware of employment-related scams where scammers will impersonate recruiters by sending fake job offers to those actively seeking employment in order to steal personal information. 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