Clinical and Economic Research Inpatient Product Owner

SOLVENTUM•Albany, NY

8d•$163,200 - $224,400•Remote

About The Position

The Clinical and Economic Research (CER) Product Owner leads the design and development of inpatient classification solutions, including APR-DRGs, MS-DRGs, and Tri-Care DRGs. The role advances effective inpatient payment and utilization solutions and supports integration with quality and value-based care solutions to improve operational efficiency and outcomes. Solventum’s CER team develops classification, grouping, and reimbursement calculation systems for inpatient, outpatient, and professional settings, addressing areas such as patient safety, adverse-event reduction, value-based care, and population health. The Product Owner guides business product owners responsible for DRG payment solutions across markets and products, supports revenue goals, and helps marketing and sales communicate the value of methodologies and enhancements. The position works with clients across payer, provider, government, business partner, and nonprofit settings to improve payment accuracy, efficiency, and quality. It leads cross-functional delivery of regulatory-compliant maintenance and enhancements, applies Scrum practices, collaborates with research teams on categorical models and big-data analytics, and develops a broad understanding of healthcare payment classification from a global perspective. The role is remote and may involve up to 10% domestic or international travel.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher and at least 7 years of experience in the health payer, software, or services industry; alternatively, a high school diploma/GED or higher and at least 11 years of experience in those industries.
At least 4 years of product owner experience in healthcare software or healthcare services development lifecycle experience.
Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without employment visa sponsorship.
May include up to 10% domestic or international travel.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in business or a healthcare-related field, healthcare policy, health economics, or clinical informatics, such as an MBA, MPH, or MPP.
Four years of healthcare organization experience, such as with a government payer, provider, hospital, insurance company, healthcare consulting, software, research, or services firm.
Strong project management skills; process- and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage complex, multi-phase projects on time and in full.
Strong knowledge of healthcare payment policy gained in the United States or internationally.
Ability to connect solution use cases with target markets, their needs, and solution impact through effective storytelling.
Experience working with or within health systems, health plans, government/regulators, value-based care arrangements, pay-for-performance models, advanced payment models, or quality outcome models.
Strong collaboration skills across development teams, marketing, sales, and other business units, with an interest in research and market trends.
Ability to work independently, stay organized, and achieve business unit objectives.
Strong presentation and writing skills, including the ability to explain complex topics to expert and non-expert audiences.
Thought leadership demonstrated through speaking engagements, interviews, blogs, or articles.

Responsibilities

Lead, direct, prioritize, and manage the design and development of inpatient classification solutions, including APR-DRGs, MS-DRGs, and Tri-Care DRGs.
Guide business product owners driving DRG payment solutions across markets and products, with a focus on meeting or exceeding revenue goals in a matrix environment.
Guide marketing and sales in understanding and communicating the value of methodologies and enhancements to support growth.
Advance solution impact and usability to improve payment accuracy, efficiency, and quality for payer, provider, government, business partner, and nonprofit users.
Lead a high-performing cross-functional team to deliver on-time, complete, accurate, and regulatory-compliant maintenance, modifications, and enhancements for CER inpatient classification solutions.
Champion Scrum principles and implement Scrum practices across departmental teams.
Work with teams to define, road-map, and prioritize deliverable commitments and ensure they are met with clinically precise specifications, documentation, and product integration.
Collaborate with research teams to combine categorical models and big data, refine models, and make clinically relevant analytics understandable and actionable across the health system.
Build a broad understanding of the global healthcare landscape and patient payment classification solutions.
Comply with corporate policies, procedures, and security standards while performing assigned duties.