Agile Product Owner Senior Advisor - Work from home - Express Scripts

POSITION SUMMARY

As a Business Product Owner, this position will be accountable to the Operational leaders in PBM Services for driving transformational IT Product initiatives to help deliver strategic solutions and ensure product health and stability.

This person will drive the business strategies into prioritized initiatives for the IT teams and be able to respond to urgent issues in their specific function without losing focus on longer term deliverables. As a leader, this person is able to balance a wide-range of priorities and manage relationships with other IT departments, all while considering short-term and long-term implications of each decision. The Sr. Manager may lead internal cross-department IT initiatives and may participate on cross-functional initiatives for Express Scripts.

Essential Functions

• Create product vision and roadmap
• Works directly with the business capability leads to identify and prioritize user stories aligned with the epics.
• Establish success criteria and measures progress/value delivered
• Decision making authority: Final arbiter of intake requirements and delivery acceptance criteria
• Works with the TPO, scrum team leads and the business capability leads to maximize value from the delivery of the prioritized user stories.
• Work with IT Product Owners and other Business Product Owners on backlog prioritization across business products
• Work with TPO to answer questions and provide guidance to agile team
• Accountable for business product health and ongoing enhancements
• Identify the organizational readiness/Change Management needs
• Evaluates initial approach and refinement before full product release
• Leverages agile approach to building a product by iterating and adjusting with new insights and Ideas
• Accountable for the release of new capability or product with benefit validation
• Support monthly and quarterly metrics to support operational value of product

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in related field required. Advanced Master's Degree in related field preferred
• Requires a minimum of 10-12 years of experience in information systems or operations environment or MA/MS with 8-12 years of relevant experience. 5-7 years of project management experience preferred; 1-2 years of Pharmacy Benefit Management and/or healthcare experience preferred
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and MS Project, and Windows in a work environment
• Knowledge of and experience in Pharmacy Benefits Management and Healthcare industries preferred
• Proven success leading large, complex enterprise projects to desired outcomes
• Advanced knowledge of and demonstrable experience in project situations requiring knowledge of scope, cost, and schedule management
• Demonstrable experience in client-facing or client-serving situations
• Proven ability to build and strengthen relationships and build solid networks
• Advanced knowledge of and experience with structured project management techniques
• Experience with software development methodology
• Knowledge of agile methodology and JIRA is a plus
• Demonstrable analytical and critical thinking skills
• Strong problem solving skills
• Passionate leader with desire to drive transformational change
• Excellent organization skills with ability to multi-task and drive multiple priorities at the same time
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to clearly and openly communicate status, issues/risks, and challenges presented to project, as well as ability to create clear and concise presentations
• Ability to produce executive-level status reporting
• Large group presentation and speaking experience preferred
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule to accommodate business and some travel requirements

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 100,600 - 167,600 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That's why you'll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna.

About Evernorth

Evernorth, Cigna Corporation's health services segment, exists to elevate health for all. We're building on our legacy and redefining health care as we know it. Unbiased in how we think, we create without limitation. We partner without constraints, deliver value differently and act in the interest of humanity. Solving across silos, closing gaps in care, and empowering clients, customers, and people everywhere to move onward and upward. When you work with us, you'll be empowered to solve the problems others don't, won't or can't. Join us. What difference will you make?

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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Cigna has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.