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About Kuvare Kuvare is on a mission to serve hardworking consumers overwhelmed by the complexities of retirement and is built from the ground up to do so. Our unified financial hub protects the retirement of everyday Americans and the distributors, carriers and investors that serve them. We create life insurance and annuity products that protect consumers’ retirements, and are simplified for distributor partners and financial professionals to sell and service. Kuvare family of companies: Retail Annuity and Life Insurance Solutions: • United Life Insurance Company • Guaranty Income Life Insurance Company • Lincoln Benefit Life Institutional Insurance: • Kuvare Life Re Bespoke Insurance Solutions: • Ignite Partners About the role The Finance/Actuarial Technical Product Owner (TPO) is responsible for defining priorities and driving the delivery of technology solutions that support the Finance and Actuarial business units. As the Technical Product Owner for the FA1 Team, the TPO serves as the primary liaison between business and technology stakeholders, translating strategic objectives into a prioritized roadmap and actionable backlog. This role combines product ownership, business systems analysis, and stakeholder management to deliver scalable solutions that create business value. Success requires strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills, as well as a deep understanding of finance and actuarial processes, data, and systems. What you'll do Non-Technical 1. Excellent Written and Oral Communication Skills Ability to communicate complex business and technical concepts clearly and effectively to stakeholders at all levels, including business users, technology teams, and executive leadership. 2. Excellent Listening and Interpersonal Skills Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships, foster collaboration, and understand stakeholder needs through active listening, empathy, and effective engagement. 3. Ability to Effectively Prioritize and Guide Execution in a High-Pressure Environment Proven capability to assess competing priorities, make informed decisions, and drive teams toward successful outcomes while managing multiple initiatives and deadlines. 4. Strong Customer Service and Stakeholder Focus Commitment to understanding customer needs, delivering value-driven solutions, and providing responsive, professional support that builds trust and long-term business partnerships. 5. Leadership and Influence Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, drive alignment among diverse stakeholders, facilitate decision-making, and inspire teams to achieve strategic objectives without direct authority. Technical Financial and Actuarial Systems Knowledge Familiarity with finance and actuarial processes, data flows, reporting requirements, and supporting technology platforms to effectively align technology solutions with business needs. Agile Product Ownership Strong understanding of the Agile Product Owner role, including backlog ownership, requirements definition, story writing, prioritization, sprint planning, acceptance criteria development, and stakeholder engagement to maximize business value. Business and Technical Solution Analysis Ability to translate complex business requirements into actionable technical solutions while balancing business priorities, technical constraints, risk, and delivery timelines. Technical Acumen Experience working in technical environments with a solid understanding of modern application architectures, databases, data integration, APIs, cloud platforms, and enterprise technology solutions. Ability to effectively collaborate with architects, developers, data engineers, and quality assurance teams. Microsoft Azure Knowledge Working knowledge of Azure services and cloud-based solution architectures, including data platforms, storage, integration services, security concepts, and application hosting components. Azure DevOps Proficiency Experience using Microsoft Azure DevOps for backlog management, work item tracking, sprint planning, release coordination, reporting, and Agile team execution. Data and Analytics Knowledge Understanding of data management principles, data modeling concepts, data quality controls, reporting solutions, and analytics platforms to support business decision-making and regulatory requirements. Roadmap and Delivery Management Ability to develop and maintain product roadmaps, prioritize competing demands, and guide delivery teams toward achieving business and strategic objectives. Financial and Actuarial Systems Knowledge Familiarity with finance and actuarial processes, data flows, reporting requirements, and supporting technology platforms to effectively align technology solutions with business needs. Qualifications • Preferred bachelor's degree in data science, computer science, information systems, computer engineering or an equivalent combination of education and experience. • Five or more (preferred 5+ years) of Product Management experience • Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. • Experience with Waterfall and Agile development methodology and concepts. • Experience in overseeing the design, development, and / or implementation of software and hardware solutions, systems, or products. • Industry experience in Financial Services and / or Insurance Services. • Preferred experience using Azure DevOps for work item tracking. Die Gehaltsspanne für diese Rolle ist: 120,000 - 135,000 USD pro year (Cedar Rapids) Jetzt bewerben Information Technology Baton Rouge, LA Cedar Rapids, IA Des Moines, IA Lincoln, NE Rosemont, IL Teilen auf: