Senior Product Owner

About the Role

The Senior Product Owner maximizes the value of products delivered by Agile teams. This role is business-focused, serving as the bridge between stakeholders and development teams to ensure the right product is built, in the right order, and aligned with business goals.

You will report to an Associate Director and be a part of the Migration Project team. This role will be part of an Agile Scrum team responsible for migrating existing trading partners from a vendor-managed system to a Humana-owned rules engine platform.

This position centers on product strategy, stakeholder collaboration, and Agile delivery within a Medicaid environment. This is not a Project Manager or technical role.

Key Responsibilities

• Acts as the Agile team’s primary contact for work prioritization, decision-making, and product direction
• Collaborates with stakeholders to define and refine product requirements and priorities
• Facilitates Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, and PI planning
• Monitors product performance and addresses production environment issues
• Communicates timely updates and insights to functional leaders
• Identifies product gaps and opportunities for improvement
• Begins to influence departmental strategy through product insights
• Makes decisions on product direction—not technical implementation

Important Note

This role does not involve project management duties such as scheduling, budgeting, or resource allocation. It also does not require technical development skills. The focus is on product ownership, business value, and Agile collaboration.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience facilitating backlog refinement, sprint planning, and PI planning in partnership with Release Train Engineers, Scrum Masters, and SIT/UAT testing teams
• 5+ years of experience working within Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban), with deep expertise in backlog prioritization for one or more Agile teams
• 5+ years of experience leveraging tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, and testing platforms to support Agile delivery and execution
• 5+ years of experience translating complex business requirements into clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria, ensuring alignment

Preferred Qualifications

• Lean Certified / Six Sigma
• Experience in Encounter Data Submissions
• Experience in Medicare/Medicaid products
• CAS
• X12
• SQL

Work Location

While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Compensation

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$94,900 - $130,500 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

About Humana

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.