Product Owner (Insurtech)

Location: Urbandale, Iowa, United States

Company

hirify.global is an independent distributor of life, health, and wealth insurance products with a strong insurtech focus.

What you will do

• Define and maintain product vision, goals, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with business priorities.
• Own and refine the product backlog, including initiatives, epics, features, and user stories.
• Define acceptance criteria, Definition of Ready and Definition of Done standards, intake processes, and backlog hygiene practices.
• Lead discovery, clarify problems, present solution options, and facilitate decisions around scope, sequencing, dependencies, and risks.
• Partner with business, IT, delivery, engineering, data, and technical teams to coordinate execution and support Scrum and Kanban practices.
• Track critical metrics, manage technical debt prioritization, run team ceremonies, and accept or reject completed work.

Requirements

• Experience as a Product Owner or equivalent role owning prioritization and backlog quality for enterprise platforms.
• Strong experience creating epics and user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and applying prioritization methods.
• Proven ability to lead discovery and align stakeholders around outcomes, tradeoffs, and success metrics.
• Experience with Kanban teams, Scrum teams, and agile ceremonies.
• Strong facilitation, communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills across business and technical teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or a related field; knowledge of program, project, and change management practices.

Nice to have

• Customer portal experience.
• Experience with Jira.
• Relevant licensing or certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Family-like work environment focused on employee support and professional growth.
• Opportunities to develop a career within a hyper-growth company.
• Competitive compensation package with benefits supporting employees and their families.