Senior Product Owner/Manager

Description

About Us: 

eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that delivers innovative federal and commercial IT solutions designed to improve the health and lives of millions of Americans while defending our national interests. Our solutions and services improve healthcare for millions of Americans, protect our borders, and defend our country on the battlefield by supporting the Air Force, Space Force, and Navy.  

eSimplicity's?people-centric?approach aims to transform government services through?innovative?technologies.?Our team’s?experience spans various federal civilian customers on diverse projects across its core competencies. 

We are looking for a Senior Product Owner/Product Manager with proven experience driving product strategy and delivery for highly technical products.   The successful candidate will be able to understand business needs, data requirements, and the technical ecosystem of their product to develop product strategies and plans that meet the challenges of government healthcare directives. The successful candidate will have Product Management experience and will interface with customers and teams to define the team’s roadmap, objectives and features, and perform analysis throughout the Agile lifecycle to ensure we are optimizing value delivery for our clients and end users. Experience building and managing data platforms and using AI/ML and LLM to optimize product and user outcomes is highly valued.  

Responsibilities: 

• Define the product or team's vision within the scope of a particular team, product or feature set, ensuring alignment with user needs and business objectives. Develop a clear perspective on future goals and definitions of success for the team/product and actively contribute to the development of the long-term product vision and approach 
• Research and autonomously develop subject matter expertise in the data, policies, and operations that enable the team’s work; Build a deep understanding of user needs, behaviors, and pain points that guide product strategy and decision-making 
• Interface with Federal customers, end users, and Human-centered Design (HCD) researchers to identify and validate user and business needs.  
• Understand the scope of the enabler work and collaborate with System Architects, SMEs, Engineers, and others to assist with product planning and decision-making 
• Understand, visualize and manage upstream/downstream dependencies. 
• Prepare for and Participate in Quarterly (PI) Planning 
• Develop actionable and value-driven features and stories, working with the team to define benefit hypothesis and acceptance criteria.  
• Collaborate with the development and testing team to ensure implementation of the system tests 
• Provide operational, tactical, and strategic inputs to accomplish program goals, meet planned deliverables, and exceed user satisfaction; manage the successful delivery of the project; support and lead Agile ceremonies (including planning, refinement, retrospectives, and standups)  
• Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics to identify areas of opportunity 
• Provide proactive and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments 
• Bridges the communication between the agile/project teams and key stakeholders by building and maintaining relationships 
• Constantly refine and stay current with emerging themes in larger Medicare policy and data communities 
• Works alongside the Group Product Manager to collaborate and contribute on product strategy and strategic decisions. 

Requirements

Qualifications: 

• 7+ years product management experience with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines / technologies / processes related to the position as well as 5+ years working in an agile environment on complex projects  
• Experience using AI/ML and LLMs to drive product innovation within data platforms 
• Strong research, analytical, and innovative thinking skills.  
• Proficiency in leveraging data and metrics to make informed decisions, optimize product performance, and drive strategic changes 
• Ability to make high-impact decisions, often in ambiguous situations, considering long-term consequences and organizational goals 
• Experience in leading collaborative efforts across multiple teams and functional areas, actively works to break down silos between teams for the betterment of the program; Ability to lead collaborative workshops that drive results. 
• Demonstrated experience working on large integration systems and executing large-scale projects from conception through implementation 
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written commu