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 new opportunity for a Product Coach to join our team. The role also provides hands-on coaching and guidance to product leaders and delivery teams to improve collaboration, predictability, and outcomes using observations, retrospectives, and metrics. A key focus is strengthening discovery practices (problem framing, hypotheses, experimentation, and success measures) and advancing outcome-based prioritization and value delivery. The position partners with leadership to support broader agile transformation and is accountable for regular data-driven reporting that demonstrates measurable coaching effectiveness at team, portfolio, and organizational levels.
Key Responsibilities
Portfolio and Team-level Product and Value Driven Coaching – 70%
Provide hands-on coaching to product owners, product leaders, and delivery teams across one or more portfolios
Observe team behaviors and systems of work to identify opportunities for improvement
Use retrospectives, flow metrics, and qualitative insights to improve collaboration, predictability, and delivery outcomes
Partner closely with product and engineering leaders to reinforce shared accountability for outcomes
Coach product owners on backlog strategy, outcome-based prioritization, and roadmap clarity
Reinforce value over output by connecting work to customer and business outcomes
Support teams in using appropriate metrics (flow, outcomes, capacity) to inform tradeoffs
Help teams tell a clear “value story” through their roadmaps and delivery plans
Focus: Improving day-to-day product delivery effectiveness and team health.
Drive Discovery excellence – 20%
Coach teams on problem framing, hypothesis-driven discovery, experimentation, and learning loops
Help teams define clear outcomes, success metrics, and assumptions before delivery begins
Increase the quality and consistency of client-centered discovery within normal product rhythms
Support teams in translating discovery insights into actionable delivery decisions
Focus: Better decisions earlier, reduced waste, stronger product bets
Continuous Learning & Practice Advancement – 10%
Stay current on modern product, discovery, and Agile delivery practices
Apply new techniques where appropriate in service of team outcomes
Contribute insights, patterns, and learnings back to the coaching community
Model strong coaching discipline, curiosity, and outcome-oriented thinking
Focus: Craft excellence and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (4 years)
3+ years previous product coaching experience, helping teams shift from output to outcome-based deliverables
Experience working in a software/digital product development environment
Solid understanding of product discovery best practices
Proven experience defining and measuring success of coaching effectiveness
Preferred Qualifications
Previous experience driving digital transformation
Strategic thought leader
Experience and comfort working with cross-functional leaders
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 base salary for this role is $100,000 - $137,600/ year. 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-Time/Part-Time
Full time
Exempt/Non-Exempt
Exempt
Job Family Group
Business Support & Operations
Line of Business
MARKT 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.
