Product Owner-Platform (On-site)

Who is Cover Whale?

Cover Whale is an InsurTech company that provides commercial insurance to America's independent truck drivers and small trucking fleets. We employ data to make our roads safer and look for exceptional humans to help us make our vision a reality. Our ambition is to combine our passion for improving safety with leading expertise in data science and industry-leading AI/ML/FL practices to not only identify good drivers but also make our drivers and the roads they travel safer. We realize that the commercial trucking industry is the backbone of the American supply chain; here at Cover Whale, our goal is to drive progress in the trucking industry by providing innovative, dynamic insurance solutions that open new horizons of possibilities to drivers, fleet owners, and everyone in between.

Founded in 2019, Cover Whale recently closed a $15.5M seed funding round (the largest InsurTech seed round raised in North America) and is scaling rapidly. For more information, please visit our website at www.coverwhale.com

The Role

In this role, you will drive the development and evolution of Cover Whale's platform. This includes working closely with the engineering team to prioritize and plan platform development and defining and communicating platform enhancements to the broader organization. The ideal candidate for this role should come from a SaaS platform background, have excellent communication skills, and be able to collaborate effectively in a fast-paced startup environment.

The Product Owner is a domain expert of the platform responsible for owning the product iterations through its lifecycle. You will work closely with the business and development teams to own and drive product backlog items and influence the product roadmap.

The Expected base pay for the role will be between $120,000-$170,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include discretionary bonus and other Cover Whale-sponsored total rewards/benefits.

Please note: This is an on-site role with the requirement to be in the office at least 4 times per week.

Responsibilities:

• Identity, communicate and decompose business requirements into small, estimated, functional, vertical user stories that fit within a single iteration
• Translate feature requests into capabilities and well-defined requirements, helping various personality types understand the requirements.
• Define functional and non-functional requirements in the form of acceptance criteria
• Prioritize and sequence stories to maximize the business value delivered while maintaining a sustainable pace for the team
• Work with the Product Managers to ensure vision, goals, and objectives are established and achieved while making critical decisions regarding priority for the technical team with a focus on delivering value
• Apply an Agile mindset and behavior to effectively collaborate with the engineering team and stakeholders
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to identify strategic and operational risks to timelines and deliverables to create appropriate mitigation and contingency plans
• Facilitates and participates in collaboration activities with both business and technical stakeholders to engineer requirements

Requirements

Education and Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in product management or related role
• Demonstrated ability to drive product development with high velocity and quality
• Financial services or Insurance is a plus

Must-Have Skills/Abilities:

• Experience in digital product ownership, digital product creation, consulting for digital products, or similar roles
• Extensive knowledge of Agile Values, Principles, and mindset
• Certified in Scaled Agile - SAFe® Product Owner (PO/PM) - Preferred NOT REQUIRED
• Demonstrated track record in effective requirement elicitation and analysis
• Strong experience in a dynamic product management role
• Highly effective cross-functional team management
• Exceptional organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
• Proficiency using Confluence, JIRA, Clarity, and Jira Align
• Honesty/Integrity
• Openness to criticism and feedback
• Possesses a strong ability to drive projects to completion and ensure that tasks are efficiently and effectively executed

Benefits• Health/Dental/Vision• Life/Disability• Employee Assistance Program• Flexible Vacation Policy• 401k - Employer Match• Generous Parental Leave• Voluntary Critical Illness and Accident Insurance

Cover Whale works to maintain the best possible environment for our employees, where individuals can learn and grow with the company. We strive to provide a collaborative environment where each person feels encouraged to contribute to their processes, decisions, planning, and culture.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.