Agile Product Owner
Hybrid : This role requires associates to be in-office 1-2 days per week , fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.
Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless accommodation is granted as required by law.
Carelon, a proud member of the Elevance Health family of companies, is a healthcare services organization that takes a whole-health approach to making care more integrated, personalized, and affordable. We put people at the center-connecting physical, behavioral, social, and pharmacy services, along with clinical expertise, research, operations, and advanced technology to help care work better, together.
Among us are specialty-care physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, engineers, data scientists, and other dedicated and caring health professionals. While our roles may differ, our purpose is shared: to make a positive impact on whole health.
The Agile Product Owner is responsible for acting as a member of the Agile leadership team and is the functional and/or client (or business) representative for a project or set of projects within a market-focus.
How you will make an impact:
Act as a member of the Agile leadership team and is the functional and/or client (or business) representative for a project or set of projects within a market focus.
Translate features into user stories within a team's backlog and manage ranking and prioritize this backlog so that it is reflective of stakeholder requirements and priorities.
Effectively communicate stakeholders' need to the Agile team to ensure delivery meets both contractual requirements and established acceptance criteria including expected quality and performance, and to complete various work management activities according to defined service level commitments and process compliance guidelines.
Collaborate with team(s) to discover and deliver the best solution to the market problem(s) presented by the Product Manager (business).
Work with the Product Managers to understand, rank, and prioritize business needs and plan solutions to ensure that each release provides business value to end users, sales, and marketing.
Maintain the implementation cadence regularly aligned with the solution vision roadmap and backlog of work through the project's life cycle.
Understand how to write user stories and their acceptance criteria. Translate the product backlog into user stories.
Review and accept/reject results both during a Sprint and in the Sprint review.
Attends Sprint meetings and is available to the team during the Sprint for clarifications and acceptance of user stories.
Input into a project's release plan into a project's release plan.
Present work to team from Team Backlog during Sprint Planning for acceptance by the Team, Sprint negotiates, and Sprint goals.
Minimum Requirements:
Requires a BA/BS and minimum of 3 years experience with writing business/functional requirements and experience implementing Agile methodologies; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:
Leading SAFe (SA) certification, CSPO or equivalent (Certified Scrum Product Owner) and/or SPO/PM (SAFE Product Owner/Product Manager).
Experience delivering products in an Agile/Scrum environment.
Experience in healthcare domain (preferred), including regulatory or data-sensitive environments.
Proven track record of working closely with Product Managers, Scrum Masters, and Development Teams.
Strong understanding of Agile frameworks, especially SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), expertise in writing clear, concise user stories and defining acceptance criteria, experience in managing and prioritizing product backlogs, ability to translate features into technical deliverables
Ability to leverage AI tools such as ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, or similar to improve productivity, documentation, and workflow efficiency
Strong understanding of data ecosystems, including:
Data ingestion pipelines.
Data transformation processes.
Data egress / integration frameworks.
Familiarity with APIs, data workflows, and system integrations.
Skilled in working with technical teams on architecture-level discussions.
Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.
Who We Are
Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.
How We Work
At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.
We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.
Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.
The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.
Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact elevancehealthjobssupport@elevancehealth.com for assistance.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.
Prospective employees required to be screened under Florida law should review the education and awareness resources at HB531 | Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (https://info.flclearinghouse.com/) .
