Healthcare Technical Product Owner

About Us:

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we're improving everyday life. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.

Job Title: Healthcare Technical Product Owner

Location: Remote

Job ID: SO# 63430511

The Role: Individual Contributor External Facing Role

Role and Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with prospective users and clients to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements. Understand both Technical and business requirements.
• Defining the vision for the team's product and maintaining a cohesive vision throughout the process in Jira.
• Creating a product road map based on this vision. Plan/drive/deliver Program Increments (PI)
• Managing the product backlog and prioritizing the tasks based on changing requirements. Drive refinements with team and backlog should be managed effectively by prioritizing items/evaluating them continuously.
• Overseeing all stages of product creation, including design and development
• Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage of the process
• Working with the product team and end-users to deliver updates and status reports. Interact with stakeholders and interested parties.
• Participating in Scrum meetings and product sprints
• Plan and manage releases (Technical and Business), checkouts and signoffs.
• Manage the team (Dev & QA) capacity and day-day delivery. Work closely with development teams and provide guidance while maintaining business alignment.
• Ability to evaluate RCA of issues, drive to resolution and deliver.

* Ability to quickly learn/understand system architecture and relate upstream/downstream of the application/process allocation.

• Ability to understand technologies and well versed in Java services/API and/or Mainframe based platforms.

Required Experience:

• Have Excellent communications
• Healthcare/PBM Domain experience preferred.

* 7 - 8 yrs of exp in Product Owner, Product Manager, with a strong background in application development, project delivery and solution building or past development experience in technologies like Java APIs and/or Mainframe Services.

* Be well acquainted with Jira, Rally

* Certified CSPO or POPM or ACSPO preferred

Salary and Other Compensation:

Applicants will be accepted till 4/28/2025

The annual salary for this position will be in the range of $82K-$93K depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, creativity, productivity, and helps us build better solutions for our clients. We want someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft meaningful solutions through true collaboration.

If you are content with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we'd love to hear from you!

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