Wellmarkinc

Wellmarkinc

Associate Product Owner - Pharmacy Operational Efficiency (Open to hiring at the Product Owner level)

Des Moines, IA, United States

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 13 days ago
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About the role

  • If you're passionate about joining an organization working hard to put its members first, to provide best-in-class service, and one that is committed to sustainability and innovation, consider applying today!
  • Learn more about our unique benefit offerings here.
  • The Associate Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the product's value and the agile team's work by ensuring the team's backlog is prioritized and aligned with customer needs and approved business cases.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with stakeholders to assess value and prioritize features and stories to ensure work focuses on those with a maximum value aligned to the product strategy.
  • Manage against and participate in the refinement of Objectives and Key Results (OKR's) defined for the product team during each planning interval.
  • They build strong partnerships with stakeholders through continuous communication and feedback to ensure their needs are represented, and the product outcomes are achieved.
  • This opportunity has one opening and will support the Pharmacy - Operational Efficiency product team.
  • Demonstrates ownership and commitment to projects; drives tasks and milestones toward successful completion and holds themselves accountable for project performance.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or direct and applicable work experience.
  • Minimum of 4 years of experience working with or leading agile teams through the delivery of value to the product's customer, including experience using agile requirements management tools (e.g., Jira or Azure DevOps).
  • Minimum of 1 year demonstrated experience in Product Owner-type role, typically gained through membership on defined product team within Wellmark.
  • Demonstrated ability to be a highly functioning and influential leader on high-performing cross-functional teams
  • Demonstrated experience with agile and/or lean product management competencies of value measurement, optimization, and eliminating waste.
  • Comfort with ambiguity
  • Ability to identify risks and deploy appropriate mitigation strategies to meet stakeholder/functional requirements.
  • Consulting skills required with, excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree.
  • SAFe agile certification.
  • Experience with agile business analysis, including documentation of features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
  • Exposure to negotiation skills and techniques.
  • Experience using agile requirements management tools (e.g., Jira or Azure DevOps).
  • Proficiency in HROR highly preferred.
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA).
  • Prior experience in a Product Owner role operating within a SAFe organization.

Benefits

  • They develop and convey the product's vision to the agile team, outlining and prioritizing work based on business value realization metrics.

Company info

  • Lead iteration review meetings to demonstrate the outcomes achieved to the product team's stakeholders or customers.
  • We are a mutual insurance company owned by our policy holders across Iowa and South Dakota, and we've built our reputation on over 80 years' worth of trust.
  • We are not motivated by profits.
  • We are motivated by the well-being of our friends, family, and neighbors-our members.

Equal opportunity

  • An Equal Opportunity Employer

Visa & Work Authorization

  • F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc.
  • For additional information around work authorization needs please refer to the following resources: Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants &#x
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