Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. is hiring a Consultant to serve as the Business Capability Team Owner for Auto Pricing Sophistication. In this role, you will act as the business proxy on an agile technology team, representing customer needs to define the product vision, prioritize the backlog, and ensure the delivery of valuable business solutions.
What You'll Do
- Prioritize and maintain a holistic product backlog including new build, enhancement work, defects, PILs, and technology driven work.
- Provide critical input as the liaison to ensure the business and customer point of view is captured by developers and agile teams.
- Partner with Technology Analysts, Developers, and Testers to define and deliver scope through story card development and execution.
- Triage issues and defects, working with the development team to resolve technically complex issues requiring alignment across multiple business partners.
- Participate in planning and execution of testing in the software development cycle to ensure a quality product.
- Manage a continuous feedback loop to refine team and product owner processes.
- Partner with key stakeholders to execute on strategic vision and roadmap.
- Manage product backlog across all work to meet expected delivery outcomes.
- Navigate outside partners to understand their expectations and ideal interactions within Nationwide.
- Understand and connect the impact across Nationwide to ensure solutions meet needs and expectations across the organization.
- Participate in planning and execution of user acceptance testing.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in business, IT or a related field.
- Typically, 7 or more years of demonstrated experience in product management, business consulting & analysis, business process analysis and design.
- Proven understanding of a broad set of technologies and interactions impacting the end-to-end product.
- Expert knowledge of insurance practices.
- Advanced level understanding of agile planning and delivery methodologies in a product-centric operating model.
- Solid understanding of customer business and product environment.
- An entrepreneurial mindset focused on leading with customer centricity.
- Strong command of both verbal and written communication and presentation abilities.
- Demonstrated ability to manage through group-level change such as change in business model, restructuring operations, new technologies, mergers, or major collaborations.
- Strong project and process management skills.
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Capability to negotiate and interact with senior leadership, internal and external partners.
- Ability to solve problems and identify innovative and creative ways to bring customer experiences to life.
- Strong knowledge of the Insurance industry, customer-centric design principles, data, and analytics.
- Ability to manage a budget and effectively prioritize.
Nice to Have
- Advanced degree preferred.
- Product, business, or engineering background is preferred.
- Some level of experience with auto product and/or the Guidewire PolicyCenter platform.
- Experience with Agile Delivery methodologies.
Technical Stack
- Guidewire PolicyCenter platform
Team & Environment
You will be a member of both the Business Delivery team and an agile technology team, reporting to an AVP.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $106,000.00 - $158,000.00 (expected starting range); $95,000.00-$197,000.00 (national range)
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short and long term disability coverage
- Paid time off (minimum of 18 days each full calendar year)
- Nine paid holidays
- 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
- 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
- 401(k) with company match
- Company-paid pension plan
- Business casual attire
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates in any of the lower 48 U.S. states.
Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.
