Hiring: Product Owner (Hybrid) Company: Securian Financial Location: St Paul, MN Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 01:51:48 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Agile, Product Management, Scrum About the job Experience: •3+ years as a product owner with the ability to demonstrate realized business value and outcomes. Required Skills: •Define product OKRs, monitor and report on business and technology metrics/outcomes. •Collaborate across Employee Benefits Solutions, Enterprise Technology, Operations, and external partners to elicit, analyze, and understand needs, constraints, and risks, aligning with organizational strategy and priorities. •Collaborates with cross-functional teams, technical partners and product owners within your functional area. •Engage and collaborate with teams and stakeholders to create and manage Agile artifacts (e.g., Product Roadmap, Backlog) and information needed for prioritization decision-making; regularly assess features, costs, and impact to determine whether and when to proceed. •Transform business objectives and product strategies, together with the needs of partners, into specific actionable requirements for product agile teams. •Drive day-to-day product management decisions by prioritizing and maintaining the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders and partners. •Cultivate and maintain effective relationships with all stakeholders and partners, helping the business create requirements for changes and improvements. •Business Acumen, End User Support, Internal Communications, Problem Solving, Quality Analysis, Requirements Gathering, Scrum, User Story Qualifications: •Strategic thinker, 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. •Solid functional working knowledge of Agile practices. Understands the fundamentals of iterative development, incremental delivery, backlog management, burn down 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. •Demonstrated capacity to work with minimal direction, flexibility to adapt to shifting priorities and schedules, handle multiple issues simultaneously, and manage stressful situations. •Strong knowledge of technical concepts and architectural principles to drive scalable solutions. •This position will have a hybrid working arrangement, working in-office for a minimum of 3 days a week.** Compensation: •$89,000 - $164,300 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!