Healthcare IT Product Delivery Manager

$95,000 - $138,000/Yr

Centauri Health Solutions - Houston, TX

Full-time - Senior

Houston, TX

1,001-5,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Healthcare IT Product Delivery Manager at Centauri Health Solutions is responsible for driving the delivery of technical products within an agile framework. This role serves as a primary interface between Product Development and Technology organizations, translating product strategy into actionable technical tasks. The manager will oversee backlog prioritization, process definition, agile coaching, and daily scrum management for designated product teams, ensuring effective execution of SCRUM-based methodologies to meet the needs of both internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Daily execution of an effective SCRUM-based agile methodology for Centauri product areas.
• Coordinate organizational change management aspects of agile introduction.
• Serve as a Scrum Master / Agile Coach for multiple teams within the technology area.
• Drive release planning and sprint planning with the Technology Delivery Owner, Architecture Owner, and Product Owner.
• Run standup/scrum meetings for the delivery team.
• Maintain and refine JIRA or TFS workflows to support scrum/agile development process.
• Develop, produce, and monitor team performance reports (velocity, estimates vs actual).
• Issue/task tracking and enforcement of Jira or TFS processes.
• Assist in prioritizing work and progress tracking for active releases.
• Work with Delivery Owners to incorporate agile processes into other Delivery teams.
• Manage training newcomers on Centauri's methodology.
• Initiate and coordinate Sprint rhythms - Planning, Review, Backlog grooming, Retrospective sessions.
• Track and report daily schedules and use metrics to manage scrum team activities.
• Track status across projects and communicate any risks or concerns to stakeholders.
• Work with Product Managers to develop User story details including acceptance criteria, mockups, and test input as necessary.
• Help the team self-organize and adopt an attitude of continuous improvement.
• Identify and remove impediments to ensure that assigned sprints and projects are completed on time.
• Be the primary coordinator for the cross-team new product release process.
• Help review Release notes, User Guides, Training material, and assist with functional and regression testing as needed.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5-10 plus years' experience in the software development or program management domain.
• Experience with Agile and Scrum Teams working as Product Owner or Scrum Master.
• Strong healthcare background, preferably in the payor space related to Risk Adjustment.
• Understanding and experience of CMS regulatory components.
• Strong experience with Jira or TFS.
• Proven track record organizing and managing complex technology programs in the healthcare environment.
• Knowledge and support of Agile methodologies and proven track record of running agile teams in a professional service setting.
• Proficient knowledge of JIRA, Confluence, and TFS preferred.
• Ability to prioritize and execute in a high performing engineering environment.
• Proficient with MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Excellent negotiation and facilitation skills.
• Proactive with strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Strong drive to deliver tangible value even when faced with ambiguity.
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and follow up communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• SPC, CSPO, CSM or immediate plans to become certified a plus.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• 401(k) matching