Software Product Owner (REMOTE)

Job Summary

The Product Owner will be leading initiatives to drive digital transformation for a new digital experience for our members. The Product Owner collaborates with the Product Manager and Journey Management teams to familiarize themselves with strategy and vision to be able to provide the necessary direction to business and IT partners as the solution is being developed. We are seeking a strong individual to push our digital experience to the next level. That includes working on initiatives where you are building a world-class and forward-leaning user experience, thoughtfully integrating proprietary and partnered solutions, supporting the evaluation and integration of the most important and exciting new technologies (e.g., Amazon Alexa) and features (e.g., virtual care) to increase conversion, and otherwise ensuring our customer has the most supportive, frictionless, and delightful digital experience possible.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Leads scrum teams as the Product Owner• Provides vision and direction to the agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project and create user stories• Ensures that the team always has an adequate backlog of prior prepared work• Plans and prioritize product feature backlog user stories for their work-streams• Coordinates with Journey and product teams to deliver on vision, road-map and growth opportunities• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are
  aligned with product strategy• Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories• Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI• Leads the planning product release plans and set expectation for delivery of new functionalities• Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals• Research and analyze market, the users, and the roadmap for the product• Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends
• The essential functions listed represent the major duties of this role, additional duties may be assigned.

What You Must Have:

5+ years related work experience. Experience Details: Relevant experience with at least 3 years related to digital 1 year as product owner

Related Bachelor's degree or additional related equivalent work experience

In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles

Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills Ability to work in an agile and iterative environment

What We Would Prefer You Have:

Business knowledge of Florida Blue Lean/Six Sigma or Product Owner certification

Experience leading teams in a matrix environment with reporting responsibilities to two or more different areas

General Physical Demands

Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Jobs are sedentary if traversing activities are required only occasionally.

What We Offer:

As a Florida Blue employee, you will thrive in our Be Well, Work Well, GuideWell culture where being well as an individual, and working well as a team, are both important in serving our members and communities.

To support your wellbeing, comprehensive benefits are offered. As an employee, you will have access to:

• Medical, dental, vision, life and global travel health insurance;
• Income protection benefits: life insurance, Short- and long-term disability programs;
• Leave programs to support personal circumstances;
• Retirement Savings Plan includes employer contribution and employer match;
• Paid time off, volunteer time off, and 11 holidays
• Additional voluntary benefits available; and
• A comprehensive wellness program

• Employee benefits are designed to align with federal and state employment laws. Benefits may vary based on the state in which work is performed. Benefits for intern, part-time and seasonal employees may differ.
  To support your financial wellbeing, we offer competitive pay as well as opportunities for incentive or commission compensation. We also conduct regular annual reviews with pay for performance considerations for base pay increases.
  Annualized Salary Range: $72,300 - $117,500
  Typical Annualized Hiring Range: $72,300 - $90,400
  Final pay will be determined with consideration of market competitiveness, internal equity, and the job-related knowledge, skills, training, and experience you bring.
  We are an Equal Opportunity/Protected Veteran/Disabled Employer committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable culture for our employees and communities.