AVP, Agile Product Management – Value Stream Owner – Global Specialty

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

Requirements:

• 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