Product Owner (Insurance Software)

Quick Facts

• Role: Product Owner (Insurance Software)

• Squad focus: Vertragsdienst SHT and related applications in the SHT solutions context

Description

You will take over the Product Owner role for the squad “Vertragsdienst SHT”, responsible for developing the product and application portfolio. The work focuses on enhancing core systems, delivering new initiatives, and expanding Dunkelverarbeitung processing, including interfaces between decentralized Java applications and the HOST architecture. You will manage the product and sprint backlogs and coordinate requirements with business, IT architecture, stream owners, and internal/external partners.

Responsibilities

• Own product and application development for Vertragsdienst SHT and related components, including decentralized Java applications and their interfaces to HOST

• Structure, maintain, and prioritize the product and sprint backlogs based on functional requirements, regulatory requirements, business aspects, and legal deadlines

• Plan squad capacity and resources and perform regular planned-vs-actual checks

• Enable open, reliable, solution-focused collaboration with the Agile Master

• Coordinate centrally with business areas, IT architecture, stream owners, and internal/external interface partners to align requirements and develop joint solutions

Requirements

• Completed degree in (Business) Informatics or Business Administration or comparable education with relevant work experience as Product Owner or in a comparable agile steering role

• Proven experience steering complex software products, ideally existing core systems (Mainframe/HOST)

• Demonstrated experience in agile product development, methodical requirement prioritization, and team resource planning

• Structured, solution-oriented, pragmatic working style and balanced decision-making under tight schedules or regulatory constraints

• Strong communication skills and enjoyment of close cross-location collaboration in an interdisciplinary team

• Strong belief in agile values, mutual respect, and psychological safety

• Ideally: knowledge in composite insurance and experience with agile tools such as Jira and Confluence

Benefits

• Flexible working hours and mobile work

• Systematic skills development

• Discounts on insurance contracts; subsidized company restaurant

• €40 per month in employer-funded savings benefits (vermögenswirksame Leistungen)

• Corporate Benefits with discounts at 100+ companies

• Company health management