Product Owner Analyst

$100,000 - $130,000/Yr

DCCA - Ellicott City, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Ellicott City, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Product Owner Analyst at DCCA is responsible for supporting the program in collaboration with CMS Product Owners, ensuring that business requirements are clearly understood and documented. This role involves maintaining a prioritized backlog, acting as a liaison between business owners and the development team, and collaborating with various teams to ensure timely delivery of features and user stories. The position requires strong analytical skills, experience in Agile methodologies, and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Product Owner supporting the program in conjunction with the CMS Product Owners.
• Work directly with CMS Business Owner to elicit, analyze, and document requirements, ensuring clear understanding and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain a prioritized backlog of features, user stories, and technical tasks, ensuring alignment with customer needs and business priorities.
• Act as the liaison for the business owners and the development team during project development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with the Agile Release Train (ART) to plan and prioritize features for upcoming releases, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with program increments.
• Work with the HCD, technical and legacy teams to understand the existing and new system functionality as needed.
• Author user stories including validation criteria which reasonably covers all areas necessary for complete testing of the new functionality.
• Provide system demos and training sessions to stakeholders.
• Work with UX designers to create wireframes for the user stories and review them with users and gather feedback.
• Provide additional support and guidance to clients during the implementation phase to include development of training resources.
• Participate in PI and Sprint Planning, ART Syncs and other agile activities as required.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager in an Agile environment, preferably using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• 5+ years of experience supporting CMS Medicare or Medicaid Programs.
• Strong understanding of Agile principles and practices, including backlog management, release planning, and Agile ceremonies.
• Expertise with JIRA and Confluence.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering value to customers and driving business results.

Nice-to-haves

• Proficient in MS Power Point, MS Word, and MS Excel.
• Background in Medicaid finance.
• Master's in Information Systems or Computer Science.
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification.

Benefits

• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance program
• Life insurance