IT Product Owner

IT Product Owner

Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first.

The IT Product Owner manages and communicates the vision and roadmap for products to an Agile delivery team and are aligned with IT standards and strategy. The IT Product Owner work assignments are varied and frequently require interpretation and independent determination of the appropriate courses of action.

The IT Product Owner Will

• Represent the voice of the customer to the team.
• Owns the articulation and prioritization of backlog in small increments of value that can be delivered in short iterations.
• Drives value to the business by building and maintaining a product backlog in collaboration with stakeholder and delivery teams.
• Contributes to shaping the product direction, creating the feature(s), writing user stories, and innovation.
• Understands department, segment, and organizational strategy and operating objectives, including their linkages to related areas.
• Makes decisions regarding own work methods, occasionally in ambiguous situations, and requires minimal direction and receives guidance where needed.
• Follows established guidelines/procedures.

Required Qualifications

Use your skills to make an impact

• 1–5 years of experience working in Agile environments as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role.
• Experience working with data teams or data-related products (e.g., data pipelines, ETL/ELT, data platforms).
• Ability to write clear user stories and maintain a product backlog.
• Strong communication skills for translating business needs into technical requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud data platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks).
• Familiarity with SQL or basic data modeling concepts.
• Product Owner or Agile certification (e.g., CSPO, PSPO).
• Experience in healthcare or regulated data environments.

Remote/WAH Requirements

• WAH requirements: Must have the ability to provide a high speed DSL or cable modem for a home office.
• Associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California will be provided payment for their internet expense.
• A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 25x10 (25mpbs download x 10mpbs upload) is required.
• Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role.
• A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Pay Range: The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc. $86,300 - $118,700 per year. This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description Of Benefits: Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

Application Deadline: 03-05-2026

About Us: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first – for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

Equal Opportunity Employer: It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.

Key skills/competency

• Product Ownership
• Agile Methodologies
• Backlog Prioritization
• User Story Creation
• Stakeholder Management
• Data Products
• Business Analysis
• Cloud Data Platforms
• SQL
• Healthcare Data