The Associate Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the product's value and the agile team's work by ensuring the team’s backlog is prioritized and aligned with customer needs and approved business cases. They build strong partnerships with stakeholders through continuous communication and feedback to ensure their needs are represented, and the product outcomes are achieved. They develop and convey the product’s vision to the agile team, outlining and prioritizing work based on business value realization metrics.  This opportunity has one opening and will support the Network (Provider) Performance product team. Success in this role will require strong cross-functional collaboration and strategic partnerships across the organization. The role will work closely with various business and agile teams and will need to effectively collaborate, build consensus, and drive initiatives with key support teams across multiple departments, as well as partner with various Product teams and ARTs. The ideal candidate will prioritize high-value work and align with our program's performance objectives to maximize impact and efficiency. This position will work a hybrid schedule of at least 3 days (Tues-Thurs) in Wellmark’s Des Moines office with 2 days remote option (Mon/Fri).
