Technical Product Owner (FT/REMOTE) (USC or GC REQ'D)

 About Us:

Our purpose is to help clients exceed their financial health goals. Across the reimbursement cycle, our scalable solutions and clinical expertise help solve programmatic needs. Enabling our teams with leading technology allows analytics to guide our solutions and keeps us accountable achieving goals. 

We build long-term careers by investing in YOU. We seek to create an environment that cultivates your professional development and personal growth, as we believe your success is our success.  

JOB SUMMARY:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 
Note: The essential duties and responsibilities below are intended to describe the general duties and responsibilities of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. This position may perform all or most of the primary duties listed below. Specific tasks, responsibilities or competencies may be documented in the Team Member’s performance objectives as outlined by the Team Member’s immediate Leadership Team Member.

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Job Summary: The Product Owner will be responsible for defining and prioritizing product features, managing the product backlog, and ensuring that the development, QA, and business analyst teams work effectively to deliver high-quality software solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in agile methodologies, excellent leadership skills, and a passion for product success.

In This Role You Will:

Core Responsibilities:

Product Backlog Management:

• Defining and Prioritizing: A Product Owner must define and prioritize the product backlog, which is a list of new features, bug fixes, and other activities the development team may deliver. 
• Maintaining Currency: They ensure the product backlog is up-to-date and reflects the latest customer needs and business priorities. 
• Communicating Clearly: They clearly communicate the product backlog items to the development team, ensuring everyone understands the requirements. 
• Backlog Management: Create, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Stakeholder Engagement: They work closely with stakeholders, including product managers, developers, and customers, to understand their needs and ensure alignment. 
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Interface with key stakeholders, including senior managers, engineering, QA, and business analysts, to define and refine requirements
• Business Analysis: Work with business analysts to understand market needs and translate them into actionable requirements.
• Liaison Role: They act as a liaison between product and development teams, ensuring clear communication and collaboration. 
• User Needs Identification: They identify, and articulate user needs and translate them into user stories and requirements for the development team. 
• Product Vision: Develop and communicate the product vision and roadmap to the agile teams and stakeholders.
• Quality Assurance: Collaborate with QA analysts to guarantee quality, performance, and user experience are effectively tested.
• Reporting: Prepare and present reports and metrics to senior management.
• Culture Participant: All collaborations and meetings are on video

Value Maximization:

• Prioritization: They prioritize features and improvements to ensure the team delivers the most valuable items first. 
• Strategic Alignment: They ensure the product development aligns with overall business goals and market needs. 
• Performance Analysis: Review and analyze product performance data to identify trends and areas for improvement.
• Continuous Improvement: Maintain and continuously improve existing product development processes and practices.
• Continuously refining the Product: Track industry trends, refine the agile methodology based on feedback, address production issues during sprints 

Scrum Framework:

• Sprint Planning: They collaborate with the development team during sprint planning to ensure the team selects the most valuable items from the backlog. 
• Sprint Planning: Work closely with the Scrum Master to plan sprints and releases, ensuring that the development team has clear priorities.
• Daily Scrum Participation: They may participate in daily scrums to stay informed on progress and identify potential roadblocks. 

Decision-Making:

• Making Decisions: They make decisions on what to build and when, based on market needs and business priorities. 
• Value Focus: They are always focused on maximizing the value delivered by the product. 

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in product management, with at least 2 years in a senior role.
• Industry: Desired healthcare experience (Industry experience in Banking and/or Finance is also acceptable)
• Skills:
  • Strong knowledge of agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
  • Proficiency in product management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
  • Excellent problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
  • Strong leadership and team management skills.
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Scrum Master is Strongly preferred
• Certifications: CSPO, PMP, or other relevant certifications.
• Technical Skills: Experience with software development lifecycle and QA processes. Proficient in Microsoft suite of products including SQL.

We Offer:

• Competitive salary commensurate to related experience (roughly around 150k -170k annually)
• Quality of life with a remote predictable, full-time schedule
• Medical, Dental, Vision coverage + more
• 401K with company match
• Long-term disability insurance, and life insurance
• Ample parental leave
• Certification Reimbursement
• Holidays and Flexible paid time off

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions as described. Regular eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity is required to operate office equipment. The ability to perform work at a computer terminal for 6-8 hours a day and function in an environment with constant interruptions is required. At times, Team Members are subject to sitting for prolonged periods. Infrequently, Team Member must be able to lift and move material weighing up to 20 lbs. Team Member may experience elevated levels of stress during periods of increased activity and with work entailing multiple deadlines.
A job description is only intended as a guideline and is only part of the Team Member’s function. The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that the essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.