Job#: 3037841

Job Description:

Location: Pleasanton, California (Remote)

Role Overview

Our organization is seeking a Product Owner to support the maintenance and enhancement of stabilized legacy systems within a large-scale modernization program. This role will focus on ensuring the stability of 1-2 legacy products until their planned retirement. The position involves close collaboration with data analysts, developers, and scrum team members to deliver on product requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Write detailed requirements in the form of user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Participate in daily standups and facilitate backlog grooming ceremonies.
• Collaborate with developers to flush out technical details and ensure a shared understanding of requirements.
• Define test conditions and serve as the first line of approval for new functionality before it moves to QA.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with the user community, including underwriters.
• Support the maintenance and small enhancements of legacy applications to ensure stability.

Required Qualifications

Experience: Approximately 5 years of experience in a Product Owner or Business Analyst role. A formal Product Owner title is not required, and equivalent Business Analyst experience is acceptable.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency with Jira and Confluence for user story management and documentation.
• Demonstrated experience in writing user stories, grooming backlogs, and defining acceptance criteria.
• Ability to navigate Excel-based tools and understand workbook-driven logic to create requirements for developers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a SAFe Agile environment.
• Familiarity with supporting underwriting or actuarial teams.
• General insurance industry experience (e.g., auto, life, property) is beneficial.
• Knowledge of Databricks and Power BI.
• Experience with vendor tools such as Optum StepWise or Simplify Health.

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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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