Senior Product Owner DevSecOps

Humana•Work at Home - Kentucky, TX

2d•$104,000 - $143,000•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Product Owner - Technical manages and communicates the product vision and roadmap to an Agile delivery team, aligning work with technology standards and strategy. The role drives business value by building and maintaining a product backlog in collaboration with stakeholders and delivery teams, shaping product direction, defining features, writing user stories, and fostering innovation. It represents the voice of the customer and prioritizes backlog items as small increments of value that can be delivered in short iterations. The Senior Product Owner partners with product management and senior management to align the product roadmap with strategic objectives and communicates product and feature strategy to stakeholders and team members. The role incorporates stakeholder input and negotiates tradeoffs among competing priorities based on business and customer value. It works with stakeholders and delivery teams to define and maintain epics, break them into features and user stories with clear acceptance criteria, and ensure the backlog supports delivery of objectives and key results. The role provides product expertise and clarifies customer requirements for delivery teams, promotes quality and innovation, and defines metrics for reporting status. It begins to influence department strategy and makes decisions on moderately complex to complex technical issues independently, with considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches. This is a remote position, with occasional travel to Humana offices for training or meetings potentially required. Home or hybrid home/office employees must have internet service with at least 25 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload speeds and work from a dedicated space that protects member PHI/HIPAA information. The role is not eligible for work visa sponsorship. Scheduled weekly hours are 40. The stated annual base pay range is $104,000–$143,000, and the job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan based on company and/or individual performance.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant information technology field, such as Information Technology, Information Systems Management, or Computer Science.
At least 5 years of technical experience, including at least 3 years working in an application security, DevSecOps, or product security team.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence others.
Experience translating business needs into technical requirements.
Ability to exercise independent judgment and make decisions on complex issues related to job duties and tasks.
Ability to work under minimal supervision and independently analyze variable factors to determine an appropriate course of action.
Analytical and problem-solving skills.
Passion for contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences.
Passion for developer experience, privacy, security, quality, and product delivery.
Experience with JIRA, Azure DevOps, SAFe, and working in an Agile transformative way.

Nice To Haves

Certified Scrum Product Owner certification or equivalent.
Knowledge of information security management frameworks, including ISO 27001/27002, ITIL, COBIT, NIST, and BSIMM.
Experience with SAST, DAST, IAST, and related tooling.
Professional cybersecurity certifications, such as CISSP or CISA.

Responsibilities

Manage and communicate the product vision and roadmap to an Agile delivery team, aligned with technology standards and strategy.
Represent the voice of the customer and articulate and prioritize the product backlog in increments that can be delivered in short iterations.
Build and maintain the product backlog in collaboration with stakeholders and delivery teams.
Shape product direction, define features, write user stories, and contribute to innovation.
Partner with product management and senior management to align the product roadmap with strategic objectives.
Communicate feature and product strategy to key stakeholders and team members.
Incorporate stakeholder input into the roadmap and negotiate tradeoffs among conflicting priorities based on business and customer value.
Define and maintain product backlog epics and decompose them into features and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
Ensure the product backlog enables delivery of objectives and key results.
Provide product subject matter expertise to delivery teams and clarify customer requirements.
Drive quality and innovation in the team's work product.
Define key metrics for reporting on status.
Make decisions on technical approaches for project components and determine objectives and approaches to assignments.