Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)
As a Product Owner, you will be responsible for functioning as the voice of the customer within product engineering teams. You will deliver on product strategy and vision, leading the strategic build of our data capabilities, interacting with & embedded within the product delivery teams throughout the agile delivery process. You will work with groups of all domains such as consumer, provider, eligibility, claims, clinical, financials and must synthesize market needs across UHC and Optum lines of business. By doing so, you'll ensure delivery of marketable capabilities, and engage with key stakeholders to define, document, and prioritize features and collaborate with the agile scrums team to deliver.
You must have great communication, documentation, and presentation skills, and positive energy. You must be able to identify, facilitate, and drive a business solution to completion, along with the technical competency to ensure the correct outcome. You will lead largely by influence and thrive in a hierarchy of expertise.
If you are located in Greater Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota, you will have the flexibility to telecommute* as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Work with product manager to obtain voice of customer (VOC) and identify capabilities to add to the product
• Aid in the prioritization of capabilities and features
• Deconstruct features into user stories to be executed by the scrum teams
• Produce a healthy backlog by grooming four sprints worth of users' stories
• Prioritize backlog based on priority established by the product manager
• Define sprint plan
• Define and provide direction for user experience and user interface
• Conduct Voice of Customer (VOC) research and interviews to define product capabilities and features
• Create user documentation
• Create internal marketing material for product promotion

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience working in Scrum, Agile or Scaled Agile (SAFe) environment
• 2+ years of experience as a Product Owner on an Agile scrum team
• 2+ years of experience writing user stories
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience writing end-user documentation
• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of this role. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination prior to employment to ensure compliance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated solid written and verbal communication skills
• Healthcare experience

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies now require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles require full COVID-19 vaccination as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment .
UHG Tech is out to change the way our businesses and consumers engage with technology. Our team is focused on driving change, modernization, and ensuring reliable and stable systems so that we can help to transform health care - making it easier, more affordable, and more effective for those we serve. We are passionate about technology and the role it plays to create distinctive experiences to our constituents. While we are always focused on how technology can help us deliver faster and with improved quality, we are far more enthusiastic about the ways technology can reinvent how we deliver on our mission in partnership with our lines of business and Optum Technology.
The health solutions marketplace is hungry for new ideas, innovative products and software that drives elevated performance for the business and the customer. The UnitedHealth Group family of businesses is feeding incredible solutions to that marketplace every day by bringing out the best in our software engineering teams. We serve customers across the health system. Not only do we have more of them every day, we also have more technology, greater data resources and far broader expertise than any competitor anywhere.
If you're in, you'll be challenged like never before. It's time to Join this history making.

• Meaningful work in a healthcare technology company that is ranked #5 on the Fortune 500 list
• An environment that is collaborative, diverse, friendly and fun
• Cross functional teams that solve problems, while leveraging cutting edge technology
• Flexibility to telecommute from anywhere within the U.S.

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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