Senior Product Owner (Life Insurance)

Senior Product Owner (Life Insurance)

What is Equisoft?  Equisoft is a global provider of digital solutions for insurance and investment, recognized by over 250 of the world's leading financial institutions. We offer a comprehensive ecosystem of scalable solutions that help our customers meet all the challenges brought about by this era of digital transformation, thanks to our business needs-driven approach, industry knowledge, cutting-edge technologies and experts. With its business-driven approach, in-depth industry knowledge, cutting-edge technologies and multicultural team of experts based in North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, Equisoft helps its customers meet the challenges of this era of digital transformation. 

Why Choose Equisoft? With 950+ employees, we are a stable organization that offers career advancement opportunities and fosters a stimulant environment. If that’s not enough, then check out these other perks below:   

• Hiring Location: Canada, Montréal 
• You are welcome to work in our office, hybrid or remote 
• Internal job title: Senior Product Owner 
• Full-time Permanent Role 
• Benefits available day 1: Medical, Dental, Retirement Plan, Telemedicine Program, Employee Assistance Program, etc.  (Canada) 
• Flexible hours    
• Number of hours per week: 40
• Educational Support (Udemy, LOMA Courses and Equisoft University) 
  
  

Role: The Product Owner has to demonstrate a balanced blend of business and industry knowledge, technical knowledge, UX/UI understanding, acute prioritization skill and natural leadership. He/she will be required to gather formal business requirements, write up user stories, and contribute to design.  This position is for you if you are not afraid to speak API and Insurance in the same conversation; if you have an opinion on iOS vs. Android; and, if you understand and can explain the parametrization possibilities of your Facebook account.

Below, is a brief description of the expected products regarding the Digital Insurance Platform :

Equisoft/Apply is a product that replaces paper insurance policy application forms. The product enables Equisoft customers to make instant decisions and issue policies in real time, and with its inherent flexibility and seamless integration with existing systems, it creates a common experience for purchasing, replacing, upselling and modifying policies.

Equisoft/Illustrate is a powerful life insurance illustration software. Highly flexible, it lets you weigh up options for one or more policy types, generate various scenarios and compare entire products or certain features. An insurer can thus provide its agents with a sales tool customized to its business and deploy sales strategies in line with product development.

Equisoft/Sync provides self-service access to information contained in insurance policy administration systems (such as OIPA) for advisors, agents, plan administrators, policyholders and individual customers. It enables agents to track their sales progress, and policyholders to consult their policies. This is the site that unleashes the full potential of data access.

Your Day with Equisoft:   

• Work closely with Product Management, Technical Architects and UX expert to align business strategies with technology solutions 
• Prioritize features to align with product strategy and various customer demands
• Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI
• Reconcile various customer demands to make one single product
• Research and analyze market, the users, and the roadmap for the product
• Lead the functional design process of key product features, including configuration capabilities
• Assimilate and correlate disconnected documentation and drawings, and articulate them into a viable design
• Gather input from various stakeholders and translate them into business requirements and/or user stories
• Act as owner of the development of detailed business, functional and non-functional requirements documentation
• Act like the Product champion from a functional perspective by mastering the product capabilities
• Lead sprint pre-planning sessions with the Development Technical Lead and Product Manager to define next sprint priorities and scope
• Lead the planning sessions and POC initiatives
• Create the needed Jira tasks for the sprint and partner with the Technical Architect and Technical Lead to confirm logical task breakdown and other details
• Participate in and support pre-sales and sales teams as needed
• Demonstrate products both internally and externally
  
  

Requirements

Technical skills

• Bachelor's Degree in computer engineering or information Technology or College Diploma combined to 3 years of relevant experience
• 5+ years working for a life insurance company or in a similar role
• Solid Knowledge of the Life and Health insurance products and processes is an asset
• 8+ years acting in a Product owner or analyst capacity role
• Experience working with a B2B and/or configurable software product
• Excellent leadership skills, 
• Excellent proficiency in both English and French (presentation, oral and written)
  
  

Soft Skills

• Strong organizational skills with a proven ability to prioritize activities effectively
• Critical and innovative thinker: we need someone who can recommend improvements and challenge himself and his team members in a constructive manner
• Ability to communicate, write and synthesize information 
• Ability to multi-task in a rapid-paced environment 
• Team spirit, tact, diplomacy, autonomy, rigor, and discipline  
  
  

Equisoft is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. 

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