Product Owner

Product Owner

Eagan, MN – Need Local

Contract

Direct Client 

Top 10 Must-Have Skills (Highest Priority)

1. Product Ownership
2. Healthcare Payer / Medical Plans
3. Business Analysis (BA)
4. Requirements Gathering & Documentation
5. Agile / Scrum Methodology
6. Product Backlog Management
7. User Stories & Acceptance Criteria
8. Quality Assurance (QA)
9. User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
10. Stakeholder Management

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Product Owner with a strong healthcare payer background, specifically in medical plans. The ideal candidate will have hands-on Business Analyst and Quality Assurance experience and be comfortable leading requirements through testing in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business and functional requirements.

• Own and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring user stories have clear acceptance criteria.

• Collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams throughout the product development lifecycle.

• Create and maintain business requirements, user stories, process flows, and functional documentation.

• Develop comprehensive test plans, test scenarios, and test cases to validate business requirements.

• Coordinate and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) while working closely with QA and development teams to resolve defects.

• Ensure delivered solutions meet business objectives and quality standards.

Required Qualifications

• Experience as a Product Owner with prior Business Analyst and Quality Assurance responsibilities.

• Strong healthcare payer/medical plan experience.

• Hands-on experience gathering and documenting requirements.

• Experience creating test plans, test scenarios, and test cases.

• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Local candidates preferred.

• Experience working with cross-functional business and technology teams within healthcare organizations.