Senior Product Owner DevSecOps

Humana•Columbia, KY

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Product Owner - Technical manages and communicates product vision and roadmaps to Agile delivery teams, aligned with technology standards and strategy. The role shapes product direction, represents the voice of the customer, and drives business value by building and maintaining a product backlog with stakeholders and delivery teams. It defines features, writes user stories, and prioritizes backlog work as small increments of value deliverable in short iterations. The Senior Product Owner partners with product management and senior management to align product roadmaps with strategic objectives, communicates product and feature strategy to stakeholders and team members, and incorporates stakeholder input while negotiating priority tradeoffs based on business and customer value. The role engages stakeholders and delivery teams to define backlog epics and decompose them into features and user stories with clear acceptance criteria, ensuring the backlog enables delivery of objectives and key results. It works day-to-day with delivery teams to clarify customer requirements and provide product expertise, promotes quality and innovation, and defines key metrics for status reporting. The role begins to influence department strategy and exercises considerable latitude and independent judgment on complex work. This is a remote position, though occasional travel to Humana offices for training or meetings may be required. Home or hybrid home/office employees must have internet service with at least 25 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload speeds and a dedicated workspace that protects member PHI/HIPAA information. The role is not eligible for work visa sponsorship. Scheduled weekly hours are 40.

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 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, analyze variable factors, and determine the best course of action.
Analytical and problem-solving skills.
Passion for continuously improving consumer experiences, and 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 such as ISO 27001/27002, ITIL, COBIT, NIST, or BSIMM.
Experience with SAST, DAST, IAST, and related tooling.
Professional cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP or CISA.

Responsibilities

Manage and communicate product vision and roadmap to an Agile delivery team, aligned with technology standards and strategy.
Build and maintain the product backlog in collaboration with stakeholders and delivery teams.
Represent the voice of the customer and shape product direction, features, user stories, and innovation.
Articulate and prioritize backlog work in small increments of value deliverable in short iterations.
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.
Work with delivery teams to provide product subject matter expertise and clarify customer requirements.
Drive quality and innovation in the team's work product.
Define key metrics for status reporting.