Product Owner
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Agency Product Owner translating title-insurance business needs into technology features, backlogs, and Agile delivery. Supporting user acceptance, stakeholder alignment, adoption, and product improvement remotely in Texas.
Responsibilities:
- Execute the technology product strategy in alignment with the approved product vision and roadmap
- Communicate product vision, roadmap progress, sprint status, standards, decisions, risks, dependencies, and outcomes to stakeholders and leaders
- Own prioritization, business value, and intended functionality for work assigned to the Agile team
- Develop, refine, prioritize, and maintain a visible product backlog
- Translate roadmap features and business needs into epics, features, and user stories with requirements, acceptance criteria, business rules, and expected outcomes
- Prioritize user stories and remain engaged throughout delivery to answer questions, clarify intent, remove business roadblocks, and protect product-vision alignment
- Lead or participate in Agile ceremonies, including stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, release planning, reviews, retrospectives, demonstrations, and project planning
- Monitor sprint progress and product risks; make scope and priority decisions and recommend changes when needed
- Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing, including readiness, tester participation, issue clarification, acceptance decisions, and solution validation
- Participate in end-user demonstrations, gather feedback, evaluate enhancements, and incorporate insights into backlog and roadmap decisions
- Collaborate with development, design, operations, sales, marketing, compliance, and other business functions
- Develop or support change management, communication, training, and business-readiness activities
- Maximize product-team value while encouraging collaboration, accountability, recognition, and continuous improvement
Requirements:
- Title Insurance industry experience is strongly preferred
- Minimum three years of experience in title, settlement, Agency operations, a related field, or the settlement software industry is desired
- Minimum two years of prior Product Owner or comparable product-delivery experience with demonstrated success is preferred
- Working knowledge of Agile product development across discovery, planning, refinement, delivery, testing, release, and continuous-improvement activities
- Experience preparing and managing product backlogs, epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, business requirements, and User Acceptance Testing
- Ability to understand complex business processes and translate them into clear, actionable requirements for technical and nontechnical audiences
- SAFe, Scrum Alliance Product Owner, or comparable Agile certification is preferred
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and Outlook
- Experience with product, backlog, collaboration, or documentation tools is beneficial
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities, competing needs, dependencies, and deadlines
- Excellent professional written, verbal, listening, presentation, and documentation skills
- Ability to explain technical concepts in business-friendly language and communicate business needs precisely for technical teams
- Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive decisions without formal authority
- Strong relationship-management, teamwork, interpersonal, and customer-service skills
- Ability to facilitate discussions, resolve ambiguity, and guide groups toward decisions and next steps
- Ability to work scheduled or core business hours, Monday through Friday, with dependable attendance
- Valid driver’s license and auto insurance may be required when automobile travel is part of the role
Benefits:
- Comprehensive medical, prescriptions, dental and vision plans
- 401(k) plan with a discretionary company match
- Shareholder Purchase and Reinvestment Plan
- Basic life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance premium paid by the company
- Voluntary supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses and dependent children
- Fertility and Family Building Benefits
- Paid Disability benefits
- Paid time off programs
- 11 Company paid holidays per year
- Flexible spending account
- Health savings account (available to High Deductible Health Plan participants only)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Educational Assistance Program
- Voluntary benefits, such as Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and Accident Insurance
- Title insurance policies and certain escrow services for the employee’s primary personal residence at no charge
- Transportation benefit plan for mass transit, parking and vanpool, in several markets




















