Development Product Owner Senior

Why USAA?Let’s do something that really matters.
At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all our employees served in our nation’s military, but we all share in the mission to give back to those who did. We’re working as one to build a great experience and make a real impact for our members.
We believe in our core values of honesty, integrity, loyalty, and service. They’re what guides everything we do – from how we treat our members to how we treat each other. Come be a part of what makes us so special!

The Opportunity

As a dedicated Development Product Owner Senior, you will serve as a direct representative of the business on an agile team. Attains, understands, and communicates business vision and needs to write and refine user stories, prioritize work, and provide mentorship to technical teams. Uses critical thinking, problem solving, and Agile principles to partner with business owners, subject matter experts, and the development team to build effective solutions. Possesses a sophisticated knowledge and understanding of and ability to work within multiple delivery methodologies, including Agile and other approaches, to deliver business value.

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Charlotte, NC, Tampa, FL. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

What you'll do:

• Works with business and Subject Matter Experts to understand business strategy and vision and then writes, refines, accepts, and prioritizes stories and/or features to support effective and compliant solutions while balancing investment and business value.
• Owns and maintains a prioritized work backlog for one or more Agile teams. Product backlog includes complete user stories with acceptance criteria so that they are consumable and testable by the Agile team or program. Reviews and accepts output of I/T and/or business development to ensure specified acceptance criteria have been completed.
• Serves as direct representative of the business with one or more delivery teams, representing the customers' perspective throughout the product delivery cycle.
• Participates in a cross-functional team of user experience partners, designers, business analysts, developers, testers, and others to develop, implement and release in alignment with program and/or product road maps.
• Partners with sponsors, team members, and IT to facilitate, define and detail relevant business processes, gaining a sophisticated understanding of the needs, measures, and risks & controls for the improvement area.
• Prepares the business for the change and provides tactics and metrics for benefits, adoption, and risk. Leverages existing organizational change routines, as needed.
• Works with different technologies, internal and external to have oversight of development, testing and controls.
• Applies sophisticated knowledge in the business development/execution subject area, regularly seeking out opportunities to enhance, improve and advance the function.
• Coaches and mentors other Product Owners.
• Demonstrates sophisticated knowledge in multiple business or system domains and capable of leading development across multiple teams at the project or program level.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are optimally identified, measured, supervised, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• Bachelor’s degree: OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• 6 years of experience in process improvement, project delivery, business/requirements analysis or directly related to supported business operations/product line.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products, applicable databases, and product management tools.
• Advanced knowledge of multiple technical software delivery methodologies (i.e., Agile, Waterfall, SAFe).
• Advanced experience analyzing business requirements, process flows and use cases to find opportunities to streamline business processes in accordance with risk management framework and regulatory requirements.
• Advanced knowledge and demonstrated use of Process Engineering methodologies.
• Advanced ability to independently work to gather business requirements, process flows and use cases to develop and deliver on business capabilities within the approved methodology, writing user stories, and following the development process through user story acceptance.
• Experience in analyzing business requirements and ability to find opportunities to drive decisions and streamline business processes in accordance with risk management framework and regulatory requirements.

What sets you apart:

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in working with Agile within SAFe.
• Knowledge or experience leading data development teams within Actuary and Analytics.
• Experience working with AI/ML technologies and teams.
• Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework, Scrum and Kanban, and understanding of key performance indicators of a Scrum team.
• Thought leadership-understanding strategy/vision to execution and delivering business value.
• Knowledge or experience with P&C operational and/or analytical environments, applications accessed by the P&C community and how the data is used (Pricing, Underwriting, Product Management).
• Knowledge or experience leading data development teams within Actuary and Analytics.
• Advanced problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and planning skills.
• US military experience through military service or a military spouse/domestic partner

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

What we offer:

Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location. The salary range for this position is: $103,450 - $197,730.

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

For more details on our outstanding benefits, please visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

USAA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.