Senior Product Owner

About Benefitfocus:

Benefitfocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNFT) is a leading provider of cloud-based benefits software solutions for consumers, employers, insurance carriers and brokers. Benefitfocus has served numerous consumers on its platform that consists of an integrated portfolio of products and services enabling clients to more efficiently shop, enroll, manage and exchange benefits information. With a user-friendly interface and consumer-centric design, the Benefitfocus Platform provides one place for consumers to access all their benefits. Benefitfocus solutions support the administration of all types of benefits including core medical, dental and other voluntary benefits plans as well as wellness programs. 

Job Description:

The Product Owner acts as the organizational business leader for their functional area and is responsible for functional product definition and driving execution of the business strategy through coordination of the agile scrum team. This includes managing the scrum team through feature level break down, user story definition and product backlog refinement.  The Product Owner must lead cross functional teams including User Experience, Quality Assurance and Engineering across multiple technology products to ensure execution of a cohesive customer experience. The Product Owner's job also includes consultation and oversight with the Customer Development organization to drive alignment with product direction where necessary.  The Product Owner works closely with the Product Manager to ensure execution of strategic direction based on market opportunity and business needs.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain functional product area ownership and definition

• Ensure high functional product area health (Quality, Scalability, Performance, Infrastructure needs)

• Lead scrum team in execution of strategic business needs of the Reporting product suite

• Maintain a prioritized feature and story backlog of market driven needs for the scrum team

• Coordination with Product and Engineering leadership for large scale initiatives

• Consultation with Customer Development at functional product area level

• Additional responsibilities, as required

Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of 3 years of software product or support experience

• Demonstrated success defining and launching products and leading cross-functional teams

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Bachelor’s degree

• Technical background, with experience in managing SaaS solutions

• Examples and at least one sample of an effective document and presentation

Benefitfocus is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace in which equality, representation and respect create a culture of belonging. It is Benefitfocus’ policy to encourage diversity in hiring, recognizing that this enriches the work environment for all Benefitfocus Associates and that a broad variety of perspectives enhances decision-making and creativity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability. Benefitfocus is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran.