The Business Product Owner (BPO) serves as the strategic lead for intake management within the business domain. This role ensures stakeholder requests are clearly defined, prioritized, and aligned with enterprise goals before transitioning to the Product and Planning team for Agile execution. The BPO focuses on business requirements, stakeholder alignment, and intake governancenot delivery management.
Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and the intake team.
Facilitate intake triage and validate completeness of submitted requests.
Conduct stakeholder interviews to clarify business needs and requirements.
Document business context, KPIs, constraints, and success criteria.
Score and prioritize requests based on strategic alignment and impact.
Ensure requests meet the Definition of Ready before handoff to Product and Planning.
Maintain intake tracking tools and dashboards.
Support intake governance and manage escalation protocols.
Collaborate with finance and strategy teams to confirm funding readiness.
Partner with the Technical Product Owner (TPO) to align and monitor priorities.
Strong business analysis and stakeholder engagement skills.
Ability to translate business needs into actionable intake documentation.
Experience with intake governance and prioritization frameworks.
Familiarity with Agile principles and enterprise planning tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
Excellent communication, facilitation, and documentation abilities.
Strategic mindset with a focus on enterprise alignment.
Proficiency in Smartsheet or similar intake tracking platforms.
Hands-on experience in product ownership, business analysis, or intake management.
Proven success working with claims systems, configuration teams, or similar operational areas.
Skilled in translating business needs into technical requirements and managing stakeholder expectations.
Understanding of Agile, Scrum, or Lean practices (certification not required).
Experience in backlog grooming, intake triage, or prioritization sessions.
Proficiency in Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, or similar collaboration platforms.
Comfort with data analysis or reporting tools to support decision-making.
Strong communication and facilitation skills.
Ability to lead cross-functional discussions and influence outcomes without direct authority.
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Scrum Alliance
SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) Scaled Agile
Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) Scrum.org
Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) IIBA
PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) PMI
Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt or higher)
Project Management Professional (PMP)
For this EviCore role, the individual selected is required to work on-site as a hybrid employee if located within a 50 mile commute to a designated Evernorth/Cigna office facility.
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 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.
For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 94,400 - 157,400 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location. This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.
We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That's why you'll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna Group.
About Evernorth Health Services
Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. 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.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support.
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