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Join Our Team: Do Meaningful Work and Improve People’s Lives 

Our purpose, to improve customers’ lives by making healthcare work better, is far from ordinary. And so are our employees. Working at Premera means you have the opportunity to drive real change by transforming healthcare.

Premera is committed to being a workplace where people feel empowered to grow, innovate, and lead with purpose. By investing in our employees and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous development, we’re able to better serve our customers. It’s this commitment that has earned us recognition as one of the best companies to work for. Learn more about our recent awards and recognitions as a greatest workplace.

Learn how Premera supports our members, customers and the communities that we serve through our Healthsource blog:  https://healthsource.premera.com/.

 About the role of Agile Product Owner IV  

Premera is looking for an Agile Product Owner who will have a critical role in advancing our business process automation strategy, with a focus on the transformation of highly regulated workflows. The Agile Product Owner IV will help us deliver streamlined, reliable experiences that meaningfully support our customers and providers during key moments of need. As we expand our automation capabilities, this work will increasingly integrate AI to drive smarter decisions and operational efficiency. 

We are looking for a product leader who is energized by digging into complex problems and shaping modern solutions that improve our customers' lives and make healthcare work better now and in the future. 

If you’re interested in leveraging AI and automation to improve the performance of the business, this Agile Product Owner position might be the right opportunity for you!   

The Agile Product Owner will act as the voice of the customer within the Agile Delivery team and lead collaboration with business stakeholders to elicit business requirements and document in the form of features and user stories. You will create, maintain, and outline work in the backlog, provide analysis on complex or abstract problems to determine which work items will produce the most business value, and prioritize those deliverables. You will develop and maintain strong relationships with business partners to ensure stakeholder buy-in and drive innovation. As a leader within Premera IT, you will also help mentor and support the development of Product Owners and foster a positive team culture. 

This is a hybrid role, located on our campus in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.  

What you’ll do:  

Act as the voice of the customer to the Agile team. Understand the business and product strategies and represent them to the Agile team.  

Act as a liaison with business stakeholders by planning, conducting, and leading analysis efforts for new product implementations.   

Demonstrate business and product expertise with both deep and broad domain knowledge. 

Build, own, maintain, collaborate and sequence the team backlog in alignment with product roadmap with engineers and other stakeholders.  

Collaborate with the Agile team on a regular cadence to refine the backlog. 

Actively collaborate with the Agile team through solution design and development. Coordinate with other Product Owners to ensure alignment on solution, priorities, and dependencies. 

Manage user acceptance testing. Approve and accept business user stories, enablers, and tech debt product backlog items (PBIs).  

Facilitate product and release demos, taking accountability for feedback and outcomes. 

Collaborate with business partners, IT partners, and Agile teams to develop clear and concise measurable outcomes and business value.  

Clearly communicate release content and value to business partners and IT leadership.  

Prioritize issues and collaborate to make decisions required to resolve them weighing the pros/cons, risks, and dependencies. 

Leverage data to guide product strategy. 

What you’ll bring:  

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems or Computer Science or equivalent. (Required) 

(8) years of business systems analysis experience. (Required) 

Experience in a software development environment with agile development practices, including Scrum and SAFe. Knowledge of agile delivery models. (Preferred) 

Experience using SQL for data analysis. (Preferred) 

Knowledge of healthcare or health insurance industry. (Preferred) 

Knowledge of product development tools including Azure DevOps Services, Visual Studio, Confluence, and Product Plan. (Preferred) 

Experience using AI to build out new capabilities. (Preferred) 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

Experience defining software requirements for highly complex products/solutions; expert knowledge of analytical tools, relational databases, and software applications; proven ability to analyze highly complex data and business processes. 

Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, both orally and in writing, to a wide range of audiences, including business and IT leadership and executives.  

Strong problem solving and root cause analysis skills, demonstrated ability to proactively prevent problems from occurring and work issues to resolution. 

Strong facilitation skills: ability to facilitate large, diverse group discussions on extremely complex topics to achieve defined outcomes; leverage a variety of facilitation techniques depending on the specific needs of the audience and topic. 

Premera total rewards

Our comprehensive total rewards package provides support, resources, and opportunities to help employees thrive and grow. Our total rewards are more than a collection of perks, they're a reflection of our commitment to your health and well-being. We offer a broad array of rewards including physical, financial, emotional, and community benefits, including:

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.

For our hybrid employees, our on-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources, networking opportunities, and team engagement.

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.

Need a brain break? Challenge someone to a game of shuffleboard or ping pong while on campus.

Equal employment opportunity/affirmative action:

Premera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

If you need an accommodation to apply online for positions at Premera, please contact Premera Human Resources via email at careers@premera.com or via phone at 425-918-4785.

The pay for this role will vary based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographic location, market conditions, and specific skills and experience.

The salary range for this role is posted below; we generally target up to and around the midpoint of the range.

National Plus Salary Range:

*National Plus salary range is used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska.

We’re happy to discuss compensation further during the interview because we believe that open communication leads to better outcomes for all. We’re committed to creating an environment where all employees are celebrated for their unique skills and contributions.