The Manager, Product Ownership is responsible for conveying product vision and roadmap to an Agile delivery team by defining user stories and prioritizing product backlog. The Manager, Product Ownership works within specific guidelines and procedures; applies advanced technical knowledge to solve moderately complex problems; receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines approach, resources, schedules and goals.
The Manager, Product Ownership maximizes the value delivered by Agile teams by leading a group of Product Owners responsible for defining user stories, prioritizing backlogs, and making sure business needs are met. This role reports to the Associate Director, Product Management, and is part of a product team modernizing associate- and provider-facing capabilities and platforms through a prioritized portfolio of strategic initiatives.
The Manager will lead up to eight Product Owners. On the people side, that means coaching, development, performance, and team health. On the practice side, it means consistent product ownership standards, backlog quality, and Agile ways of working. The Manager is a key partner to business stakeholders, technology teams, and operations leaders, and helps make sure the right work is built, in the right order, within budget and on schedule.
The ideal candidate is an experienced Agile practitioner and people leader. They're comfortable with ambiguity, enjoy developing others, and can move easily between shaping strategy and driving execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of up to eight Product Owners, including goal setting, performance management, and career growth.
- Establish and reinforce product ownership best practices, including backlog management, story writing, acceptance criteria, prioritization, and value-based decision making.
- Act as the escalation point for prioritization, scope, and tactical decisions within the team's area.
- Take part in Agile and SAFe events such as PI Planning and help make sure Product Owners are prepared and effective.
- Communicate progress, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders and leadership to drive alignment and decisions.
- Find opportunities to improve team processes, tools, and delivery effectiveness.
Use your skills to make an impact
Required Qualifications
- Must be willing and able to support Eastern Standard Time (EST) business hours
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in product ownership, product management, or a related role in an Agile environment
- Minimum 2 years of people leadership experience, including direct management of individual contributors
- Proven ability to coach others on Agile and product ownership practices
- Experience in healthcare, managed care, or similar enterprise environment
- Experience managing priorities across several teams or initiatives with competing demands
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work through ambiguity and find paths forward
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
Work-At-Home Requirements
- At minimum, a download speed of 25 mbps and an upload speed of 10 mbps is recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested
- Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership
- Associates who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.
- Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.
- Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading Product Owners or product teams in a scaled Agile (SAFe) environment
- SAFe certification (for example, SAFe POPM, SAFe Agilist, or similar)
- Experience with platform modernization or digital transformation initiatives
- Familiarity with Agile tooling such as Azure DevOps and/or JIRA Align
Additional Information
- As part of our hiring process for this opportunity, we may contact you via text message and email to gather more information using a software platform called HireVue. HireVue Text, Scheduling and Video technologies allow you to interact with us at the time and location most convenient for you.
- If you are selected to move forward from your application prescreen, you may receive correspondence inviting you to participate in a pre-recorded Voice, Text Messaging and/or Video interview. Your recorded interview will be reviewed, and you will subsequently be informed if you will be moving forward to next round of interviews.
Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40Pay 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.
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, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.Application Deadline: 10-28-2026About us
About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our 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 and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.
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.
Skills Required
- Willingness and ability to support Eastern Standard Time business hours
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in product ownership, product management, or a related role in an Agile environment
- Minimum 2 years of people leadership experience, including direct management of individual contributors
- Proven ability to coach others on Agile and product ownership practices
- Experience in healthcare, managed care, or a similar enterprise environment
- Experience managing priorities across several teams or initiatives with competing demands
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including working through ambiguity
- Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
- Experience leading Product Owners or product teams in a scaled Agile SAFe environment
- SAFe certification, such as SAFe POPM or SAFe Agilist
- Experience with platform modernization or digital transformation initiatives
- Familiarity with Agile tooling such as Azure DevOps and/or JIRA Align
Humana Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Humana and has not been reviewed or approved by Humana.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, supplemental health, and long-term care insurance are offered alongside on-site/virtual wellness resources and weekly paid well-being time, indicating a whole-person focus.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid PTO and holidays, volunteer time, and formal leave options such as parental and caregiver time provide broad time-away support. Adoption assistance and lactation rooms extend coverage for key life events.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match anchors long-term savings. Employer-matched emergency savings programs complement retirement planning.
Humana Insights
What We Do
At Humana, our cultural foundation is aligned to helping members achieve their best health by delivering personalized, simplified, whole-person healthcare experiences. Recognizing healthcare needs continue to evolve for each person, for each family and for each community, Humana continuously creates innovative solutions and resources that help people live their healthiest lives on their terms –when and where they need it. Our employees are at the heart of making this happen and that’s why we are dedicated to building an organization of dynamic talent whose experience and passion center on putting the customer first.
