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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Product Owner II - **Company:** Aflac - **Location:** Columbia, SC, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $88,000.0 - $128,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Scrum Methodology, Information Technology - **Published:** August 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=36bf7267395e3f0b ## About the Role Passionate agile practitioner with a solid understanding agile values and principles Demonstrated leadership skills, ownership and commitment for deliverables Excellent communication and facilitation skills, enthusiastic and assertive Experience working with and understanding the needs of customers Is knowledgeable about the product and product domain and able to transfer ideas into valuable features Education & Experience Required Bachelor's Degree Business Administration, Computer Science or a related field Five or more years of work experience in product development, business analysis or project management Product ownership of at least three feature enhancements or at least one end to end product delivery Must have completed and received certification in the 1.0 Product Owner Enablement Program offered by the Enterprise Agility Office Must have experience and knowledge about the product and product domain Or an equivalent combination of education and experience Education & Experience Preferred Certification Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) ## Description Worker Designation - This role is hybrid. This means you will be expected to report to one of our Aflac offices located in Columbia, SC, or Columbus, GA, for at least 60% of the work week. You will work from your home (within the continental US) for the remaining portion of the work week. Details of this schedule will be discussed with your leadership. What does it take to be successful at Aflac? Acting with Integrity Communicating Effectively Pursuing Self-Development Serving Customers Supporting Change Supporting Organizational Goals Working with Diverse Populations, Works closely with the team being available for questions and clarifications on a daily basis Create the Vision and Release Roadmap for the product and be able to articulate these to the stakeholders and team Create Release Plan and Release Goals focusing on delivering the highest value to the customer Create Sprint Goals along with the team to be able to show working software to the customer at the end of each sprint Owns Product Backlog by creating portfolio level work items and user stories and prioritizing based on business value Facilitate requirements gathering and story refinement workshops Rank portfolio items/user stories in consultation with the Agile team Accept/reject finished user stories and features based on acceptance criteria and ensure sprint/release goals are met Track the team's progress towards goals and ROI (Return On Investment) Collaborate with other Product Owners in a Community of Practice to work toward continuous improvement in the role, help others improve with the goal of helping the organization deliver highest value, highest quality products to the customer faster Work and collaborate with other Product Owners to identify and address cross-team dependencies and impacts Performs other duties as required ## Related Videos - [ShapeShift: Reinventing Agile for a B2B SaaS Scale-Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1655-shapeshift-reinventing-agile-for-a-b2b-saas-scale-up) - [Enabling intelligent logistics automation: home-grown Industrial IoT platform at Austrian Post](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2018-enabling-intelligent-logistics-automation-home-grown-industrial-iot-platform-at-austrian-post) - [Coffee with Developers - Cassidy Williams - ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/912-coffee-with-developers-cassidy-williams) - [The user in the eye of the Cargo1492 storm](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/96-the-user-in-the-eye-of-the-cargo1492-storm) - [It's not easy being green](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/558-it-s-not-easy-being-green) - [Systems Thinking for Performance: How to Diagnose and Fix Slow Systems without Guessing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2103-systems-thinking-for-performance-how-to-diagnose-and-fix-slow-systems-without-guessing) ## Related Articles - [What is product discovery and why do developers need it?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/517-what-is-product-discovery-and-why-do-developers-need-it) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development) - [7 Important Tips That Every Software Developer Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/101-7-important-tips-that-every-software-developer-should-know) - [What Developers Are Building to Win $1 Million with Apify](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/677-what-developers-are-building-to-win-1-million-with-apify) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift)