Agile Product Management Senior Advisor

Contractor Position with The Cigna Group

** Must be a contractor in good standing with The Cigna Group to be considered**

Product Ownership & Strategy

• Own and communicate the product vision, roadmap, and priorities
• Translate business strategy into features, epics, and user stories
• Partner with Product Managers and business stakeholders to ensure alignment on outcomes
• Drive customer-centric decision making and value delivery

Backlog & Delivery Management

• Own and maintain a well-groomed, prioritized backlog
• Write definition-of-ready user stories with clear acceptance criteria
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, and prioritization activities
• Ensure incremental, iterative delivery of MVPs and product features

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with:
  • Business partners and clients
  • Engineering and architecture teams
  • QA and release management
• Act as the voice of the customer and ensure requirements reflect real user needs
• Facilitate sprint reviews, demos, and stakeholder feedback loops

Agile Leadership & Execution

• Provide servant leadership to agile teams
• Drive agile ceremonies (refinement, planning, demos, retrospectives)
• Remove blockers and escalate issues when needed
• Improve team performance through metrics and data-driven insights

Technical Alignment & Quality

• Partner with engineering to:
  • Incorporate architectural guidance and technical constraints
  • Ensure scalability, performance, and security requirements
• Own definition of done and acceptance validation
• Support testing strategy, defect triage, and production support processes

Product Health & Metrics

• Define and monitor product health KPIs
  • Quality metrics (defects, stability)
  • Delivery metrics (velocity, throughput)
  • Business outcomes
• Ensure regulatory, compliance, and security expectations are met

Cross-Team & Program Coordination

• Coordinate dependencies across multiple teams and TPOs
• Align features with program-level goals and enterprise roadmaps
• Manage release planning, communications, and documentation

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• ~5+ years experience in:
  • Product Ownership / Product Management
  • Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban)
• Experience managing technical products and engineering-driven solutions
• Strong understanding of:
  • APIs, microservices, cloud platforms
  • SDLC and CI/CD practices

• Strong business + technical acumen
• Excellent stakeholder communication and influence
• Agile mindset with focus on continuous improvement
• Ability to manage ambiguity and complex dependencies
• Data-driven decision making and prioritization

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10

Mbps download/5

Mbps upload.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we're dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.