Surety Product Owner

Pay Range: $60.00hr - $65.00hr

Job Overview:

In this role, the candidate will work with Global Surety business stakeholders, Product Leaders, Business Analysts, and Agile engineering teams to support delivery of business capabilities across the Surety platform. The successful candidate will help translate business needs into well-defined features and user stories, maintain and prioritize the product backlog, participate in PI and sprint planning, and support engineering and QA teams throughout delivery. The ideal candidate will have working knowledge of the Surety domain, strong business analysis and Product Owner skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with both business and technology teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with Underwriting Operations Billing and Product stakeholders to understand business requirements and priorities.
• Apply working knowledge of the Surety bond lifecycle including new business changes, riders, renewals, cancellations, reinstatements, and related transactions.
• Support requirements across Contract and Commercial Surety products.
• Collaborate with business SMEs on more complex Surety scenarios such as cosurety, international guarantees, and regional variations.
• Document business rules, process flows, data requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Support backlog refinement and help translate business requirements into Features and User Stories.
• Write clear user stories with appropriate acceptance criteria.
• Participate in PI Planning, sprint planning, sprint reviews, demos, and backlog refinement.
• Work closely with Product Leadership to prioritize backlog items based on business value, dependencies, and delivery needs.
• Provide day-to-day functional clarification to developers and QA engineers.
• Track dependencies and coordinate with other Product Owners and delivery teams when required.
• Develop an understanding of the application ecosystem and how information flows between user interfaces, APIs, core Surety platforms, billing, and downstream systems.
• Work with architects and engineers to clarify functional requirements for APIs and system integrations.
• Support validation of rating, premium calculations, billing currency, and other financial business rules.
• Partner with QA and business users during integration testing, bug resolution, and UAT.

Required Qualifications Experience:

• 2+ years of experience in Surety Commercial Insurance, Specialty Insurance, or a related business domain.
• Working knowledge of the Surety bond lifecycle and common bond types is preferred.
• Exposure to areas such as rating, billing, cosurety, guarantees, or financial transactions is advantageous but not required to be expert-level.
• 2+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, Product Analyst, or similar role in an Agile environment.
• Experience translating business requirements into Features, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum; exposure to SAFe or PI Planning is beneficial.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence or similar Agile delivery tools.
• General understanding of APIs, data flows, JSON, and system integrations.
• Ability to work effectively with developers, QA engineers, architects, and business stakeholders.
• Ability to learn business and technical concepts without being expected to act as the technical architect.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across Business, Product, Engineering, and QA teams.
• Comfortable asking questions, clarifying requirements, and facilitating discussions.
• Ability to organize competing priorities and work effectively in a multi-team environment.

Benefits:

Our Benefits Include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities

Disclaimer: Benefits eligibility, accrual rates, and usage limits may vary based on employment status, length of service, and work location. Paid Sick Leave is provided in strict accordance with applicable state and municipal mandates. Cynet Systems Inc. reserves the right to modify, amend, or terminate any benefit plans at any time in accordance with applicable laws.

About Cynet Systems

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in the Washington, DC metro area, Cynet Systems Inc. is a leading technology staffing and workforce solutions company serving Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and enterprise organizations across the United States and Canada. We deliver agile, scalable talent solutions across IT, engineering, life sciences, clinical, and professional staffing, powered by a high-performing recruitment engine operating across North America and Asia.

As a nationally and locally certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Cynet Systems is committed to helping organizations build high-performing teams while empowering professionals to grow rewarding careers. Our organization is certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II standards, reflecting our commitment to quality, security, operational excellence, and customer success.