Product Owner

The Product Owner / Lead PO for Nexsure will be a senior member of Dyad’s product delivery organization, responsible for translating product strategy into clearly defined and executable work across one or more Nexsure product areas.

Reporting to the VP of Product, this role will partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Operations, Customer Success, and other business stakeholders to drive backlog strategy, requirements quality, delivery predictability, and release readiness.

The Product Owner will not only manage backlog execution but will also establish strong Product Owner practices, improve delivery standards, coordinate dependencies across teams, and mentor other Product Owners.

The ideal candidate is a precise and structured thinker who can translate complex business needs into clear product requirements, make sound decisions in ambiguous situations, and influence senior stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Operations, and Customer Success., Product Backlog and Prioritization

• Own and maintain the product backlog for assigned Nexsure product areas
• Partner with Product Management to translate product strategy and roadmaps into epics, features, user stories, and technical deliverables
• Prioritize work based on customer needs, business value, delivery capacity, technical dependencies, and risk
• Ensure that development teams have a clearly prioritized and sprint ready pipeline of work
• Define and maintain clear Definition of Ready and Definition of Done standards

Requirements and Functional Specifications

• Develop detailed user stories, feature specifications, business rules, workflows, acceptance criteria, and edge cases
• Break complex business requirements into clear, structured, and executable units of work
• Clearly define scope boundaries, dependencies, assumptions, and expected outcomes
• Ensure requirements are complete and sufficiently detailed for Engineering and Quality Assurance teams
• Review requirements prepared by other Product Owners and Business Analysts and provide guidance where required
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning activities
• Coordinate dependencies and delivery timelines across multiple teams
• Identify delivery risks early and work with Product and Engineering leaders to resolve them
• Support release readiness reviews and contribute to go or no go decisions

Quality and Acceptance

• Partner with Quality Assurance teams to ensure test cases and test coverage reflect the agreed requirements and acceptance criteria
• Participate in feature reviews, user acceptance testing, and release validation
• Accept or reject completed work based on documented requirements and expected outcomes
• Identify whether issues result from implementation defects, requirements gaps, scope changes, or unidentified edge cases
• Improve requirements quality to reduce defects, rework, and delivery ambiguity

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a key connection between Product Management, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Operations, Customer Success, and other stakeholders
• Communicate delivery progress, scope decisions, dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs clearly
• Partner with Operations and Customer Success teams to understand customer needs, operational challenges, and product improvement opportunities
• Manage stakeholder expectations regarding scope, sprint commitments, priorities, and release timelines
• Escalate material risks and decisions to senior leaders in a timely manner

Product Owner Leadership

• Mentor Product Owners and Business Analysts on backlog management, requirements development, prioritization, and sprint execution
• Help establish consistent Product Owner standards, templates, and delivery practices
• Support the development and calibration of Product Owners across competency levels
• Participate in interviews and candidate assessments for Product Owner positions
• Promote a culture of accountability, clarity, product judgment, and continuous improvement

AI Assisted Product Development

• Use AI tools to improve requirements development, backlog refinement, research, documentation, and test case preparation
• Review AI generated product documentation for accuracy, completeness, business context, security, and customer impact
• Identify practical opportunities to use AI to improve backlog quality and delivery speed
• Help Product Owners adopt AI tools responsibly and effectively

• Seven or more years of experience in Product Ownership, Business Analysis, Product Management, or a related software delivery role
• Demonstrated experience owning and prioritizing complex product backlogs
• Experience leading complex product areas, multiple development teams, or cross functional delivery initiatives
• Strong experience writing user stories, feature specifications, workflows, acceptance criteria, and business rules
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, sprint planning, backlog refinement, release planning, and the software development lifecycle
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear and executable product specifications
• Experience coordinating dependencies and resolving delivery risks across multiple teams
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, prioritization, and decision making skills
• Experience working with Jira, Confluence, or similar product delivery tools
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, The essential functions of this role may occur simultaneously. The employee is expected to handle each function appropriately, prioritize tasks, and seek assistance when necessary. These functions must be performed on a consistent and regular basis, using sound judgment. The ability to learn and apply company policies consistently, and to seek guidance where appropriate, is required.

$130,000 - $150,000 a year - Full-time, Pulled from the full job description

• Parental leave
• 401(k)
• Retirement plan
• Dental insurance, * 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan

Dyad is a leading insurance technology company with over 20 years of experience delivering solutions across the property and casualty insurance ecosystem. We support carriers, MGAs, wholesalers, and agencies with platforms that streamline underwriting, policy administration, connectivity, and operations. Our solutions reduce manual effort, improve data flow, and accelerate time-to-market. At Dyad, we focus on enabling scalable growth through modern, product-driven insurance technology.