Product Owner - IntelliScript (Remote)

What We Do

Milliman IntelliScript is a group of a few hundred experts in fields ranging from actuarial science to information technology to clinical practice. Together, we develop and deploy category-defining, data-driven, software-as-a-service (SaaS) products for a broad spectrum of insurance clients. We’re a business unit within Milliman, Inc., a respected consultancy with offices around the world.

Candidates who have their pick of jobs are drawn to IntelliScript’s entrepreneurial and collaborative culture of innovation, excellence, exceptional customer service, balance, and transparency. Every single person has a voice in our company, and we challenge each other to push the outer limits of our full, diverse potential. And, we’ve shown sustained growth that ensures you’ll have room to grow your skillset, responsibilities, and career.

Our team is smart, down-to-earth, and ready to listen to your best ideas. We reward excellence and offer competitive compensation and benefits. Visit our LinkedIn page for a closer look at our company, and learn more about our cultural values here.

What this position entails

IntelliScript’s Product Management department is a key part of our success and is critical to our future. As a Product Owner working with an Agile team of Software Developers, Quality Assurance Engineers, and Business Analysts, you will help bring the Curv® product vision to life through the continued growth and enhancement of our core products that drive value for our clients.

The ideal candidate will have big ideas and strategies that foster an environment of collaboration and creativity. We need someone who has an entrepreneurial mindset for distilling business value and goals into roadmaps and refined product backlogs. Most importantly, we need a Product Owner who can help us build better products.

What you’ll be doing

• Drive new feature and new product development for Milliman’s Curv® suite of products focused on applying machine-learning and AI to estimate healthcare cost and evaluate morbidity and mortality risk
• Work closely with Agile team members, and be the final arbiter of requirements conflicts and/or questions surrounding priority and requirements
  • Defines the acceptance criteria for all user stories
  • Accept/reject the delivered code from within each sprint
• Responsible for the prioritization and development of ongoing bug fixes, technical enablers, and product enhancements, and creating and prioritizing user stories within the team backlog
• Serve as the Agile team’s single-point-of-contact on behalf of business stakeholders / users / customers
• Works in an Agile environment and continuously reviews the business needs, refines priorities, outlines milestones and deliverables, and identifies opportunities and risks
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders/users/customers
  • Continually engages and communicates with business stakeholders / users / customers on forthcoming deliverables so that their feedback is incorporated as part of sprint planning
  • Lead team scrums to define product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities, and communicate with stakeholders across the product lifecycle
  • Negotiates priorities between competing stakeholder interests at the user story level and then collaborates with team to ensure that the highest value deliverables are completed within the sprint
  • Translate feedback from clients via the Curv® sales and relationship management team to future product features

What we need

• Mitigate roadblocks to achieve sprint/release goals
• 4 years of professional experience in one of the following industries: software, healthcare, insurance, clinical trials, or similar fields
• Experience working with Jira or other Agile Project Management tools
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and interpersonal skills, including interviewing skills for engaging with individuals and groups about their needs and asking the right questions to surface essential requirements information
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills across all organizational levels, with an ability to convey results in written reports and presentations in a clear and concise manner
• Highly developed relationship skills and the ability to establish credibility and influence within the internal organization
• Ability to focus development teams to ensure successful translation of requirements into high-quality product deliverables
• Passionate about building high-quality systems with software implementation best practices
• Sense of curiosity and open-mindedness in approach to solutions to meet stakeholder needs

What you bring to the table

• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional resources and work well in a distributed
  environment
• Demonstrated understanding of and experience using Agile processes and methodologies
• Proactive and positive approach to solving problems and correcting issues
• Excellent communication skills
• Adept at leading through influence across all levels in the organization
• Facilitate collaboration among team members
• Demonstrated “let’s find a way to do it” attitude – no task is too big or too small, always willing to pitch in and help someone else
• Results-oriented
• High degree of emotional intelligence, ability to “read the room” to tailor and deliver messages appropriately
• Flexibility and adaptability in approach to defining and delivering business outcomes
• Strong business acumen balanced with technical know-how
• Sound decision making skills
• Highly skilled at managing change and resolving conflict

Wish list

• Strong understanding of the group health and/or group insurance market and competition
• Understanding of and experience with software development lifecycle

Location

This position will be based out of the Milliman office in Brookfield, WI; however, this position is open to remote work. Applicants must be willing to travel to the Milliman office in Brookfield, WI as needed.

The salary range is $95,000 to $195,000, depending on relevant factors, including but not limited to education, skills, certifications, and location. If relevant experience is less than 7 years the range would be $95,000 to $155,000; for experience of greater than 7 years, the range would be $120,000 to $195,000. In addition, we offer a performance-based bonus plan, profit sharing, and generous benefits.

Milliman Benefits (U.S. only)

We offer competitive benefits which include the following based on plan eligibility:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their dependents, including domestic partners
• A 401(k) plan with matching program, and profit sharing contribution
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• A discretionary bonus program
• Paid Time Off (PTO) starts accruing on the first day of work and can be used for any reason; full-time employees will accrue
• 15 days of PTO per year, and employees working less than a full-time schedule will accrue PTO at a prorated amount based on hours worked
• Family building benefits, including adoption and fertility assistance and paid parental leave up to 12 weeks for employees who have worked for Milliman for at least 12 months and have worked at least 1,250 hours in the preceding 12-month period
• A minimum of 8 paid holidays
• Milliman covers 100% of the premiums for life insurance, AD&D, and both short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Flexible spending accounts allow employees to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for dependent care, transportation, and applicable medical needs

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.