Product Owner II (Remote)

Role Overview

American Specialty Health is seeking a Product Owner II to join the Product Ownership department. You’ll work with stakeholders across the organization to create, groom, and prioritize a Scrum team backlog and drive functional solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work with product teams and other departments to assess, initiate, refine, and drive functional solutions
• Gather requirements from stakeholders and translate them into user stories for the Scrum team
• Be present in all Scrum ceremonies and remain available to the Scrum team
• Maintain backlog management, including iteration planning and story elaboration
• Write clear, concise acceptance criteria for each user story
• Plan and prioritize the product backlog and development work
• Identify, manage, and prioritize cross-team priorities
• Support final approval and acceptance testing
• Communicate product strategy to stakeholders and team members
• Mitigate non-technical impediments to help achieve Release/Sprint goals
• Partner with engineering, UX, customer experience strategy, and design to ensure a high-quality experience
• Incorporate stakeholder input into the product roadmap and negotiate tradeoffs using business/customer value
• Act as the product expert for internal stakeholders; participate in inception workshops
• Coordinate troubleshooting and issue analysis from users through resolution
• Partner on delivery plans, testing, training, and support across teams

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience (high school diploma required if equivalent)
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst
• In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles
• Ability to create, prioritize, and accept user stories
• Ability to write clear acceptance criteria
• Strong communication, presentation, and leadership skills
• Excellent listening and interpersonal communication skills (verbal and written)
• Strong problem-solving skills; able to motivate and lead toward an appropriate solution and timeline

Remote Requirements

• Must be trained remotely and able to work from home in a designated area with company-provided equipment
• Stable internet connection with minimum 50 Mbps down / 10 Mbps up (recommended 100 Mbps down / 20 Mbps up) and ability to participate via video in online meetings

Salary

• $69,200 to $90,000 full-time annual salary range (exact pay depends on qualifications and internal equity)