HIH - Agile Product Owner Advisor

Responsibilities:

• Understand and align product goals with strategic business objectives to ensure delivery of meaningful value.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with business and technology partners, fostering cross-functional collaboration.
• Act as the primary contact for resolving escalations, removing impediments, and managing stakeholder negotiations and conflicts.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to onboard new initiatives and integrate them effectively into the product development lifecycle.
• Support the development of specifications, including value propositions and technical financial estimates, to guide delivery planning.
• Align with delivery teams to understand capacity and ensure prioritization is accurately reflected in the product backlog.
• Own and refine the product backlog, maintaining a steady flow of well-defined work items for the development team.
• Analyze business needs and support requirement gathering, architecture discussions, and design decisions within agile teams.
• Translate business requirements into actionable features and define iteration scope to guide development.
• Participate actively in agile ceremonies and respond to team inquiries, clarifying features and acceptance criteria.
• Communicate the product vision and strategic decisions to the team, reinforcing customer-centric thinking and business rationale.
• Conduct data analysis and profiling to support product decisions, including mapping source-to-target data and investigating issues using tools like SQL, SAS, or Python

Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in MIS, Business, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 13-16 years of experience in data analysis; Healthcare data domain experience and Agile certification (e.g., SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager) are highly desirable.
• Demonstrated experience as a Product Owner or in a similar role within Agile development environments, with a strong grasp of Agile principles, Scrum methodology, and modern delivery practices such as continuous integration and test-driven development.
• Proven ability to translate complex business needs into clear, actionable features and acceptance criteria, with a focus on delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Aptitude for gaining deep knowledge of the industry, business strategy, and key data domains (e.g., provider data, claims, membership, benefits), and proactively applying this knowledge to drive meaningful results.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills, with the ability to facilitate collaboration across multiple functions, departments, and levels.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Agile and collaboration tools (JIRA) with hands-on experience supporting agile ceremonies and backlog management.
• Advanced data analysis capabilities, including experience with SQL tools (e.g.,Toad, SAS, Alation), and data profiling techniques; familiarity with cloud technologies and data warehousing is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate code, decode data issues, and support architecture and design decisions.
• Exceptional organizational and work management skills, with experience managing dependencies, risks, and delivery timelines in dynamic, lean/agile environments.