This position is a temporary assignment. As a contractor, you’ll be employed by Magnit, not The Cigna Group or any subsidiaries of The Cigna Group.

As a Product Owner Senior Advisor, you will lead the strategic development and delivery of products that drive profitable growth and enhance customer experience. Acting as the voice of the customer, you will translate insights into actionable features and user stories, while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams and technical partners. This role requires a blend of business acumen, technical fluency, and agile leadership to ensure the successful execution of product initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Represent the Agile Release Train (ART) and scrum teams to external stakeholders, partners, and vendors.
• Define and communicate a compelling product vision aligned with customer needs and business goals.
• Translate customer insights, market research, and competitive analysis into actionable features and user stories.
• Define and refine program epics, identifying minimally viable products and incremental value opportunities.
• Partner with System Architect/Engineering to develop and prioritize enablers, define non-functional requirements (NFRs), and identify architectural constraints and guidelines.
• Define, document, and monitor non-functional requirements to ensure system performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Develop a deep understanding of the applications and tools owned by the scrum team, including their business use cases and technical dependencies.
• Learn and document how data flows into and out of applications and tools, and assess the impact of those flows on business operations.
• Manage vendor relationships and external dependencies related to owned features and epics.
• Collaborate with architects and engineers to define functional and non-functional requirements.
• Write clear, concise, and testable user stories in BDD format with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Prioritize and manage the team backlog to ensure alignment with business value and delivery timelines.
• Support PI Planning by preparing and presenting prioritized features and user stories.
• Communicate changes in priorities and product direction to stakeholders in a timely and effective manner.
• Resolve delivery issues and escalate when necessary to maintain momentum.
• Mentor and support other Product Owners, providing guidance on feature and user story development.
• Champion a product mindset, foster collaboration, adaptability, and continuous improvement.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in project management
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision and insights into executable plans.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and product management best practices.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without authority.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience managing complex projects in a matrixed environment.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, system architecture, and modern technology concepts.
• Experience in defining and managing non-functional requirements.
• Healthcare industry experience, particularly within Cigna or similar organizations, is highly desirable.

Preferred Attributes:

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong presentation and influencing skills with executive-level stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring and guiding junior Product Owners or team members.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in evolving environments.

Education

Bachelor's Degree Required

Preferred Certifications

• PMP
• Agile scrum
• Analyst 
• CPO 
• CPM

Hourly Pay Rate Range (dependent on location, experience, expectation)  

The pay range that Magnit reasonably expects to pay for this position is: $50.00/hour-$62.00/hour  

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K (provided minimum eligibility hours are met)

Tundra Technical Solutions (the operator of this Talent Community) is a global leader of contingent talent services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations. 

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.