Product Owner Manager - Cigna Healthcare

Cigna Group • Missoula, MT

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About The Position

Join a team where product leadership, people development, and business impact come together. As a Product Owner Manager, you will lead and develop Agile Product Owners while shaping product strategy that delivers meaningful outcomes for customers, businesses, and technology partners. This role blends hands-on product leadership with people management, helping teams translate strategy into prioritized backlogs and predictable delivery of value.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as an Agile Product Owner or in a comparable agile product role.
• At least 2 years of people management or team leadership experience.
• 10 or more years of experience working in technology or technology-enabled business environments.
• Demonstrated ability to align product execution to strategic business goals.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across business, technology, and leadership audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Agile or product certifications such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM).
• Experience working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment.
• Hands-on experience with Jira or similar agile backlog and roadmap tools.
• Experience in healthcare or other regulated industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach Agile Product Owners to drive strong backlog management, prioritization, and value-focused decision-making.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to align product roadmaps with strategic initiatives and measurable business outcomes.
• Ensure teams translate business needs into clear user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Guide roadmap sequencing, delivery forecasting, and trade-off decisions to support predictable delivery.
• Enable balanced delivery across new features, enhancements, defects, and technical improvements.
• Promote continuous improvement across product discovery, backlog refinement, and stakeholder feedback.
• Foster cross-team alignment and manage dependencies across products and platforms.
• Contribute to organizational agile maturity by participating in and shaping product and agile communities of practice.
• Act as a people manager for Agile Product Owners, supporting career development, performance management, and growth planning.
• Identify and develop product talent through coaching, feedback, and mentorship.
• Remove organizational impediments impacting Product Owners and escalate systemic issues when needed.

Benefits

• Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs.
• We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees