Must have a Laptop/computer with internet to work from home.
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Terms of Employment:
Contract, 12 Months (Possible Extension)
Ideally, this would be a hybrid position where candidates would be comfortable coming onsite to Reston, VA for sprint planning once every week or two weeks. The Manager is also open to candidates based anywhere on the East Coast, from North Carolina to New York who are willing to come onsite once or twice per quarter.
Overview
Our client in the health insurance industry is seeking a Lead Product Owner to lead a key initiative focused on artificial intelligence (AI) across the organization. This role involves identifying opportunities for AI-driven operational efficiency gains in various departments such as finance and information security. The Lead Product Owner will capture ideas, drive conversations with senior leadership, and follow up on benefit hypotheses and potential ROI. Strong experience in AI product implementation is essential.
Key Responsibilities:
Own and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring alignment with customer needs and business goals.
Write clear and concise user stories and acceptance criteria, particularly for AI-related features.
Maintain a deep understanding of AI market trends to guide product strategy.
Drive ideation sessions, capturing AI use cases and benefit hypotheses, and presenting them to senior leadership.
Support backlog grooming sessions and sprint planning meetings, ensuring alignment on AI initiatives.
Create and present decks for AI use cases to drive organizational adoption.
Ensure that delivered AI products meet quality standards and customer expectations.
Required Skills & Experience:
Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in product ownership or product management roles.
Strong knowledge of Scaled Agile (SAFe) methodology.
Past experience working on machine learning and AI projects, with a focus on product ownership/portfolio management and the ability to capture AI model requirements.
Ability to lead conversations about AI with senior leadership and ask thought-provoking questions to develop AI use cases.
Strong experience in chatbot, NLP, or generative AI product implementations (minimum 1 year of experience), with AI as the core focus of the product.
Experience writing user stories, maintaining Jira boards, supporting backlog grooming with the Scrum Master, and ensuring scope is aligned with customer expectations.
Ability to understand and communicate complex technical and AI-related concepts.
Excellent verbal and written communication, with strong presentation skills to articulate AI initiatives to leadership.