Product Owner - Network Innovation & Operations

Product Owner - Network Innovation & Operations

Remote opportunity to residents of OR, WA, ID and UT

Primary Job Purpose

The Product Owner I represents the voice of the customer and is accountable for ensuring that a technology team delivers value to the business. This role is responsible for handling both the daily and strategic delivery of the technical solutions throughout Cambia, and is the key day-to-day interface between the Product and Engineering teams. A Product Owner's key responsibility is to convey the vision of the product to the engineering teams, to prioritize the teams backlog and to set direction for product releases and sprints.

General Functions and Outcomes

• Leads technology/development efforts by describing vision, outlining work in the team backlog, and prioritizing it based on business value. The team itself has the cross- functional skills to do the actual work (analysis, design, develop, test, technical communication, document, etc.).
• Resolves which features of a product are most important, when they are developed, etc. using information from leadership collaborators responsible for any and all functions.
• Analyzes and/or builds requirements for improving or replacing manual or computerized systems and procedures to meet user needs and to achieve greater corporate operating efficiency.
• Reads and creates sophisticated structured specifications such as Use Cases, Story Boards, Cucumber scenarios and any other formal methods.
• Reads, understands, and creates technical documents including logical data models. Uses multiple methodologies appropriately (RUP and Agile) for complex size work efforts and can supply to the maturity and growth of the Cambia Solutions Lifecycle.
• Sets objectives and goals, breaks down concepts into manageable achievable steps, and assesses risks and problems.
• Provides estimates for large and intricate size work efforts increasing accuracy of the estimate as work effort progresses.
• Negotiates with team on technical debt and evaluates solution to meet the need of the business.
• Participates in projects as a team member, and/or makes substantial contributions to team efficiency by improving the methodology, tools, and/or internal processes.
• Is responsible for accepting user stories and confirming completeness.
• Involved in high priority projects by leading projects from inception to execution within agreed upon time frames.
• Handles the backlogs for multiple products or delivery teams.
• Maintains a release roadmap.
• Anticipates bottlenecks, provide critical issue management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.
• Identifies, assesses, tracks and mitigates issues and risks at multiple levels.
• Has additional skills in business analysis and/or business architecture.
• Mentors more junior staff

Minimum Requirements

• Experience in a business, information technology infrastructure or a software development area and working with business requirements, root cause analysis, creating software or business modeling.
• Shown success with analysis and implementation of medium-to-large scale technology delivery efforts.
• Demonstrated ability to discover and describe the current state situation, understand strategic business goals, design and articulate future state, perform gap analysis and make recommendations to business leadership that meet goals and requirements.
• Established ability to understand, translate and communicate technical and complex ideas and situations to a wide variety of audiences including clients, coworkers and management.
• Proficient in various technologies which may include: application development languages and packages, client/server systems, security (firewalls/encryption products), web and application servers, and/or network and telephony infrastructure.
• Ability to connect with architectural abstractions and technical design patterns - including significant proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite specifically Excel, Visio and PowerPoint. Bonus for SharePoint; Excel Services, WorkFlow and other advanced features.
• Knowledge of Agile methodology, project and product management best practices
• Demonstrated excellent attention to detail including confirmed ability to handle multiple projects and priorities in parallel.
• Ability to learn new technology concepts quickly.
• Ability to think strategically and implement methodically.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where continuous innovation is desired.
• Ability to articulate a clear product vision to the engineering team(s), to help ensure the successful and timely delivery of products to market.
• Experience with Business Analysis and Business Engineering methods including: data gathering and process mapping methodologies, gap analysis, business case development and presentation.
• Experience with agile project management of large, multi-functional initiatives.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and/or complex projects and navigate timelines.
• Proven sense of market priorities and ability to appropriately push back against group think that will negatively impact company position in market place or marketability of the portfolio.
• Experience working with a multi-functional team across design, marketing, and engineering team to meet ambitious goals.
• Demonstrable ability to dive deep in understanding the product, business, and market trends (including the competitive landscape

Normally to be proficient in the competencies listed above

The Product Owner I would have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or other related field plus 5 + years of progressively responsibly industry experience or business analysis experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Licenses, Certifications, Registration, Etc.

Not required, but highly valued:

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) via Scrum Alliance
• Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) via Scrum.org
• SAFe Product Manager/Product Owner with PMPO Certification
• IEEE Computer Society Scrum Product Owner Certification
• Scrum Product Owner Accredited Certification by the International Scrum Institute

At Cambia, we are dedicated to making the health care experience simpler, better, and more affordable for people and their families. This family of over a dozen companies works together to make the health care system more economically sustainable and efficient. Cambia's solutions empower over 80 million Americans nationwide, including more than 3.4 million people in the Pacific Northwest, who are enrolled in Cambia's regional health plans.

Cambia is a total health solutions company that is deeply rooted in a 100-year legacy of transforming the industry and the way people experience health care. We had our beginnings in the logging communities of the Pacific Northwest as innovators in helping workers afford health care. That pioneering spirit has kept us at the forefront as we build new avenues to improve access to and quality of health care for the future. Cambia is committed to delivering a seamless, personalized health care experience for the next 100 years.

This position includes 401(k), healthcare, paid time off, paid holidays, and more. For more information, please visit www.cambiahealth.com/careers/total-rewards.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer dedicated to workforce diversity and a drug and tobacco-free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law. A background check is required.

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