Product Owner

Job Summary

The Product Owner will collaborate with the Product Manager, UX and engineering teams to translate designs into user stories, adhering to Agile principles and ceremonies to bring features to market. They make decisions and/or recommendations for existing and new features, synthesized all data points, develop a proposal aligned with the product strategy based on voice of the customer, data, industry knowledge and experience to significantly advance the product. This role requires a high-level understanding of the software development lifecycle, complex product management processes - including roadmap development, backlog grooming, new feature design and development along with experience in the software industry, project management, and user experience design

Duties and Responsibility

• Serves as a liaison between business stakeholders and the technical team, facilitating cross-department communication.

• Acts as the main information resource for feature definition and scope-specific requirements.

• Gathers business requirements and effectively communicates and documents complex user interaction scenarios.

• Engages in frequent communication with business stakeholders for gathering requirements and making recommendations.

• Explains gaps and technical concepts for non-technical audiences.

• Owns/organizes documentation of product workflow changes and technical/functional designs needed to support the business and/or customer requirements for common and more complex problems.

• Ability to write and groom user stories targeted to improve the user experience and drive specific outcomes and acceptance criteria. · Develops a strong feature-level understanding of customer applications.

• Stays apprised of the latest technologies and innovations in web and mobile application technologies.

• Consistently meets agreed-upon deadlines; escalates issues, concerns and barriers to team leadership.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 4+ years of experience in a Product Owner role working with complex digital products.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous or current labcorp experience

• Experience working in highly regulated, customer solutions industry such as Finance, Health Care, biopharma, or life sciences industry.

• Strong understanding of agile development methodologies.

• Understanding of clinical trial platforms or healthcare related software preferred

• Pre-clinical and clinical lab experience

Skills and Competencies

• Experience in analyzing business goals and metrics, leading requirements-gathering sessions and documenting business requirements and/or user stories for complex customer applications.

• Familiarity or direct experience with Quality Assurance practices and execution, including writing acceptance criteria and/or test plans.

• Demonstrated understanding of and experience with product engineering and product management.

• Experience with project life-cycle management tools such as Confluence and Jira.

• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, presentation, facilitation) and the ability to present

  technical and non-technical information clearly and concisely to a broad range of audiences.

• Ability to work independently and in a collaborative team environment.

• Entrepreneurial drive and the ability to respond to shifting priorities in a fast-paced work environment.

• Highly skilled at facilitation, negotiation and conflict resolution.

Working Conditions

• Onsite/Remote

• Regularly works with a computer for approximately 6-8 hours a day

• Must be able to read and understand complex directions in a professional corporate environment

• Must be able and willing to travel as required (< 15% domestic)

Application Window: 1/29-2/2

Pay Range: $80,000  -  $146,000

All job offers will be based on a candidate’s skills and prior relevant experience, applicable degrees/certifications, as well as internal equity and market data. 

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION:

The position is also eligible for an annual bonus under the Labcorp Bonus Plan. Bonuses are payable based on corporate and/or business segment performance and are subject to individual performance modifiers.

Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Casual, PRN & Part Time employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan only. Employees who are regularly scheduled to work a 7 on/7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO. For more detailed information, please click here. 

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law. 

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