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 an AVP of Agile Product Management, you will lead the transformation initiatives of the Global Specialty division, focusing on delivering value across the enterprise through strategic direction, operational excellence, and stakeholder engagement.

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
• Bachelor's degree - required, Operations, or related field
• Superpowers in Lean Portfolio Management, Agile Product operations and OKR/KPIs with a 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
• Prior experience in property & casualty insurance
• Prior experience working with and delivering automation and agentic augmentation capabilities