Associate Product Owner

About Our Company

We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

Job Description

Ameriprise Financial has an exciting opportunity for an Associate Product Owner to join a high-impact agile team focused on enhancing digital profile management, communication preferences, and alert capabilities. In this role, you’ll partner closely with senior product leaders, engineering, and UX to translate customer needs into clear priorities and actionable work that drives measurable outcomes. You’ll help execute key product priorities, monitor performance, and ensure compliance, while identifying opportunities to improve engagement and strengthen the overall client experience.

Responsibilities 

• Partner with a cross-functional agile product team to drive day-to-day execution and deliver against key Profile and Alerts priorities 

• Collaborate with the Senior Product Owner to maintain insights on personas, user journeys, product metrics, and outcomes while ensuring compliance standards are met 

• Enhance digital profile management, communication preferences, and alert capabilities to improve engagement, usability, and overall customer satisfaction 

• Contribute to the development and execution of the digital Profile product strategy, including defining and tracking key performance indicators aligned to business outcomes. Monitor progress and provide regular updates to stakeholders 

• Work closely with engineering, UX, and cross-functional teams to translate business and customer needs into clear, prioritized user stories and backlog items 

• Identify opportunities to improve outcomes and deepen customer relationships through ongoing analysis of customer needs, and partner with leadership to evolve product strategy accordingly 

Required Qualifications 

• Strong business analysis and project management skills with a high attention to detail 

• Experience supporting or partnering with product management on software-based solutions 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate ideas and rationale 

• Solid understanding of digital technologies, platforms, AI capabilities, and best practices 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience 

• 1–3+ years of relevant experience in product, digital, or related roles 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience working in an Agile environment, including participation in core ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, backlog refinement) 

• Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage teams, guide discussions, and help resolve conflicts 

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely across both technical and business audiences 

In-Office Collaboration

We are a client-centric, relationship-based business. Working together, in-person, is foundational to how we achieve results. By fostering a culture of face-to-face collaboration, idea sharing, productivity and personal connection, we deliver for our stakeholders — clients, advisors, employees and shareholders. Our employees work in the office at least four (4) days per week, with flexibility to work from home one (1) day per week. Some roles may require additional in-office time or different in-office expectations, and specific requirements will be discussed during the hiring process.

Visa Sponsorship

Applicants must have a valid work authorization that does not now, or in the future, require visa sponsorship for employment in the United States (e.g., H-1B, F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, TN).

Base Pay Salary

The estimated hourly rate for this role is $32.07- $44.09 / hour. We have a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy. Your initial total compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location. In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long-term incentives depending on the role. We also have a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being, including but not limited to vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental and life insurances.Full timeNon-ExemptBusiness Support & OperationsMARKT Marketing

Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship, disability status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, speak to your recruiter to discuss how we can support you.