Product Owner

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield offers the opportunity to deliver customer value end to end within an agile environment, with a role that connects business needs to technology execution. This Regular position is based in Little Rock, AR and supports ongoing collaboration across teams in an enterprise setting. The hiring range for this role is $67,000 to $122,500 per year, with onsite work expectations.

What you’ll do

As a Product Owner, you will operate as part of an agile team to oversee delivery of value to customers in alignment with customer needs and requirements. You will help ensure the team backlog reflects those needs by partnering with Customers, Business Owners, Business Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and Stakeholders. You also serve as the team’s primary customer advocate and the conduit between business and technology.

• Guide story creation from features and prioritize the Team Backlog
• Accept stories as done and help foster built-in quality
• Ensure stories and enablers meet defined acceptance criteria
• Maintain business alignment in the Team Backlog
• Participate in iteration events
• Support the implementation of Architectural Runway
• Work with the System Architect and the team to understand and prioritize enablers
• Build and manage key relationships across the Enterprise

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business discipline (Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field)
• In lieu of degree, five (5) years of relevant experience will be considered in addition to the experience requirements below
• Basic working knowledge and experience using Agile methodologies
• Basic understanding of market rhythms, events, opportunities, threats, and changing regulations
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills
• Proven organization skills and the ability to connect business trends to Enterprise strategies and objectives
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, including consultative ability across multiple levels and areas of the Enterprise
• Ability to be highly productive and self-motivated with minimum direct supervision
• Ability to analyze problems and develop solutions
• Ability to support the development and management of multiple solutions and/or projects at one time

Experience

• Minimum three (3) years as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Systems Analyst, Business Analyst, Project Manager, or equivalent combination supporting end-to-end implementation
• Minimum three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in enterprise data governance, data quality management, data testing/validation, master data management, and/or related enterprise data services (experience supporting enterprise data platforms, data management processes, or data governance initiatives preferred)

Security, compliance, and job conditions

• This position is identified as level three (3) and must ensure security and confidentiality of records and information to prevent substantial harm, embarrassment, inconvenience, or unfairness.
• Integrity of information must be maintained as outlined in the company Administrative Manual.
• Segregation of duties applies to prevent or detect errors or irregularities timely, in accordance with the Administrative Manual.
• ADA requirements: 2.1 General Office Worker, Semi-Active, Campus Travel, including periodic lifting and carrying up to 40 lbs and routine travel within walking distance of the primary work location as essential functions.

Skills

• Analyze Information
• Cross-Functional Communications
• Decision Making
• Employee Coordination
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Oral Communications
• Organizing
• Presentation Delivery
• Problem Sensitivity
• Research Techniques
• Service Oriented
• System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Documentation
• Written Communication