Premera Blue Cross · 23 hours ago
Agile Product Owner II - Information Management
Mountlake Terrace, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$92K/yr - $157K/yr
2+ years expPremera Blue Cross is dedicated to improving customers' lives by transforming healthcare. The Agile Product Owner II will act as the voice of the customer within the Agile delivery team, managing the product backlog and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure business value is prioritized and delivered effectively.
Cyber SecurityHealth CareInformation TechnologyInsurance
Responsibilities
Act as the voice of the customer to the Agile team. Understand the business and product strategies represent them to the Agile team. Facilitate the relationship with business partners and user community, bringing their voice to the Agile team. Become a business and product expert with deep domain knowledge. Act as a liaison with business stakeholders by planning, conducting, and leading analysis efforts for new product implementations. Lead Agile team backlog refinement sessions to identify scope of work
Collaborate with Product Managers and other Product Owners to develop a roadmap of features and user stories. Collaborate with business partners, IT partners, and Agile teams to develop clear and concise measurable outcomes and business value; identify, define, write, and refine business requirements in the form of features and user stories with clear acceptance criteria. Actively collaborate with the Agile team through solution design and development. Manage user acceptance testing. Approve and accept business user stories, enablers, and tech debt product backlog items (PBIs). Facilitate product and release demo, taking accountability for feedback and outcomes. Clearly communicate release content and value to business partners. Prioritize issues and collaborate to make decisions required to resolve them weighing the pros/cons, risks, and dependencies
Leverage data to guide product strategy
May lead or guide user acceptance testing with end users
Build, own, maintain, prioritize, optimize, and sequence the integrated team PBI backlog in collaboration with engineers and other stakeholders. Prioritize backlog of user stories in alignment with product roadmap. Collaborate with the Agile team on a regular cadence to refine the backlog. Collaborate with the Agile team to identify dependencies on other teams. Coordinate dependencies with other Product Owners in preparation for program increment planning
Identify ways to improve processes and accelerate value to our customers. Identify ways to continually improve quality standards. Identify opportunities to improve efficiency
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems or Computer Science or equivalent
Two (2) years of business systems analysis experience
Preferred
Experience in a software development environment with Agile development practices, including Scrum and SAFe. Knowledge of Agile delivery models
Experience using SQL for data analysis
Knowledge of the healthcare or health insurance industry
Knowledge of product development tools including Azure DevOps Services, Visual Studio, Confluence, and Product Plan
Experience with APIs, FHIR, Kafka, Mongo, Databricks, Boomi, RTPM, Edifecs, EDI and HIPAA
Proficiency with Copilot for content generation
Benefits
Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.
Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.
Life and disability insurance.
Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and, believe it or not, a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.
Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs, just to name a few.
Generous paid time off to reenergize.
Looking for continuing education? We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.
Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.
Free convenient on-site parking.
Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.
Participate in engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs and more.
Our complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.
Company
Premera Blue Cross
Premera is a leading health plan in the Pacific Northwest, providing comprehensive health benefits and tailored services.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Jeffrey Roe
President and Chief Executive Officer
Talha Ashraf
EVP and CFO
Recent News
2025-12-04
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