IT Product Owner

Summary

Join Altarum, a nonprofit organization, as an IT Product Owner in our Public Health Systems department. You will contribute to crucial healthcare projects, developing java-based web applications, clinical decision support tools, and mobile applications. Working in an Agile environment, you will collaborate with a team of developers, analysts, and public health experts. Responsibilities include leading client conversations, defining software requirements, creating product documentation, managing the product backlog, and leading product demos. The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor's degree, significant experience in product development, and excellent communication skills. Altarum offers a competitive compensation package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, tuition assistance, a 401k plan, and life insurance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent experience
• At least 5 years’ working in product development, product management, interoperabilityor related experience
• 3+ years of experience leading projects in a collaborative, team-oriented style
• Track record of successfully gathering and defining requirements for software development or interoperability services
• Drive deliberate partnership and innovation work, bringing an integrated approach to execution of high impact initiatives
• Acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges
• Organized with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics, problem solving and root cause identification skills
• Demonstrated proficiency with large-scale organization projects, project planning, research and analytics
• An inquisitive and innovative nature, integrity, willingness to step into new roles, laser-like focus on deadlines, team focused and collaborative mentality, and a commitment to continuously learning and improving
• Excellent written and verbal communication at both the business and technical level
• Presently eligible to work in the United States and will not require sponsorship
• Must be able to work during eastern time unless approved by your manager
• Employees working remotely must have a dedicated, ergonomically appropriate workspace free from distractions with a mobile device that allows for productive and efficient conduct of business

Responsibilities

• Lead conversations with clients, stakeholders, and team members to identify, gather, and define requirements for custom software development projects
• Help stakeholders identify a shared product vision
• Create and maintain Product Requirement Document(s) (PRD), Product Roadmap, and Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Create the necessary functional and technical documentation, from which the software development team will produce code
• Help internal development team execute on the shared product vision by explaining product and feature set functionality, workflows, and/or design expectations
• Organize and distill product requirements from PRD (product requirements document) into Epics and User Stories
• Analyze and document business processes, workflows, and use cases to help define features, user stories, and user journeys throughout the software development lifecycle
• Own the product backlog and organize work items for fulfillment of work as identified and defined by stakeholders and/or business team
• Prioritize tech debt, backlog, change requests and enhancements to ensure customer requirements and deadlines are met
• Communicate with manager all risks associated with product quality, delays in timelines, etc
• Lead Sprint Planning meeting with external stakeholders and/or business team to prioritize and organize work for sprints
• Organize prioritized work into sprints for team and work with Scrum Master(s) to set sprint goals for product development according to product roadmap and release schedule
• Assist Scrum Master and Development Leads with communicating product requirements, functionality, feature, and priority to development team during sprint planning with development team
• Present Epic/User Stories selected for sprints during internal sprint planning/kickoff meetings
• Be available to answer product, epic, user story questions from development team (attend daily standups and/or ad hoc technical meetings)
• Ensure Epic creation, User Story creation, product design, wireframes/mockups, prioritization of Epics/User Stories are executed according to product roadmap and defined sprints per release schedule
• Lead and perform product demos to clients, stakeholders, and/or business owners
• Assist with product launch execution, including scheduling training for user groups and overseeing training material development to ensure successful product launch and end user readiness for Go Live (with assist from project management, technical writers, trainers, and/or change management liaisons)
• Oversee and/or lead training of user groups at product launch
• Participate in testing and system validation alongside Quality Assurance team
• Work with leadership to effectively assemble and communicate the organization’s strategic goals on an annual basis with formation of the Balance Scorecard
• Work closely with leadership and business stakeholders to ensure strategic objectives and requirements are delivered on time and within budget

Preferred Qualifications

• CSBA or CBAP certification
• Experience with any of the following topics is a preferred: healthcare organizations, public health, medical terminology, clinical workflow processes, electronic health records, interoperability standards, and HL7
• Technical writing experience
• Ability to simplify complex technical ideas and serve as liaison between technical and business teams
• Experience in maintaining products that are in post-production stage
• Experience in creating RTM(Requirement Traceability Matrix) during product development to map the business requirements to features to User stories to test cases
• Experience with product development architecture and UI/UX knowledge and principles
• Comfortable working with multiple teams, dispersed and remote
• Accurate and precise attention to detail
• Ability to build strong interpersonal relationships with business analysts, UI/UX team, leadership, senior management, and internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to delegate and oversee tasks across a product team

Benefits

• Competitive Medical, Dental and Optical plans
• Generous Paid Time Off, 8 Company observed holidays plus 3 floating holidays
• Tuition Assistance
• 401K Plan (3% employer contribution plus opportunity for gainsharing)
• Life, AD&D & Disability coverage
• A flexible work environment