Agile Product Owner in Healthcare and Health Promotion Services
Workplace: Kalmar, Sverige
Expires: August 14, 2025
Seeking an experienced Agile Product Owner to lead development of new products within healthcare and health promotion. The role involves working in cross-functional teams, managing product backlogs and priorities, collaborating with stakeholders and other product owners, and driving innovative projects that impact society. The position offers a varied daily work with multiple initiatives and opportunities to network and build relationships. The employer is E-hälsomyndigheten, a growing government agency working with critical societal systems like e-prescriptions.
Main requirements:
- Post-secondary education in IT or equivalent extensive work experience
- Knowledge of e-health and/or healthcare sector
- At least five years of relevant experience leading and motivating development teams
- Current experience with agile working methods
- Fluent in Swedish and English, both spoken and written
Responsibilities:
- Manage product backlog and prioritize tasks within a cross-functional development team
- Collaborate closely with other product owners and leadership roles to ensure delivery capability and alignment on goals
- Communicate with product users and coordinate work with stakeholders
- Drive multiple initiatives simultaneously while considering various dependencies
- Build networks with different actors internally and externally
Required hard skills:
- Agile methodologies and frameworks
- Leading and motivating development teams
- Product backlog management
Recommended hard skills:
- Experience with SAFe framework
Soft skills:
- Strong collaboration skills
- Relationship building at all organizational levels
- Goal-oriented and result-driven
- Strategic and holistic thinking
- Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
- Flexible attitude
Frameworks:
- SAFe (recommended)
Natural languages:
- Swedish (Proficient)
- English (Proficient)
Cultural skills:
- Working in public sector environment
- Understanding of healthcare digital infrastructure and societal impact
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