Agile Product Manager

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Who Are We? Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That's the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it. Job Category Technology Compensation Overview The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards. Salary Range $99,100.00 - $163,400.00 Target Openings 1 What Is the Opportunity? Travelers is seeking a strong Product Manager who will support our Human Resources function who will own specific products within the HR digital portfolio. This is a role with dual accountability: this role will manage the product strategy and vision aligned directly to business outcomes while remaining close enough to delivery to make smart, technically-informed prioritization and trade-off decisions. This role will act as the primary bridge between engineering, business analysts, and HR business stakeholders - navigating ambiguity and influencing in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have product lifecycle experience, strong stakeholder management skills, and a growth mindset; preferred experience in AI/ML literacy, or HR technology domain knowledge. What Will You Do? Define, prioritize and ensure a ready backlog of work for a smaller scale product team, accept final product output, focusing on achievement of defined outcomes versus defining how the work is completed. Effectively manage a backlog of deliverables and capabilities as well as 'test and learn'/experimentation targeted at defining/refining future deliverables, measuring performance and adjusting the overall roadmap of deliverables as needed. Understand and implement team goals and strategy, ensuring alignment with circle and value stream vision; Articulate team goals and strategy effectively to key stakeholders, Circle Leads and team members. Act as voice of the end-user; have a deep understanding of and respond to customer feedback ensuring needs and requirements are clearly defined; ensure team work product meets defined acceptance criteria. Own team backlog, including prioritization and refinement; Make trade-off decisions to maximize value. Optimize the flow of value by setting objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs) for solutions. Inform and participate in business readiness; understand the impact of change, implement the approach to manage adoption and mitigate resistance. Provide feedback on work-in-progress, clarify requirements and contribute to removing roadblocks or impediments; Look for opportunities for continuous team and process improvement. Partner with Circle Leads and peers to effectively communicate resources required to achieve defined business outcomes. Share best practices across teams to ensure alignment and consistency in ways of working within a value stream. Foster an innovative, inclusive and diverse team environment, promoting positive team culture, encouraging collaboration and self-organization. Explicit focus on AI, automation, and omnichannel value in work you have delivered or are delivering Strong stakeholder management across ambiguous, fast-moving environments Preferred: AI/ML literacy, HR tech domain expertise or proven Product Ownership background Experience working within or alongside a Technology team, with an understanding of the distinction between Product Owner, Business Analyst, and Engineering responsibilities in an agile delivery model. Demonstrated ability to manage structured intake processes - including writing and refining epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria - for a Technology backlog using tools such as Jira and Smartsheet. Strong stakeholder management skills with experience establishing and maintaining regular operational cadences (e.g., 'PO Sync' meetings) with functional business leaders, COE partners, and engineering teams. Experience supporting HR Technology, specifically Workday or another large SaaS Vendor in a configuration, BA, or product role. Demonstrated understanding or experience within the HR Domain, supporting HR Functions or delivering HR Products Perform other duties as assigned. What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have? Bachelor's degree. Two years of experience in Agile product management. Agile Mindset: Embody Agile core values of openness, courage, respect, focus, and commitment. Infuse Agile pr

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