Senior Product Owner

Humana • Work at Home - Kentucky, KY

3d • $94,900 - $130,500 • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Product Owner is responsible for conveying product vision and roadmap to an Agile delivery team by defining user stories and prioritizing product backlog. The Senior Product Owner work assignments involve moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. The Senior Product Owner maximizes value of product created by Agile team. Liaises with stakeholders and the development team ensuring the right product is being built, in the right order, within budget and by the deadline. Serves as the Agile team's primary contact for information, work prioritization, and decision-making. Begins to influence department's strategy. Makes decisions on moderately complex to complex issues regarding technical approach for project components, and work is performed without direction. Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments. This position is created specifically to assist with Humana's efforts to secure and, if awarded, transition into a new business opportunity. Please note that continued employment in this role is expressly contingent upon Humana's receipt of the business opportunity and a satisfactory transition into the work. In the event Humana does not pursue the opportunity or determines that a timely and satisfactory transition cannot be achieved, employment may be subject to termination.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree or equivalent
• 3+ years of technical experience, product ownership, or project management experience
• Certified SAFe® 5 Product Owner/ Product Manager (if you do not already have certification, it may be required once you start)
• Experienced working in Agile environments, including Scrum, SAFe, Agile Release Trains, backlog management, and iterative delivery.
• Experienced supporting digital tools, customer service platforms, operational workflows, or associate-facing technology solutions
• Ability to balance strategic roadmap priorities with tactical delivery needs, dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs.
• U.S. citizenship required for this position due to Department of Defense Contract.
• Requires approval for a government security clearance (Via National Background Investigation Services NBIS)

Nice To Haves

• Experience in working with Program Integrity, Fraud, Waste & Abuse and Audits
• 3+ years of experience working on system integrations, including coordinating requirements, dependencies, testing, and implementation across connected systems
• Master's Degree

Responsibilities

• Conveying product vision and roadmap to an Agile delivery team by defining user stories and prioritizing product backlog.
• Maximizing the value of the product created by the Agile team.
• Liaising with stakeholders and the development team ensuring the right product is being built, in the right order, within budget and by the deadline.
• Serving as the Agile team's primary contact for information, work prioritization, and decision-making.
• Influencing department's strategy.
• Making decisions on moderately complex to complex issues regarding technical approach for project components.
• Assisting with Humana's efforts to secure and transition into a new business opportunity.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave)
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Life insurance
• Bonus incentive plan

What This Job Offers

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