Product Owner Sr Manager (Remote)

Title : Product Owner, Sr. Manager

Location : Naperville, IL (Hybrid) or Remote

Job ID : 00059046521

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Providing relevant business context for agile software development team(s) and working with other Product Owners across multiple geo-graphical locations through planning exercises designed to help select development work for time-boxed execution.

Facilitating Agile Scrum Framework execution by team by filling a role as a "Servant Leader" for the team. Minimizing the impact of impediments to successful completion of development work.

Job Title : Product Owner Sr Manager

Role : Individual Contributor External Facing Role

Essential Functions :

1. Providing vision and direction to the agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project through understanding and representing the customer to the team through backlog management, release planning, and elaboration of the product features and requirements.

2. Partnering with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog that reflects value and prioritizes work for a software development team while understanding changing requirements on a daily basis.

3. Defining, translating and validating the required features based on input form market, the users, and the roadmap for the product.

4. Guiding the development team and organization (BU) on how to use Agile / Scrum best practices and values and enforcing them while maintaining / growing team dynamic.

5. Responsible for ensuring quality designs for all features, either by performing feature design, or by coordinating the activities of designers within the scrum team, product family, and / or the product portfolio.

7. Assist Product Owner Mgmt. With training and developing SME within associates on the team

Qualifications :

Education : Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Business Administration required. Certified Product Owner (CSPO or similar).

Required Experience :

Minimum of eight years' experience with professional software product development, with a minimum of two years' experience participating in scrum projects and domain / product experience.

Direct experience and responsibility for the documentation and ongoing elaboration of software requirements and specifications, including user stories and detailed specifications.

Experience with multiple full project lifecycles, from concept to delivery.

Proven experience in managing large and complex software-as-a-service and service based architecture cloud platform scrum projects.

Experience with API integrations, specifically with TriZetto Facets and / or QNXT, required.

Desired Experience :

Experience in facilitation, negotiation, and influencing preferred.

Healthcare (Health Plan) industry experience preferred.

Behavioral Competencies :

Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse, geographically dispersed group including executives, managers and subject matter experts.

Strong teamwork, relationship building and interpersonal skills as well as analytical and problem-solving skills.

Excellent organization skills; creativity, objective-oriented focus with the ability to set and manage priorities judiciously.

Technical Competencies :

Sound financial skills including the ability to write business cases, determine ROI, NPV and cash-flows.

Proficient with office productivity and project planning tools.

Strong technical and problem-solving aptitude as well as the ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.

On-demand / SaaS software product development is a strong plus.

Salary and Other Compensation :

Applications will be accepted until July 27

2024

The annual salary for this position is between $120K - $146K depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits : Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements :

• Medical / Dental / Vision / Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term / Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer : The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Limited Travel

Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking.

It encourages lively discussions, creativity, productivity, and helps us build better solutions for our clients. We want someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft meaningful solutions through true collaboration.

If you are content with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we'd love to hear from you!

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