Senior Product Owner

eSimplicity is 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 100+ million Americans, protect our borders, and defend our country by supporting and innovating with the Air Force, Space Force, and Navy. Our team of 200+ engineers, designers and strategists relentlessly challenge the status quos, build consensus and collaborate to deliver new solutions with an unwavering focus on the user experience from start to finish. 
We are looking for a Senior Product Owner with proven experience driving product definition, prioritization, and delivery within a SAFe© Agile environment.  The successful candidate will be able to understand user needs, customer requirements, and the technical ecosystem of their product/team 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 products within Salesforce 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 
• Develop subject matter expertise in the policies, operations, and targeted outcomes that are enabled by 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 
• Support and lead Agile ceremonies (including planning, refinement, retrospectives, and standups) 
• Accepts stories by working with the team to agree on accepted story completion and validating the story meets the 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. 
• 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. 

Qualifications:

• 7+ years product management or product owner experience with demonstratedproficiency in multiple disciplines / technologies / processes related to the position as well as 5+ years working in an agile environment on complex projects  
• Strong analytical skills and innovative thinking 
• 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 communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technical and project related information to customers, vendors, senior management and staff 
• Strong knowledge and experience in software development in an agile environment and lean process management; capable of interpreting, applying, and augmenting Agile best practi