Product Owner (Hybrid)

*Securian Financial Group’s internal position title is Product Owner Consultant.  Position Summary:   As Product Owner for Partner Data Exchange (PDX), you will shape and execute the vision for secure, scalable data integration between Securian, EBS clients, and partners. You will be empowered and accountable to drive outcomes through execution by collaborating with business, technology, and external stakeholders to modernize data exchange, streamline data flows, improve operational efficiency, and deliver outcomes aligned to strategic priorities. This position requires someone who is passionate about understanding our customers, who can bring creative and bold new ideas to life, and who will deliver superior results consistently.  Responsibilities include but not limited to:   In partnership with business and technology owners, create a compelling product vision for Partner Data Exchange and develop and execute a product roadmap focused on measurable outcomes, regularly sharing progress with stakeholders and the team.  Define product OKRs, monitor and report on business and technology metrics/outcomes.  Collaborate across Employee Benefits Solutions, Enterprise Technology, Operations, and external partners to elicit, analyze, and understand needs, constraints, and risks, aligning with organizational strategy and priorities.  Collaborates with cross-functional teams, technical partners and product owners within your functional area.  Engage and collaborate with teams and stakeholders to create and manage Agile artifacts (e.g., Product Roadmap, Backlog) and information needed for prioritization decision-making; regularly assess features, costs, and impact to determine whether and when to proceed.  Transform business objectives and product strategies, together with the needs of partners, into specific actionable requirements for product agile teams.  Drive day-to-day product management decisions by prioritizing and maintaining the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders and partners.  Cultivate and maintain effective relationships with all stakeholders and partners, helping the business create requirements for changes and improvements.  Qualifications:    3+ years as a product owner with the ability to demonstrate realized business value and outcomes. Strategic thinker, analytical and results driven. Leadership skills to gain credibility, garner respect, guide the creation of a self-organizing team and be assertive with business priorities and opposing viewpoints while adhering to Agile concepts and principles. Working knowledge of Agile practices. Understands the fundamentals of iterative development, incremental delivery, backlog management, burn down metrics, velocity and task definition. Strong communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills to connect and engage team, facilitate discussion, advocate for team and negotiate with business/corporate areas, mentor/coach team…