[Remote] AVP, Agile Product Management – Value Stream Owner – Global Specialty
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Hartford is an insurance company committed to making a difference and helping others achieve their goals. As the AVP, Agile Product Management – Value Stream Owner, you will shape and steer the future of Global Specialty transformation initiatives, driving value across the enterprise by owning the vision and flow of Value Streams.
Responsibilities
- Architect and evolve the Value Stream vision, strategy, and roadmap—anchored in customer needs and business outcomes
- Own the agile product lifecycle and OKRs refined in coordination with the Business Transformation Leads, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities and market opportunities
- Serve as the voice of the customer and the business, shaping agile product direction through insight, empathy, and data-driven insights
- Partner across the organization with functional partners and subject matter expertise to drive execution with pace and agility and amplify organizational impact
- Prioritize epics and enablers, maintain a healthy program backlog, and ensure delivery readiness
- Lead epic refinement and sign-off, ensuring change management and communications are embedded in delivery
- Champion continuous improvement and operational innovation across the Value Stream
- Translate transformation strategy into action, embedding new ways of working and measuring what matters
- Monitor performance metrics and transformation health, using data to inform decisions and fuel momentum
- Lead with empathy and clarity—building high-performing teams that are empowered, aligned, and inspired
- Attract, develop, and retain top talent across Agile Product Management and Product Ownership roles
- Act as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders, bridging vision with execution
- Navigate complexity and influence across ARTs, business units, and leadership forums
- Cascade transformation updates and product direction with clarity and purpose
- Engage stakeholders early and often—ensuring alignment, transparency, and shared ownership
- Partner with IT Delivery Leads and Agile Product Managers/Owners to balance technical tradeoffs and business value, ensuring actions and recommendations drive business value
- Lead demos and feedback loops that bring the Value Stream to life
Skills
- 10+ years of experience in product delivery, Agile coaching, business operations, or digital transformation
- Proven success leading large-scale value streams or program increments across multiple squads
- Team player with outstanding inter-personal, negotiation and organizational influencing skills
- Excellent stakeholder/relationship management skills
- Strong communication and facilitation skills across all levels of the organization
- Ability to challenge the status quo or legacy structures to unlock new ways of working through clarity, courage, and curiosity
- Superpowers in Lean Portfolio Management, Agile Product operations and OKR/KPIs
- Proven track record of steering long-term strategies to tangible results
- Ability to align business, IT, and operations around shared priorities and measurable outcomes
- Fluency in Agile frameworks (SAFe, LeSS, Spotify) and flexibility to adapt them to real-world needs
- Bachelor's degree in Operations or related field
- Prior experience in property & casualty insurance
- Prior experience working with and delivering automation and agentic augmentation capabilities
Benefits
- The base pay is just one component of The Hartford’s total compensation package for employees.
- Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition.
- Hybrid or Remote work schedule.
- Candidates who live near one of our office locations have the expectation of working in an office 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday).
- Candidates who do not live near an office will have a remote work arrangement, with the expectation of coming into an office as business needs arise.
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