Lead Product Owner

As a Product Owner at Qualifacts, you will be responsible for taking initiatives from the business, breaking them down into stories, and collaborating with the engineering team to implement them. Your key responsibilities will include creating, maintaining, and prioritizing the product backlog with detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and estimations. You will work closely with the development team to refine backlog items and ensure clarity on requirements. In this role, you will provide coaching and general leadership to other product owners while supervising and administering various people manager processes, including time and attendance management. With support from your direct manager, you will ensure that the team's goal setting, performance management, engagement initiatives, annual compensation reviews, and other people leadership tasks are effectively completed. You will actively participate in Scrum ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint review, and sprint retrospective. Your role will also involve providing necessary information and answering questions to ensure that the development team understands product requirements. Collaborating with the scrum master, you will optimize the team's process and remove impediments to facilitate efficient product development. As a Product Owner, you will define acceptance criteria for each user story and ensure that features are delivered to the desired quality standard. You will work with the team to plan and execute product releases, evaluate progress at each stage of development, and facilitate communication between the development team, key business stakeholders, and customers to gather feedback and manage expectations. Additionally, you will conduct user testing, sprint reviews, and betas to identify areas for product improvement and address concerns related to product features and priorities. To be successful in this role, you should have a higher education degree (BS/BA equivalent) and at least 5 years of experience in a product owner or related role, preferably within the healthcare or B2B software industry. You should have a strong understanding of the Agile process and methodologies, along with excellent communication skills to engage with senior business and technical staff/leadership. An analytical mindset, business acumen, and the ability to balance empathy and accountability when leading others are essential qualities for this position. Preference will be given to candidates with knowledge of the US healthcare industry, particularly in behavioral health, and prior experience within the Credible EHR. Knowledge in specialty focus areas relevant to the specific product focus of the role, such as Computer Sciences, Data/Analytics, Healthcare Regulatory, Healthcare RCMS, or Clinical Knowledge, will be highly desirable. At Qualifacts, we are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.,