Scrum Product Owner

Develop the strategic vision for and manage IT products and projects. Work closely with the Scrum team to maintain focus on goals, alignment with business needs and urgent matters, and adherence to strategic vision, budget, schedule, and scope. Motivate the Scrum team by leading with purpose and providing clear goals and direction. Prioritize and lead the product backlog, including definition of user stories and acceptance criteria. Prioritize and lead IT work in accordance with strategic vision, company goals, industry trends, and IT quality standards. Ensure acceptance criteria for UAT is set. Lead efforts to maintain customer relations, keep users apprised of status, and obtain feedback for improvement. Lead IT projects effectively by ensuring internal stakeholders expectations are managed. Participate in Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospectives, and Sprint Demos, as well as monitoring project progress and identifying the need for project resources. Understand, use, and champion agile best practices. Partner with stakeholders to understand needs across the enterprise and work closely with other Product Owners to ensure product roadmap priorities are being met and that implementation plans are being closely followed. Work closely with other Product Owners to identify dependencies, overlap, and integration opportunities.Candidate may work remotely from anywhere in the United States. Education Requirement: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Biotechnology, IT Project Management, related field, or foreign degree equivalent Experience Requirement:5 yrs progressively responsible experience as a Test Lead performing functional, system & technical testing and end-to-end testing on projects in the health care insurance domain and financial lines insurance domain.