Product Owner (Healthcare)

About Sellers Dorsey

Sellers Dorsey is a healthcare impact strategy firm focused on improving care access, quality, and outcomes for our nation’s most vulnerable populations. We work with providers, managed care organizations, state entities, and others, to design, implement, fund, and optimize sustainable programs that deliver maximum impact to underserved communities. Built on decades of experience in Medicaid, our team includes former state Medicaid directors, healthcare policy experts, health plan execs, and hospital leaders who know how to navigate the complexities of the system and find creative, impactful solutions that drive the greatest impact for the individuals and communities that need it most.

About the Role

Sellers Dorsey is seeking a Product Owner who will drive backlog management, sprint ceremonies, and requirements definition for an assigned engineering squad within Product & Technology, translating stakeholder requests into a clear, prioritized backlog. As the Product Owner, you will also flex to support other Product & Technology squads as capacity needs arise. Success is measured by backlog health, sprint predictability, and stakeholder satisfaction with delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Backlog and Task Management:

• Own and prioritize the squad backlog, translating stakeholder requests and priorities into clear, actionable tickets.

• Maintain backlog health, including refinement, sequencing, and dependency tracking.

• Assess the technical soundness and quality of backlog items to ensure delivered work meets production-grade standards.

Sprint Ceremonies:

• Plan and lead stand-ups, refinements, retrospectives and planning sessions for the squad.

• Represent the squad in the cross-squad Scrum of Scrums, surfacing dependencies and coordination needs.

• Track progress and communicate status, risks, and blockers to stakeholders and the squad's tech lead.

• Track and report agile delivery metrics, such as velocity, throughput, and backlog health trends, to inform prioritization and surface process improvements.

• Drive follow-through on retrospective action items to improve squad delivery over time.

Stakeholder Coordination and Requirements:

• Gather and document requirements from internal and external/client stakeholders.

• Partner with the assigned squad tech lead to align backlog priorities.

• Communicate delivery timelines and trade-offs to internal stakeholders

Cross-Squad Support and Release Readiness:

• Flex to support other Product & Technology squads during peak demand or staffing gaps.

• Coordinate user acceptance testing and validate completed work against acceptance criteria before release.

• Monitor delivery quality and escalate risks tied to scope, timeline, or shifting squad priorities

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or any related field.

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent Agile/Scrum certification.

• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or Business Analyst in an Agile/Scrum environment.

• Demonstrated experience managing a backlog for technical or data-oriented work.

• Experience translating stakeholder or technical requirements into structured, prioritized backlog items.

• Experience in healthcare, Medicaid, or another regulated industry preferred.

• Experience supporting multiple concurrent squads or product teams preferred.

Critical Professional related Technical Skills

• Agile project management tooling.

• Documentation and collaboration tools, such as Microsoft 365.

• Working familiarity with data pipeline and ETL concepts sufficient to structure technical backlog items.

• Working knowledge of relational database schemas and the ability to write and interpret SQL queries to validate data, investigate issues, and inform backlog decisions.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. Sellers Dorsey does not sponsor employment visas at this time. Employment with Sellers Dorsey is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Compensation & Benefits

The anticipated salary range for candidates is $95,800/year in our lowest geographic market range to up to $130,000/year. The final pay offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, the type of years and experience within the industry, the candidate’s education, and the candidate’s market location. Typically, candidates are not hired near the top of the range and compensation decisions are made based upon Sellers Dorsey’s Total Compensation Policies & Guidelines. The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in our annual Corporate Incentive Plan (CIP) that can range to up to 9% of annual salary.

Provided they meet all eligibility requirements under the applicable plan documents, the successful candidate (and their eligible dependents) will be eligible to enroll in group healthcare plans that offer medical, dental, and vision and for insurance plans offering short term disability, long term disability, and basic life. Employees are also able to enroll in Sellers Dorsey’s 401k plan provided they meet plan requirements. Sellers Dorsey offers a Flexible Time Off that allows employees to use what they need. Additionally, we offer 16 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, paid time off for qualifying medical leave, and up to 12 weeks of combined paid parental and bonding leave. The foregoing benefits and paid time off, including an employee’s eligibility therefore, will be controlled by applicable plan documents and Sellers Dorsey policy.

This is intended to provide a general description of benefits and other compensation and is not a substitute for applicable plan documents or company policies.

Sellers Dorsey is an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at HumanResources@sellersdorsey.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.

Sellers Dorsey maintains a Drug-Free workplace.