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Premera Blue Cross · 13 hours ago

Agile Product Owner

Mountlake Terrace, WA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$92K/yr - $157K/yr

2+ years exp

Premera Blue Cross is dedicated to improving healthcare and enhancing customer experiences. The Agile Product Owner will act as the voice of the customer within the agile delivery team, documenting business requirements and driving collaboration across delivery teams to ensure stakeholder buy-in and innovation.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Act as the voice of the customer to the Agile team. Understand the business and product strategies and represent them to the Agile team. Facilitate the relationship between business partners, all vendor partners and user community, bringing their voice to the Agile team. Demonstrate business and product expertise with deep domain knowledge. Act as a liaison with business stakeholders and vendors by planning, conducting, and leading analysis efforts for new product implementations. Lead Agile team backlog refinement sessions to identify scope of work

Collaborate with Manager, Product Management, and other Product Owners to develop a roadmap of features and user stories. Collaborate with business partners, IT partners, and Agile teams to develop clear and concise measurable outcomes and business value; identify, define, write, and refine business requirements in the form of features and user stories with clear acceptance criteria. Actively collaborate with the Agile team through solution design and development. Coordinate with other Product Owners to ensure alignment on solution, priorities, and dependencies. Manage user acceptance testing. Approve and accept business user stories, enablers, and tech debt product backlog items (PBIs). Facilitate product and release demo, taking accountability for feedback and outcomes. Clearly communicate release content and value to business partners and IT leadership. Prioritize issues and collaborate to make decisions required to resolve them weighing the pros/cons, risks, and dependencies

Leverage data to guide product strategy

May lead or guide user acceptance testing with end users

Build, own, maintain, prioritize, optimize, and sequence the integrated team PBI backlog in collaboration with engineers and other stakeholders. Prioritize backlog of user stories in alignment with product roadmap. Collaborate with the Agile team on a regular cadence to refine the backlog. Collaborate with the Agile team to identify dependencies on other teams. Coordinate dependencies with other Product Owners in preparation for program increment planning. Provide guidance in assessing product opportunities and risks and utilize KPIs and metrics to optimize product

Identify ways to improve processes and accelerate value for our customers, ways to continually improve quality standards, and opportunities to improve efficiency. Mentor more junior staff within the team

Qualification

Agile development practicesBusiness systems analysisSQL for data analysisHealthcare industry knowledgeProduct development toolsCustomer-focusedEffective communicationProblem solvingFacilitation skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent

(2) years of business systems analysis experience. (Required for Level II)

(5) years of business systems analysis experience. (Required for Level III)

Preferred

Experience in a software development environment with Agile development practices, including Scrum and SAFe

Experience using SQL for data analysis

Knowledge of healthcare or health insurance industry

Knowledge of product development tools including Azure DevOps Services, Visual Studio, Confluence, and Product Plan

Benefits

Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.

Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.

Life and disability insurance.

Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and, believe it or not, a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.

Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs, just to name a few.

Generous paid time off to reenergize.

Looking for continuing education? We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.

Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.

Free convenient on-site parking.

Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.

Participate in engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs and more.

Our complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.

Company

Premera Blue Cross

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Premera is a leading health plan in the Pacific Northwest, providing comprehensive health benefits and tailored services.

Founded in 1945

Mountlake Terrace, Washington, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.premera.com

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