[Hiring] TMR Product Owner -- Cybersecurity @Humana

Role Description

The TMR Product Owner is responsible for conveying product vision and roadmap to an Agile delivery team by defining user stories and prioritizing product backlog. The TMR Product Owner work assignments involve moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.

The Threat Management and Response (TMR) Product Owner (PO) role is responsible for identifying, refining, and prioritizing backlog for the Threat Management and Response teams. The PO represents the voice of the customer to the team and should articulate WHAT is to be delivered but leave it to the team to determine the HOW. In coordination with the team's Tech Leads, Architects, and management, the PO drives value to the business by:

• Relentlessly readying product backlog from myriad sources.
• Ensuring the top priority work items are the 'next up' for the team to deliver.

The Product Owner is expected to be knowledgeable on Product Security and be able to break down Epics into Features and Stories for their team to plan and deliver. They should have a working understanding of cybersecurity threat management and response concepts, including:

• How SOC and Incident Response teams operate.
• The role of detection engineering and threat hunting.
• The use of cyber threat intelligence.
• Vulnerability management workflows.

The Product Owner is not expected to be a hands-on security expert but should be able to:

• Effectively partner with technical practitioners.
• Understand risks and priorities.
• Translate operational security needs into well-defined Epics, Features, and User Stories to support team delivery.

Responsibilities include:

• Partner with the Product Security leadership to ready requests from numerous sources into a prioritized, deliverable backlog for the team.
• Communicate the priorities and execution status effectively to key stakeholders.
• Incorporate stakeholder input into backlog while effectively negotiating tradeoffs of conflicting priorities based on value to the business and customer.
• Collaborate with the Product Security Director, Associate Directors, stakeholders, other Product Security and dependent teams to align on priorities, set commitments and prioritize the backlog.
• Drive quality and innovation into the team's work product.
• Define key metrics for relevant reporting on status.
• Own messaging of status and health of the team's delivery ensuring that the work meets the customers' needs.
• Facilitate activities and sessions such as Backlog Refinement.
• Follow established guidelines/procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 7+ years of technical experience.
• 3+ years of Product Owner and/or equivalent technical experience within Product Security.
• Ability to manage, influence, negotiate and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders with often conflicting priorities and requirements.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in technical design and practical implementation of IT solutions.

Requirements

• Hold a Product Owner certification.
• Experience working with both Kanban and Scrum teams.
• Working knowledge of cyber security concepts.
• Experience using Azure DevOps, Jira Align, or other agile work management tools.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and facilitating discussions to explore the best possible solutions.
• Possess the ability to lead.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave).
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Life insurance.
• Many other opportunities.

Company Description

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it.