Senior Product Owner DevSecOps

Humana Inc; United States; Remote; USD 104,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Humana Inc. seeks a Senior Product Owner - Technical to drive the vision and roadmap for key products with an Agile delivery team.

You will own and refine the backlog, shape features, and write user stories with clear acceptance criteria, collaborating closely with product management and leadership to align strategy with business goals. Responsibilities include communicating strategy to stakeholders, decomposing epics into features, and ensuring value delivery through short iterations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field.
• 5+ years of technical experience with at least 3+ years in application security, DevSecOps or product security.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication and independent judgment in complex issues.
• Experience with JIRA, Azure DevOps and SAFE in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Own backlog, prioritize features, and write user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with product management and senior leadership to align roadmap with strategic objectives.
• Communicate product strategy and engage stakeholders throughout delivery teams.
• Ensure quality and innovation in the team's outputs and key metrics reporting.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Analytical and problem solving skills

Translate business needs to technical

Independent judgment on complex issues

Customer-focused and value driven

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field

Certified Scrum Product Owner (preferred)

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps

SAFE

Job description

The Senior Product Owner - Technical manages and communicates the vision and roadmap for products to an Agile delivery team and are aligned with Technology standards and strategy. The Senior Product Owner - Technical work assignments involve moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. The role drives value to the business by building and maintaining a product backlog in collaboration with stakeholder and delivery teams. The Senior Product Owner - Technical is key to shaping the product direction, creating the feature(s), writing user stories, and innovation.The Senior Product Owner - Technical represents 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. Begins to influence department's strategy. Makes decisions on moderately complex to complex issues regarding technical approach for project components, and work is performed without direction. Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments. The Senior Product Owner - Technical partners with product management and senior management to develop and align the product roadmap to strategic objectives. Communicates the feature or product strategy effectively to key stakeholders and team members. Incorporates stakeholder input into product roadmap while effectively negotiating tradeoffs of conflicting priorities based on value to the business and customer. Engages with stakeholders and delivery team(s) to define and maintain product backlog epics and decompose them into features and user stories with clear acceptance criteria. Ensures the product backlog enables the delivery of objectives & key results. Works day-to-day with the delivery teams to provide product subject matter expertise and clarify customer requirements. The IT Product Owner drives quality and innovation into the team's work product. The role is responsible for defining key metrics for relevant reporting on status. # **Use your skills to make an impact****Required Qualifications*** Bachelor's degree or higher in relevant information technology field (Information Technology, Information Systems Management, Computer Science, etc.)* 5+ years of technical experience with at least 3+ years working in an application security, DevSecOps or product security team.* Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence others* Experience translating business needs to technical requirements* Ability to exercise independent judgment and decision making on complex issues regarding job duties and related tasks* Ability to work under minimal supervision and uses independent judgment to analyze variable factors and determine the best course of action* Analytical and problem solving skills* Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences* Must be passionate about developer experience, privacy, security, quality and product delivery* Experience with JIRA, Azure DevOps, SAFE and working in an Agile transformative way. **Preferred Qualifications*** Certified Scrum Product Owner or equivalent* Knowledge of common information security management frameworks, including but not limited to:ISO 27001/27002, ITIL, COBIT, NIST, BSIMM.* Experience with SAST, DAST, IAST and other related tooling.* Professional Cybersecurity Certifications desired (i.e., CISSP, CISA) This role is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.Work at Home Requirements: To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. Work from 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.$104,000 - $143,000 per yearThis 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, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.Application Deadline: 10-19-2026