Senior Product Owner

Objective:

The Senior Product Owner works to fulfill the strategic product roadmap established by the Product

Management leadership team and meet business objectives. The person in this position manages multiple

teams and backlogs for more than one product and/or for more complex products. This role is responsible for defining the detailed product deliverables. The Senior Product Owner must have a firm understanding of the business domain and product needs taking into account multiple types of users utilizing each solution. This position works closely with engineering on the specifications to ensure their Agile teams have all of the information needed to deliver a product that provides maximum value to the users.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Collaborate with Product Managers to understand the market demands, priorities, and overall

product strategy

Partner with UX and Product Managers on market research efforts to understand and prioritize

customer needs

Work with one or more engineering teams to deliver timely, quality releases that provide high

business value and exceed customer expectations

Flexibility to support more than one product within a portfolio, potentially across value streams

Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes

Work with the Product Manager and Agile team to define the scope included in a release.

Understand user personas and partner with UX to develop

Create detailed specifications/requirements for the product features so they are clearly understood

by the development team

Write user stories and establish acceptance criteria in collaboration with the team.

Actively participate in PI planning, product sprints and daily stand-up meetings

Research and clarify details as the team develops the application

Be aware of customer commitments in order to communicate internally to assist with managing

team expectations

Manage dependencies in and across sprints and releases

Work with the Agile team to manage and prioritize the backlog to ensure alignment with changing

business needs

Prioritize support work as needed

Assist with system status communication and escalation as needed including customer

communication

Perform demos to all stakeholders on a regular basis

Keep stakeholders apprised of progress and incorporate their feedback

Understand project budgets, scope and timelines and work to maintain a balance

Use metrics and feedback to improve team and organization processes, best practices, performance,

and delivery

May provide work direction or guidance to colleagues with less experience

Act as a product champion within the company

Skills Required:

Strong knowledge of Agile principles and process

Anticipate needs and drive innovation in both business needs and technology enablers.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Familiarity with Microsoft SQL for creating queries

Ability to influence cross-functional team without formal authority

Excellent time management, resource organization and priority establishment skills with the ability

to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment

Keen attention to detail

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with diplomacy and tact, including when

responding to resistance

Ability to work with an optimistic attitude both independently and as part of a team

Self-motivated with strong, proven, analytical and problem-solving skills

Understands the importance of data flow, data integrity, and business process efficiency, as well as

the potential role technology could play to improve or enhance them

Works independently with limited guidance from manager

Project management skills

Qualifications Required:

Bachelor's degree in business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field

Overall 4+ years of experience in software development/ product management.

Minimum of 2 years of proven software development experience as an Agile Product Owner or

similar role

Healthcare industry knowledge

Demonstrated capabilities in being tech, business, and UX savvy

Basic level of technical knowledge of development, databases, and operating systems related to the

area being supported