Sr. Product Owner

The Sr Product Owner plays a critical role in ensuring that a product or feature is developed with a focus on delivering value to the customer and the business. They act as a voice for the customer and are responsible for making key product-related decisions throughout the development process, including identifying opportunities to incorporate emerging technologies, such as AI-enabled capabilities, where they can improve user experience, workflow efficiency, and business outcomes.Key Responsibilities:Product Vision & Stakeholder AlignmentTranslation: Work with stakeholders to translate future vision and requirements into clearly broken-down epics and stories; ensure all team members understand and align with product goals, including consideration of emerging technologies where appropriate.Stakeholder Communication: Act as the primary point of contact between the development team and stakeholders; communicate progress, changes, and updates regularly.Team Enabler: Work with one or more Agile Development Teams and act as a central reference and information source, guiding system/product functionality decisions.Entrepreneurial Spirit: Demonstrate a track record of delivering results in fast-moving, demanding environments.Backlog Ownership & PrioritizationPrioritization: Create and maintain the product backlog; prioritize features, user stories, and tasks based on business value, customer needs, market trends, and strategic opportunities.Backlog Management: Continuously groom and refine the backlog based on feedback, changing priorities, and new insights.Feedback Integration: Gather and incorporate feedback from stakeholders and end-users into the backlog; adjust as necessary.Requirements & Customer Experience (UX)User Story Development: Break down high-level requirements into detailed, implementable user stories that meet strong Agile standards and support effective workflows, automation, and decision support where applicable.Acceptance Criteria: Define clear acceptance criteria so the team understands what constitutes “done” for each feature.UI/UX Alignment: Partner with UX to ensure backlog items have wireframes and UI designs ready for sprint planning; provide design feedback, participate in design sprints, and support user acceptance testing.Planning, Delivery & RiskSprint Planning: Participate in sprint planning to select stories and tasks; ensure the team has a clear understanding of work scope.Release Planning: Collaborate with the team and stakeholders to plan and prioritize releases aligned with market needs and business goals.Quality Assurance: Ensure the product meets quality standards by accepting or rejecting work during sprint reviews.Risk Management: Identify and mitigate delivery risks; partner with the release manager on timelines, tough conversations, mitigation strategies, and transparent escalation to leadership.Business Outcomes & DataBusiness Case Support: Assist in developing and presenting business cases for new features and initiatives; ensure alignment with strategic goals and stakeholder expectations.Data-Driven: Define KPIs and measures for features and capabilities to track impact and inform decisions.Required Qualifications:Education & Experience GuidelinesBachelor’s Degree in relevant field4-7 years of relevant work experienceExperience with Product and Development tools such as ADO, Jira or other similar tools.Healthcare and technical expertise are highly preferred, including experience with data, API integrations, and interoperability standards such as HL7 and FHIR.Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, evaluate outcomes, and assess opportunities related to emerging technologies, including AI-enabled capabilities, where applicable.Leadership and decision-making skillsExcellent communication and presentation abilitiesUnderstanding of the industry, market trends, and customer needsStrong organizational and time management skillsStrong collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across Engineering, UI/UX, Product Management, leadership, and internal and external stakeholders.Travel up to 30%Originally posted on Himalayas