Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota · 2 days ago
Product Owner - Xcelerate Health Operational Effectiveness
Eagan, MN
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$102K/yr - $174K/yr
7+ years expBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is committed to transforming healthcare and is seeking a dynamic Product Owner with prior healthcare industry experience. The Product Owner will ensure operational readiness and effective change management across enterprise IT portfolios, coordinating requirements gathering and defining IT operational standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Insurance
Responsibilities
Develop a deep understanding of customer and business goals and processes to inform product priorities and improvement recommendations
Develop strong relationships and regularly communicate with product stakeholders and customers to shape the product strategy and surface and prioritize needs
In partnership with Solution Lead, the Product Owner will lead product strategy, planning, and life cycle management efforts
Relationship building and collaboration skills across diverse and matrixed stakeholders and customers
Articulate, translate and communicate the vision and strategy effectively to key stakeholders and team members
Define and drive business priorities and deliverables in alignment with business scope and in alignment to the strategy
Provide the 'what and why' for the team – e.g., overall product strategy
Bring a data-driven approach to decision making, including allocating funds and developing and tracking Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) that drive product success
Demonstrated success in defining and building products
Act as 'voice of the end-user'. Proactively seek customer feedback to learn and better understand their needs and requirements and ensure end-to-end delivery features
Work with the Scrum-master to establish product roadmaps and release plans that satisfy requirements and achieve business outcomes
Continuously monitor and evaluate performance and proactively champion product improvements
Determine internal and contract/external resources and skills required for the product team to deliver on the product roadmap – any resource needs should be management’s role
Manage investment decision making and finances for the product, taking a return-on-investment approach to increasing the value while minimizing product costs
Collaborate with Capability Management and Architecture team to ensure delivery is aligned to address capability gaps and aligns to enterprise technical architecture
Share information about the team’s output and priorities with other Product Owners and stakeholders to ensure alignment across the organization
Serve as product manager for multiple, related products
Create artifacts as appropriate, including business case documentation, scope documentation, and process flows
Support delivery teams as they develop, test, and deploy solutions
Define and clearly communicate acceptance criteria for output based on business requirements and customer needs
Review delivery team output to ensure requirements are correctly interpreted; define and execute test cases
Optimize the flow of value through the multi-team Agile environment and progress towards objectives, goals and commitments, while removing impediments, resolving conflicts, and managing risks and issues
Foster an innovative, inclusive and diverse team environment, promoting positive team culture, encouraging collaboration and self-organization
Make trade-off decisions to balance product quality, cost, and delivery timelines, as needed
Engage with functional discipline Leads with regards to resourcing and functional expertise required in teams
Responsible for business readiness; understand the impact of change and define the approach to manage adoption and resistance to change
Increase adoption and consumption of product capabilities
Qualification
Required
7 years of product management or project management experience
Experience with Payer to Provider contract management
Experience with Provider network strategies
Experience with Provider and/or customer relationship
Experience with managing analytics projects and or products
Expertise in strategic thinking and strong business acumen
Experience determining and overseeing analytics and software development initiatives and estimating resource requirements
Experience creating documentation such as business case documentation or business requirements summaries
Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, including experience leveraging data to inform decision making and independently solving software engineering problems
Adaptability and a willingness to learn new skills
High school diploma (or equivalency) and legal authorization to work in the U.S
Preferred
Business or technical degree or greater
5+ years of payer or provider value-based performance management and reporting
Experience leading cross-functional teams in Agile roles with applicable methodologies and tools (Jira)
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Life insurance
401k
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
And more
Company
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
About Blue Cross Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is a taxable, nonprofit organization with a mission to make a healthy difference in people’s lives.
1001-5000 employees
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