Product Owner

Title: Product Owner - Remote

Location: Hartford, CT, USA

Remote

Contract

Pay Rate $52 - $65 (hourly estimate)

Job Description: 

Our Healthcare Insurance client is looking for a Product Owner for a remote work from home 1 year contract. We are looking for a Product Owner that has a strong background working with Web and Mobile Development Teams, identity & access management, Multi-Factor Authentication for a external customer facing web and mobile. This team supports the non-member (brokers, employers, providers, Medicaid, supplemental insurance, etc.) population of a large insurance companies flagship member portal.

As a Product Owner you will work in a fast-paced environment and will carry the responsibility to manage an important part of a digital services and data platform. This role focuses on identity and access management. These are largely API-based services, so a technical background is highly desired.

You will be guiding scrum teams with representation from architecture, engineering, product management and others. This role affords you the opportunity to expand your skills by working alongside talented and passionate teammates from diverse backgrounds. You will be contributing to building identity capabilities that are a critical part of our health care platform.

Key responsibilities:
• Understand customer needs to define product direction and articulate user stories and features
• Decompose high-level requirements into user stories and tasks, manage and prioritize the product backlog, participate in scrums and meta-scrums, and validate delivered solution designs
• Lead quarterly Product Increment planning for your scrum team(s)
• Understand, assess and critique the defined architecture and ensure that the scrum team delivery is aligned to that architecture
• Partner with engineering team to define, track and test user stories in an agile software development life cycle
• Provide product subject matter expertise and leadership
• Work with program management to track schedule against the roadmap and escalate risks and issues
BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE:
• 3+ years of professional work experience with a least a couple years working with back-end systems and APIs
• 1+ year experience working with identity and access management products
• Technical aptitude and preferably experience managing or using API-based products
• Demonstrated collaborative style, with ability to lead and influence diverse teams
• Demonstrated experience driving agile product development
• Passion for health and wellness
Skills/Competencies
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to thrive in a SAFe Agile development environment
• Experience using Rally to manage user requirements

EDUCATION Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

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Required Skills & Experience

3+ years as a Product Owner
Experience working with Web and Mobile Development Teams
Experience working in Healthcare Insurance companies
SAFe Agile
Multi-Factor Authentication
Identity & Access Management
experience working on an external member portal (web & mobile)

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.