Inforce Product Owner | Hybrid

At Allianz Life, we are guided by our mission – we secure your future – and by our common goal of caring for tomorrow. We care for our employees by promoting an inclusive culture where everyone has the opportunity to grow and be rewarded for their success. We care for our customers by creating new products that help them protect their families and pursue their retirement goals. We care for our community by giving time, resources, and donations. And we care for the future by supporting sustainability, protecting the local environment, and promoting societal equity.

What you do:

Articulates and defines the vision, benefits, and roadmap for Inforce and Claims Handling for both Annuity and Life products. Oversee and approve of the work throughout the entire development lifecycle including design, development and the product lifecycle. Collaborate with prospective users, customers, and cross functional teams to understand and anticipate needs and translates those into product requirements, user stories, and sprint plans. Is the leader and liaison between the product team and end-users for continuous feedback and improvement. Accountable for overall project delivery for Inforce and Claims processing. You will report to the Operations Senior Director.

• Ensures that the Product Backlog is transparent, visible and understood. Create and maintain product roadmap, identifies epics & priorities, approve and collaborates with team on user stories, backlog refinement & plans accountable for SDLC product approvals, creates and delivers presentations on work product and plans.
• Engages daily with cross-functional delivery team(s) to promote communication between the customer/partner and the delivery team. Guide the team to maximize the value delivered through their work. Participate in Scrum ceremonies.
• Communicates with leadership and business at all levels on work progress, roadmap updates, and risks/issues.
• Research, analyze, and collaborate with end-users and customers to identify unmet needs and future product enhancements.

What you bring:

• 6+ years of experience required: Life Insurance and financial services
• 4year degree required or equivalent work experience

What we offer:

At Allianz Life, we're proud to provide a benefits package that supports the True Balance of our employees and their families. We offer: a choice of comprehensive medical, dental and vision plan options, health savings account, tuition reimbursement, student loan retirement plan, annual paid leave, an outstanding 401(k) company match, and life insurance. Plus, our employees enjoy an award-winning campus with an array of discounted amenities, including an onsite health center, child development center, fitness facility, convenience store and two cafeterias. Our employees and leaders take an active role in shaping our culture through our Employee Resource Groups, whose activities and advocacy contribute to an environment that welcomes, includes and celebrates diversity. Our great benefits, campus amenities and inclusive, engaged culture are among the many reasons we're recognized as a top workplace employer.

58216 | Project Management | Professional | Allianz US Life | Full-Time | Permanent

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Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.

Join us.  Let’s care for tomorrow.   #LI-TD1