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Product Owner

Thunderhawk Technology PartnersBridgewater, NJ🇺🇸United StatesPosted 22 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This Product Owner role at Thunderhawk Technology Partners offers a fantastic opportunity to shape innovative products within the insurance domain, leveraging your expertise in Agile methodologies and emerging AI technologies. You'll thrive here if you're a proactive and skilled individual eager to drive product strategy and achieve impactful results within a dynamic environment. Apply now to explore this exciting contract opportunity!

Quick Overview

Work Type
On Site
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Position: Product Owner
Location: Bridgewater, NJ (onsite)
Duration: Contract

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
 
Functional Skills
  • Product Ownership, Insurance Domain Expertise, Business Analysis, Requirement Elicitation, Backlog Management, Stakeholder Management, User Story Mapping, Release Planning, Product Roadmap Development, UAT SupportUAT SupportUAT Support
 
Agile Skills
  • Agile Scrum Framework, Sprint Planning, Product Backlog Grooming, Story Point Estimation, T-Shirt Sizing Techniques, Incremental Product Delivery, Agile Metrics & Reporting, SAFe Agile (Preferred)
 
AI & Emerging Technology Skills
Basic understanding of:
  • Generative AI (GenAI)
  • Agentic AI
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Prompt Engineering
  • AI-powered Product Management
  • AI Governance and Responsible AI Principles
  • Ability to identify and document AI-driven business opportunities.
  • Management, User Story Mapping, Release Planning, Product Roadmap Development, UAT SupportUAT SupportUAT Support
 
Roles & Responsibilities
Product Ownership & Agile Delivery
  • Own and manage the Product Backlog, ensuring alignment with business goals and strategic priorities.
  • Define and maintain product roadmaps, release plans, and sprint objectives.
  • Lead backlog refinement, story grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and other Agile ceremonies.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to identify business needs and prioritize product enhancements.
  • Partner with Scrum Masters and development teams to ensure successful sprint execution.
 
Requirements Analysis & Solution Definition
  • Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements from stakeholders.
  • Translate business requirements into solution requirements and actionable development tasks.
  • Create and manage:
  • Epics
  • Features
  • User Stories
  • Acceptance Criteria
  • Business Process Flows
  • Functional Specifications
  • Clearly communicate business context and expected outcomes to development and QA teams.
  • Facilitate workshops, process discussions, and requirement review sessions.
 
Targetprocess & Agile Tools
  • Utilize Targetprocess extensively for:
  • Product backlog management
  • Epic and feature creation
  • User story definition
  • Release planning
  • Capacity planning
  • Agile reporting and tracking
  • Ensure traceability from business objectives through delivery and deployment.
 
Estimation & Planning
  • Lead story estimation exercises using:
  • T-Shirt Sizing
  • Story Points
  • Relative Estimation Techniques
  • Support sprint forecasting, dependency management, and release planning.
  • Identify product risks, impediments, and mitigation strategies.
 
Insurance Domain Responsibilities
  • Work closely with business and technology teams across:
  • Policy Administration
  • Claims Management
  • Underwriting
  • Billing & Payments
  • Customer Experience
  • Agency/Broker Operations
  • Drive modernization and digital transformation initiatives within insurance platforms.
  • Ensure regulatory, compliance, and operational requirements are appropriately addressed.
 
GenAI & Agentic AI Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with business and technology teams to identify opportunities for Generative AI solutions across insurance operations.
  • Understand foundational GenAI concepts including:
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Prompt Engineering
  • AI-assisted workflow automation
  • AI-driven customer service and claims support
  • Participate in defining business use cases leveraging AI technologies.
  • Work with solution architects and AI teams to translate AI opportunities into product features and backlog items.
  • Demonstrate understanding of Agentic AI concepts, including:
  • Autonomous AI agents
  • Multi-agent workflows
  • Goal-based task execution
  • Human-in-the-loop decision frameworks
  • AI orchestration and workflow automation
  • Evaluate business value, risks, governance, and compliance considerations associated with AI-enabled solutions.
 
Role Descriptions:
  • Own and manage the Product Backlog| ensuring alignment with business goals and strategic priorities.
  • Define and maintain product roadmaps| release plans| and sprint objectives.
  • Lead backlog refinement| story grooming| sprint planning| sprint reviews| and other Agile ceremonies.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to identify business needs and prioritize product enhancements.
  • Partner with Scrum Masters and development teams to ensure successful sprint execution.
  • Essential Skills: Work closely with business and technology teams across:
  • Policy Administration
  • Claims Management
  • Underwriting
  • Billing & Payments
  • Customer Experience
  • Agency/Broker Operations Drive modernization and digital transformation initiatives within insurance platforms.
  • Ensure regulatory| compliance| and operational requirements are appropriately addressed.

Skills

Scrum
Agile
Business Analysis
Capacity Planning
SAFe
Stakeholder Management

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