Wellmark is in a period of change, rolling out formal product teams and adopting agile principles. This new position is crucial to defining the Membership and Enrollment product, aiming to improve the impact on the healthcare industry through a product-focused mindset and iterative progress.
Requirements
- Experience using agile requirements management tools (e.g., Jira or Azure DevOps).
- Proven project management experience including managing project scope and schedule, utilizing industry standard project management methodologies.
- Eliciting detailed business requirements.
- Exposure to the development and execution of user acceptance test plans, scenarios, and cases utilizing industry standard testing methodologies.
- SAFe agile certification (e.g., Product Owner) obtained within 3 months.
- Possess or is willing to pursue certified Product Owner Certification.
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) knowledge.
Responsibilities
- Develops and conveys the product’s vision to the agile team, outlining and prioritizing work based on business value realization metrics.
- Prioritize high-value work and align with our program's performance objectives to maximize impact and efficiency.
- Maximize the product's value and the work of the agile team by working with them to ensure they have a clear vision of the priority and value of the work.
- Serve as the voice of the customer by creating a shared understanding of the product vision and customer needs through consistent communications with the team.
- Active leader in the agile team’s scrum events, including agile ceremonies such as stand-ups, story refinements, backlog grooming, and team retrospectives.
- Ensure the team understands the product priorities and executes the highest value work through lean and agile product prioritization methods (e.g, WSJF, MoSCoW).
- Author the product roadmap features by creating well-defined product requirements, including features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Other
- Success in this role will require strong cross-functional collaboration and strategic partnerships.
- The Product Owner will work closely with various agile teams and will need to effectively collaborate, build consensus, and drive initiatives with key support teams across multiple departments.
- Ability to work well in a team environment and be capable of building and maintaining relationships with other team members, departments, and customers.
- Consulting skills required with excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
