Agile Product Owner

Job Title : Agile Product Owner

 

Location : Morris Plains, NJ / Austin, Dallas /  TX / Bloomington, MN / Memphis, TN / 5 Days Onsite in a Week

 

Duration : Long Term

 

 

Must Haves:

 

8+ years relevant experience as a Senior Level Technical Product Owner (10 total years’ experience)

 

Experience in Pharmacy Finance area including Billing and Collections

 

Jira 

 

Seasoned with the ability to navigate politics, meet tight deadlines, work in a dynamic environment and lead proactively

 

Excellent technical, analytical, presentation skills and communication skills required.

 

 

 

 

Duties:

The Agile Product Owner Senior Advisor is responsible for the initiatives supporting the Specialty Pharmacy Area.  This position utilizes technical and operational aptitude and experience to provide business support to Express Scripts Operations to ensure satisfaction with technology products, systems and services in alignment with ESI objectives.  Assists with ensuring requirements are clear and actionable and that the execution of approved initiatives drives value in the department. Manages deadlines and ensures overall success of assigned portfolio initiatives from beginning to end.

 

 

 

Primary Functions

 

Provide business direction and project management for cross-functional, operational, strategic and/or tactical initiatives in our Specialty Pharmacy area.

 

Coordinate cross-functional team members'' activities to ensure that designated projects and relevant tasks are completed on time to support the project team''s efforts.

 

Gather and analyze data, develop queries, document necessary requirements, track action items via a project plan, and provide status reports.

 

Ensure proper processes are met and documented by responsible team and business lead.

 

Responsible for timely completion of initiatives and communicating with leadership on roadblocks and changing priorities.

 

Optimize results within acceptable product scope and time constraints.

 

Partner with cross-functional project teams to assess status, support escalated issues as they arise and drive the resolution of product impediments.

 

Assist in the establishment of the strategic direction and product roadmap.

 

Act as liaison between business and technology to execute portfolio level initiatives, resolve issues, monitor KPI results and provide leadership status updates.

 

Accountable for completing financial analysis with resource management partner and tracking savings/margin/benefit with leadership.

 

Understanding of trends and metrics associated with your product/capability area.

 

Leverage data to come up with new opportunities for product improvement.

 

Work with business and technology partners to understand our customers'' needs to meet business objectives and to improve customer satisfaction/NPS.

 

Partner with technology and analytics teams to develop new data sources for KPI''s currently not in place.

 

Lead large/complex technology projects in our Specialty Pharmacy area and assist others in gathering and documenting requirements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skills:

 

5+ years relevant experience, i.e., business analysis and/or technology development

 

Experience in Pharmacy Finance area including Billing and Collections preferred

 

Experience working in an agile environment preferred

 

PC skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office, Agile tools (Jira, Rally), Business

 

Process Modeling tools

 

Ability to handle analysis from issue identification to proposal of potential solutions

 

Strong business and organizational skills

 

Demonstrated initiative with commitment and ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

 

Excellent technical, analytical, presentation skills and communication skills required.

 

Ability to effectively operate within a fast pace, dynamic organization

 

Ability to influence and build strong relationship across the organization

 

Proven ability to work in a team environment

 

 

 

 

Education:

 

Bachelor''s degree preferred

 

 

 

 

Required Skills:

 

Business Analysis

 

Technology Development

 

Microsoft Office

 

Jira

 

Rally

 

 

 

 

Additional Skills:

 

Business Process Modeling Tools

 

Analysis

 

Business Skills

 

Organizational Skills

 

Technical Skills

 

Analytical Skills

 

Presentation Skills

 

Communication Skills

 

Ability To Operate In A Fast-Paced Environment

 

Relationship Building

 

Teamwork

 

Pharmacy Finance

 

Billing

 

Collections

 

Agile Environment