As a Senior Agile Product Management Advisor supporting Infrastructure, you will have an opportunity to enable meaningful change that drives product excellence via use of Agile practices. You will partner with business and technology stakeholders to manage criteria based intake of work. Lead the decomposition and prioritization of work to create metric based development backlogs. You will also be a change agent driving continuous improvement as you partner with Kanban Engineering teams to define Agile deliverables and best practices.Essential Functions:
Work Initiation – validates and coordinates requests from the customer as related to their requirements, hardware and software needs.
Collaborate with agile team to build and manage the backlog of features and capabilities that deliver desired business impact.
Writes actionable user stories and prioritizes them into a ranked work queue based on value, customer need and production impact.
Proactively resolve dependencies and resolve conflict effectively across teams for business initiatives.
Manages communications with stakeholders - addresses team intake and delivery process questions, requested work elaboration, status of work in process, and delivery expectations.
Change Agent – partners with Center of Practice (CoP) to identify opportunities for improvement and optimize team performance using a metrics based approach, ensures consistency with enterprise data standards (JIRA/Rally/etc)
Drives process improvements through an understanding of the Product team delivery method and Agile methodology.
Key partner in advancing Agile maturity of the Product team.
Experience and Qualifications:
In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles
Ability to manage time and workload effectively which includes planning, organizing, and prioritizing with attention to details
High degree of comfort in a fast-paced / ambiguous environment
Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
Self-directed, requires minimal supervision
Creative thinker with ability to drive the team to a vision
Technical background with knowledge of software development.
Experience in the following tools is desirable – Agile (JIRA/Rally), collaboration tools (Confluence, SharePoint, HipChat, etc), and Visio.
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.About The Cigna GroupDoing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: [email protected] for support. Do not email [email protected] for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.