Product Owner

KMM Technologies•Reston, VA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Product Owner is responsible for building, managing, and optimizing product backlogs for healthcare claims solutions. The role enhances and maintains existing products while supporting new AI-driven product development. It serves as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and IT teams, translating business value into product vision, roadmaps, acceptance criteria, epics, features, and user stories. The position leads cross-functional teams, including Business Analysts, architects, and subject-matter experts, to innovate through Joint Application Development (JAD) and brainstorming sessions. The Product Owner prioritizes the backlog, determines business value, defines acceptance criteria, accepts or rejects deliverables, and remains accountable for product success. The role also guides Business Analysts in breaking down the Minimum Viable Product into actionable user stories, coaches team members in Agile and Scrum practices, mentors other Product Owners, improves delivery agility, and manages stakeholder and client communications. It also supports production-stage needs and manages multiple AI use cases across existing and newly developed healthcare claims products. The position is hybrid in Reston, Virginia, with one day per week onsite. The posting describes the engagement as a 12+ month contract-to-hire on W2.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Product Management, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
At least 6 years of experience in IT and business analysis, business development, solutions development, systems analysis, technical design/development, or implementation; alternatively, 4 years of Product Owner experience.
Certified Scrum or Certified Agile Product Owner (PO) certification.
Prior healthcare claims insurance product experience.
Proven AI experience.
Advanced knowledge of business and management principles.
Advanced Microsoft Office Suite skills.
Advanced knowledge of project planning and life-cycle development.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems.

Responsibilities

Build, manage, maintain, and optimize product backlogs for healthcare claims solutions.
Enhance and maintain existing products while supporting new AI-driven product development.
Represent the business to IT teams and translate business value into product vision, roadmaps, epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Lead cross-functional teams, including Business Analysts, architects, and subject-matter experts, in JAD and brainstorming sessions.
Prioritize the product backlog, determine business value, define acceptance criteria, and accept or reject deliverables.
Remain accountable for product success and define the scope and details of product work.
Guide Business Analysts in breaking down MVPs into actionable, well-written user stories.
Coach new team members in Agile and Scrum practices and mentor other Product Owners.
Improve backlog grooming and delivery agility.
Manage relationships and communications with internal and external clients, stakeholders, and customers.
Support production-stage needs and manage multiple AI use cases across healthcare claims products.