Product Owner - Agile

About this role

The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with The Standard.

A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

Job Summary

The IT Strategy and Portfolio (S&P) Product Owner is responsible for shaping and improving the tools, services, and processes that support IT portfolio planning and delivery. This role partners with IT, business, and finance teams to understand needs, prioritize work, and deliver technology solutions that drive business value. Using platforms such as Targetprocess, Jira, Confluence, and Microsoft Project, the Product Owner develops product roadmaps, manages backlogs, defines user stories, and helps teams deliver high-quality outcomes. This role also leads adoption of portfolio management tools, monitors performance through key metrics, and continuously improves processes and frameworks to support effective decision making and delivery across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and manage product strategy, roadmap, backlog, and delivery priorities.
• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to gather requirements and align solutions to business needs.
• Create and prioritize product requirements, user stories, and work items to enable effective planning and delivery
• Drive adoption of portfolio management tools through training, communication, and support.
• Measure product and service effectiveness using KPIs and continuous improvement practices.

\* Occasional travel, up to three times annually, is a requirement of the role. \*

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