$70000 - $90000 / year Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solutions are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships. Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success. Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better. We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India. JOB DESCRIPTION  A senior product owner’s main objective is to translate business problems and requirements into user stories that enable a development team to create the best solution to solve customer problems.  A senior product owner at Vertafore owns their backlog and prioritizes it to align with product strategy, business goals, and achieve project goals and objectives.  The senior product owner will provide clarity in complex projects, collaborating with internal, and, at-times, external stakeholders.  You’ll work closely with Product Managers to understand roadmap goals or/strategy and distill high-level requirements user stories that enable development teams to understand what problems need to be solved to create the best solution.  As a Senior Product Owner, you will also prioritize the development backlog and work with Product Managers to plan and sequence the work appropriately.  As features or user stories are delivered, you’ll work closely with QA to ensure the problems are solved and requirements are met.  Our culture fosters collaboration, innovation, integrity, mentorship, commitment to success and FUN. Our managers are dedicated to growing their people and offering opportunities that allow you to make a direct impact on your career.    Core Requirements and Responsibilities:   Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:    Translate business problems and requirements into a prioritized backlog of user stories for the development teams to implement.  Facilitate and lead cross-functional teams, primarily internal (occasionally external) to get the clarity needed to document user stories to appropriate level of detail.  Translate project goals, objectives, or strategy to actionable work, prioritizing and sequencing the development work to achieve project goals and timelines.  Partner with QA to define acceptance criteria and verify acceptance criteria are met.  Research and respond to questions from designers, developers, and QA.  When needed, work directly with customers, and conduct market research to clarify requirements and ensure the solution will deliver value to end users.  Clarify user stories to the appropriate level of detail where needed.  Collaborate with product management, development, and user experience design staff to lead on time, successful scope definition and feature deployment.  When applicable, lead other product owners to deliver on overall product roadmap.  Partner with product manager to consolidate market requirements, align to corporate objectives, and prioritize what is essential to define market strategy.  Partner with product manager to define product vision and roadmap.  Other duties as assigned.      Qualifications:     5+ years’ professional experience, preferably working with B2B SaaS software.  Previous experience as a product owner for a B2B SaaS software company.  Tangible, real-world experience working as part of an Agile-based software development team.  Experience working within a cross functional organization and understanding the needs of multiple teams.  Experience supporting and communicating customer needs.  Experience communicating effectively with multiple parties, including customers.  Demonstrated ability to exercise judgment within generally defined practices and select methods to obtain solutions.  Experience leading teams of product owners and developers toward a common goal, despite shifting priorities.  Experience managing internal stakeholders and aligning to deliver.  Experience prioritizing product delivery to align to market strategy, product vision, and corporate objectives.      Additional Requirements and Details:    Travel required up to 10% of the time.  Located and working from an office location.  Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds.   Frequent repetitive hand and arm movements required to operate a computer.   Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (working on a computer, etc.).  Frequent sitting and/or standing.