Digital Product Owner - Agency Solutions at Quility Insurance

, , United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

21 May, 26

Salary

175000.0

Posted On

20 Feb, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Product Backlog Ownership, User Story Refinement, Solution Design Guidance, Agile Methodologies, Life Insurance Distribution, Annuity Distribution, Stakeholder Management, Regulatory Compliance, Workflow Design, User Acceptance Testing, Product Performance Monitoring, Voice of the Customer Initiatives, Jira, Confluence, Azure Devops

Industry

Insurance

Description

Job Summary As the Digital Product Owner - Agency Solutions, you will own the definition, prioritization, and delivery of digital solutions supporting life insurance and annuity distribution. You will serve as the primary bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams, ensuring that complex life and annuity workflows, regulatory requirements, and carrier rules are translated into scalable, high-quality product capabilities. You will play a critical role within Agile teams, owning the product backlog, refining user stories, guiding solution design, and ensuring successful delivery across the full policy lifecycle—from illustration and application through underwriting, issuance, post-issue servicing, and commissions. This role requires deep domain expertise in life and annuity distribution, strong execution discipline, and close collaboration with engineering, operations, compliance, and sales teams. Responsibilities Own and prioritize the product backlog for life insurance and annuity agency management solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements. Collaborate with Sales/Distribution, Operations, Compliance, Finance, BI, UX and IT teams to define and refine product requirements supporting life and annuity sales, servicing and agency management workflows. Facilitate backlog grooming, user story development, and acceptance criteria definition in an Agile environment. Translate complex life and annuity business needs into well-defined user journeys, functional requirements, user stories, and workflow designs. Drive product capabilities across key areas including: Agent recruiting, onboarding, contracting, and licensing Illustrations and product comparison Application intake (eApp and hybrid) Underwriting and requirements management Suitability and best interest workflows Policy issuance, delivery, and funding Post-issue servicing and in-force management Agency practice and performance management Commissions, advances, chargebacks, and reporting Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and demos. Partner closely with engineering and UX teams to ensure solutions are intuitive, scalable, and aligned with real-world agent and operations workflows. Work with QA teams to ensure testing strategies adequately cover critical life and annuity business scenarios, compliance rules, and edge cases. Support user acceptance testing (UAT), partnering with sales, underwriting, and operations teams to validate new capabilities prior to release. Monitor product performance, adoption, and operational metrics to identify opportunities for continuous improvement. Stay current on life insurance and annuity industry trends, carrier practices, and regulatory changes impacting product design and distribution. Lead Voice of the Customer initiatives with our sales/distribution partners to ensure we continually received feedback and insights from our core cohorts. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field. 5-7 years of experience in Product Management or Product Ownership, with significant experience in life insurance and/or annuity distribution. Strong understanding of life and annuity products, including term, permanent, and universal life, annuities, and related sales and servicing workflows. Demonstrated experience owning backlogs and delivering workflow-heavy, compliance-driven platforms in an Agile environment (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.). Proficiency in writing clear user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and managing complex product backlogs. Experience working with Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to balance business needs, regulatory requirements, and technical constraints. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams. Experience with life insurance CRM, illustration systems, policy administration platforms, underwriting systems, or commission engines is a plus. Experience with such digital insurance solution providers as Ethos, iPipeline, Zinnia, hexure/firelight, covr, SelectQuote, Policygenius, etc. Knowledge of life insurance and annuity regulatory requirements (including suitability and best interest standards) is a plus. Supervisory Responsibility This position has no supervisory responsibilities. Work Environment This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This is largely a sedentary role; however, building access is limited to two sets of stairs and may require lifting or moving objects up to 30 lbs. The employee is frequently required to sit for long periods of time. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Position Type and Expected Hours of Work This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand. Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Responsibilities

The Digital Product Owner will define, prioritize, and deliver digital solutions for life insurance and annuity distribution, acting as the main liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams. This role involves owning the product backlog, refining user stories, and guiding solution design across the entire policy lifecycle, from illustration to servicing and commissions.