Agile Product Owner Senior Advisor- Hybrid

Cigna Group • Bloomfield, CT

17h • Hybrid

About The Position

Cigna-Evernorth Services Inc. seeks an Agile Product Owner Senior Advisor for the Bloomfield, CT location to act as a technical product owner, collaborate effectively with business partners with a primary focus on the customer experience, and reinforce empathy to the “why” behind Evernorth Accountable care business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computers or Engineering and 5 years of experience.
• Experience with: Leading the full product lifecycle of cloud-native applications, with implementing microservices architecture and CI/CD pipelines;
• Analytical skills in utilizing SQL and cloud based data warehousing using Postgres, SQL Server databases;
• Managing the delivery of technical product features within an agile environment utilizing tools such as JIRA or Rally;
• Consistently meeting quarterly release targets as defined in product roadmap;
• Directing cross-functional teams’ business units in the definition and documentation of product requirements, resulting in timely launch of major product features to meet the critical business objectives and product milestones;
• UX design sensibilities to develop the product with advanced user centered design principles; and
• Using: data analysis, data visualization and reporting using cloud and on-prem databases, data automation, ETL and integration using cloud technologies, user interface development, agile project lifecycle & planning, requirement gathering, collaboration with cross functional teams and business users.

Nice To Haves

• If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

Responsibilities

• Provide servant-leadership for teams and support continuous improvement activities to help a team consistently deliver working code.
• Collaborate with prospective users and clients to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements.
• Own, develop, and maintain a healthy backlog of features and stories.
• Lead team through the refinement of user stories, ensuring that the business value remains the focus.
• Manage the product backlog and prioritize them based on changing requirements.
• Enable the team to succeed through the management of actionable stories and help remove or illuminate any blockers to the Product Manager as they arise.
• Coordinate teamwork efforts to maximize velocity and value delivery.
• Accept stories to ensure they meet the defined acceptance criteria – validate with the Product Manager that the stories accomplish the feature level definition of done.
• Work with Application Development Managers for quality assurance and release scheduling.
• Coordinate and complete release activities including release notes, communications, user documentation, and reporting.
• Prepare and conduct sprint reviews and agile demo meetings for product stakeholders.
• Maintain a bug triage and L3 support process.

Benefits

• Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
• If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the online application process, please email [email protected] for assistance.
• The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible.
• Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment.
• These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.
• Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior