Product Owner - Membership Administration

1. Product Ownership & Agile Delivery:
   
   • Develop, maintain and communicate product vision & roadmaps, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, technology trends, and customer needs.
   • Represent the voice of the customer and business stakeholders within the Scrum team, ensuring user stories deliver measurable value.
   • Own and evolve the product backlog, prioritizing based on performance analytics, stakeholder input, sprint outcomes, and shifting business priorities to maximize value delivery.
   • Partner internal teams to ensure timely and high-quality deliverables.
   • Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between developers, QA, UX, and architecture to align on technical feasibility, design standards, and user experience goals.
   • Support release planning and deployment coordination across environments.
2. Product Strategy & Requirements:
   
   • Translate business needs and strategic goals into innovative, scalable solutions aligned with healthcare industry challenges and regulatory requirements.
   • Apply business insight and analysis to develop strategies that reflect constraints, resources, and HMSA values.
   • Define and document product features and user stories that reflect strategic objectives and adhere to architectural standards
   • Continuously improve processes, templates, and methodologies to enhance customer experience, quality, and launch time.
3. Stakeholder Management:
   
   • Build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels, ensuring alignment on needs and clear communication throughout the product development lifecycle.
   • Level set stakeholders' expectations and facilitate collaboration to define and deliver feasible product visions.
   • Act as primary liaison between business stakeholders and development teams, leading and mentoring stakeholders on product lifecycle, processes, and tools.
   • Present and communicate with executive level leadership
4. Collaboration:
   
   • Partner with internal teams to develop standards, processes, and continuous improvement opportunities.
   • Support product owners, program managers, and other teams with strategic alignment and prioritization.
   • Mentor product team members and create product tools, templates, and processes.
5. Performance Outcomes:
   
   • Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for products and initiatives, using data to drive optimization.
6. Performs all other miscellaneous responsibilities and duties as assigned or directed.

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Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree and five years of related work experience; or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
2. In-depth knowledge of managed care, PPO, HMO, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and commercial group health plans
3. Effective written and verbal communication skills
4. Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including, but not limited to Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel.