Agile Product Owner – Wellpoint Federal

Elevance Health•Indianapolis, IN

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Wellpoint Federal, a subsidiary of Elevance Health, provides healthcare services and solutions for federal programs across claims administration, data, and care delivery. The Agile Product Owner is a member of the Agile leadership team and serves as the functional and/or client or business representative for a project or group of projects within a market focus. This role acts as the Product Management business proxy and decision point for stakeholders, helping teams deliver solutions that meet business needs, contractual requirements, acceptance criteria, and quality and performance expectations. The role translates product features and stakeholder needs into user stories, maintains and prioritizes the team backlog, and collaborates with business and delivery teams to plan solutions and releases that deliver value to end users, sales, and marketing. The Product Owner maintains the solution vision, roadmap, and backlog throughout the project lifecycle; participates in sprint activities; clarifies and accepts user stories; reviews sprint results; and contributes to release planning. This is a hybrid role requiring associates to work in-office 1–2 days per week. Alternate locations may be considered, but applicants must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the posting location unless an accommodation is granted as required by law. For this specific position, the stated salary range is $74,100–$122,850 for candidates working in Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, or New York. Compensation depends on factors including location, experience, education, and skill level. Elevance Health offers a comprehensive benefits package and incentive and recognition programs, subject to eligibility requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree and at least 3 years of experience writing business or functional requirements and implementing Agile methodologies, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
For applicants to the Wellpoint Federal division, meet the residency requirement of living in the United States for at least three of the past five years.

Nice To Haves

Experience using ServiceNow.
Prior experience implementing new system features.
A track record of leading continuous improvement initiatives, including process optimization and standardization.
SAFe (SA) certification.
CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner) certification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Translate features into user stories in the team backlog and rank and prioritize the backlog to reflect stakeholder requirements and priorities.
Communicate stakeholder needs to the team so delivery meets contractual requirements and established acceptance criteria, including quality and performance expectations.
Complete work-management activities in accordance with defined service-level commitments and process-compliance guidelines.
Collaborate with teams to discover and deliver solutions to market problems presented by the Product Manager.
Work with the business to understand, rank, and prioritize needs and plan solutions so releases provide business value to end users, sales, and marketing.
Create and regularly maintain the solution vision, roadmap, and backlog throughout the project lifecycle.
Write user stories and acceptance criteria and translate the product backlog into user stories.
Represent stakeholders as the Product Management business proxy and decision point for the project.
Review and accept or reject results during a sprint and at the Sprint Review.
Attend sprint meetings and remain available during the sprint to clarify and accept user stories.
Create or contribute to the project release plan.
Present work from the Team Backlog during Sprint Planning for team acceptance, negotiate sprint scope, and establish sprint goals.