Senior Agile Product Owner

The Cigna Group

Senior Manager, Agile Product Owner at Evernorth Health Services, shaping Agile teams and managing backlogs to deliver high-quality product solutions. Requires extensive Agile experience and strong leadership capabilities.

Posted 7/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $129,500 - $215,800 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Agile Product Ownership, effectively translating business and customer needs into actionable backlog items while prioritizing work based on customer value and business impact. Proven ability to lead Agile ceremonies, coach teams, and ensure delivery aligns with quality standards and stakeholder expectations.

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Agile Product OwnershipBacklog ManagementJiraAgile MethodologiesStakeholder Engagement

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Hard Skills

Backlog RefinementUser Story CreationAcceptance Criteria DefinitionSprint PlanningRelease Management

Soft Skills

CommunicationFacilitationPrioritizationNegotiationDecision-Making

Tools & Technologies

JiraAgile Tools

Industry Keywords

ScrumKanbanSAFeARTContinuous Improvement

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and maintain a healthy, prioritized backlog that aligns with business goals, customer needs, and product strategies
Translate product roadmaps and priorities into features, user stories, and acceptance criteria that teams can execute
Lead backlog refinement activities to ensure work is ready, well-defined, testable, and aligned with delivery standards
Prioritize work based on customer value, business impact, risk, dependencies, and team capacity
Serve as the voice of the customer and ensure delivery teams understand stakeholder and business needs
Partner with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, Engineers, QA, and Operations teams to define and deliver solutions
Approve completed work and validate that features meet requirements, quality standards, and customer expectations
Use Jira or similar Agile tools to manage backlog health, story progress, blockers, and dependencies
Support Agile ceremonies, including PI Planning, sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives, demos, and Inspect & Adapt activities
Identify and resolve risks, blockers, dependencies, and prioritization conflicts, escalating when needed
Coordinate release readiness activities, including communications, documentation, user readiness, and post-release validation
Monitor delivery, quality, customer feedback, and operational metrics to improve team performance and outcomes
Lead, coach, and develop Product Owners and Agile team members on backlog management, story writing, prioritization, and customer value delivery
Promote Agile principles, collaboration, continuous improvement, innovation, and a customer-first mindset

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
Strong experience as an Agile Product Owner in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, ART, or other large-scale Agile environments
Experience translating business and customer needs into features, user stories, and actionable backlog items
Proven ability to manage backlogs, acceptance criteria, definitions of ready, and definitions of done
Strong understanding of Agile planning, backlog refinement, sprint planning, PI Planning, and release management
Experience working with Jira or similar Agile project management tools
Ability to build strong relationships and influence stakeholders across business and technology teams
Strong communication, facilitation, prioritization, negotiation, and decision-making skills
Experience coaching Product Owners and improving Agile delivery practices
Ability to manage competing priorities, navigate ambiguity, and resolve dependencies and risks
Strong customer focus with the ability to balance business value, technical feasibility, and delivery commitments

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k)
Company paid life insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year
Paid holidays
Leaves of absence
Comprehensive range of benefits with a focus on supporting whole health