Agile Product Management Advisor

ABOUT EVERNORTH:Evernorth exists to elevate health for all, because we believe health is the starting point for human potential and progress. As champions for affordable, predictable, and simple health care,we solve the problems others dont, wont or cant.Our innovation hub in India will allow us to work with the right talent, expand our global footprint, improve our competitive stance, and better deliver on our promises to stakeholders. We are passionate about making healthcare better by delivering world-class solutions that make a real difference.We are always looking upward. And that starts with finding the right talent to help us get there.Agile Product Management AdvisorPosition Overview:In this role, as an Agile Product Management Advisor you will act as the internal voice of the customer. This role will define system features, participate in validation and is responsible for the scope of work that the Agile Release Train (ART) will complete. You will provide expert content/professional leadership on complex assignments/projects including visioning and roadmap for the Agile Release Train (ART). As you help teams proactively manage risks and dependencies across the portfolio you will have the opportunity to work cross-functionally across the Pharmacy Plus Technology Organization.In this role you will have the opportunity to exercise considerable creativity, foresight, and judgment in planning, and delivering initiatives. You will focus on providing thought leadership but works on broader projects, which require understanding of wider business.Responsibilities:Produce clearly defined requirements that can be refined in user story format acceptable to stakeholders and scrum team resulting in a backlog depth of at least 1.5-2 sprints of ready-to-work stories.Develop in depth product knowledge for assigned product areaEstablish positive working relationships with client, internal stakeholders and peersDrive discussions effectively with parties to elaborate process flows, user stories, story mappings, acceptance criteria and success criteria.Provide support to training and UAT with product capability details and other inputs as required.Manage product goals and metrics for on time delivery.Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize backlog of user stories for initiatives and maintain product roadmaps accordingly on a regular basis (weekly).Coordinate with Delivery Manager on delivery timelines for planned work.Ability to influence and present on detail of assigned product initiatives and their status in a setting where external client representatives will be engaged.Work confidently with the scrum team and BPOs to review targeted roadmap efforts for prioritization regularly.Support stakeholders and drive preparation and alignment of objectives for quarterly planning events including completing decomposition of work for identified prioritized program epics and confirming work delivery timings from dependent teams..Qualifications:Required Skills:Agile experience required preferably Agile SAFe certified.JIRA / Jira AlignExcellent Verbal and Written Communication skillsAbility to navigate difficult discussions using data as evidence for best next steps and resolution.Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders, execution team and peers.Required Experience & Education:8+ years of Years experience in software development or maintenanceCollege degree (Bachelor) in related technical/business areas or equivalent work experience.Demonstrate ability to perform root cause analysis and suggest rectification options.Strong verbal and written communication skills Should be able to provide technical and functional impact summary of the managed incidents Location & Hours of Work:Full-time position, working 40 hours per week. Expected overlap with US hours as appropriate.Primarily based in the Innovation Hub in Hyderabad, India, with flexibility to work remotely as required.Equal Opportunity StatementEvernorth is an Equal Opportunity Employer actively encouraging and supporting organization-wide involvement of staff in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to educate, inform and advance both internal practices and external work with diverse client populations. ATS