Product Owner - Data Solutions
Posted 1 week ago by Himalayas
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
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Summary: This Product Owner role is focused on enhancing data products within a healthcare insurance organization, specifically within their Data and Analytics team. The position involves translating business requirements into actionable user stories, managing the product backlog, and collaborating with development teams in an Agile/DevSecOps environment. The role requires expertise in data platforms and healthcare operations, with a strong emphasis on maximizing business value through effective product management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and prioritize the product backlog to maximize business value and align with organizational strategy
- Create detailed user stories with clear acceptance criteria following agile best practices
- Serve as the primary liaison between stakeholders and development teams
- Facilitate agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and demonstrations
- Ensure the development team understands requirements and user stories to deliver high-quality solutions
- Define and validate acceptance criteria for all user stories
- Maintain a close working relationship with development teams, providing clarification and making decisions
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify business needs and translate them into technical requirements
- Work within the established Agile/DevSecOps pod model alongside solution architects, data engineers, and analysts
- Support data governance initiatives and ensure compliance with healthcare regulations
Key Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner in an agile environment
- 3+ years of experience in healthcare (managed care, health insurance, or similar)
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent agile certification
- Experience with backlog management, user story creation, and acceptance criteria definition
- Strong understanding of data platforms, particularly Snowflake and dbt Cloud
- Proficiency with agile project management tools such as Jira and Confluence
- Working knowledge of data governance and healthcare regulatory requirements (HIPAA, HITRUST)
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders
- Experience working in cross-functional teams
- Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Data Vault methodology and data warehouse concepts, familiarity with Azure cloud technologies and Azure DevOps, knowledge of contact center operations and customer experience metrics, understanding of healthcare payment models and claims processing, experience with data observability platforms and data quality monitoring tools, background with data migration projects from traditional databases to cloud platforms, experience with Collibra for data governance and quality management, familiarity with Tableau for data visualization and reporting
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Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
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Industry: IT