Locals or Nearby Urgent Need Product Owner

USM; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT systems integrator in Reston, VA is looking for a Product Owner to drive the development of an Agile Product Vision and Roadmap. This role involves working closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure business needs are met, managing the Product Backlog, and supporting delivery teams. Candidates should have 8+ years of IT experience and strong leadership skills, with prior experience as a Product Owner in a dynamic environment. This is a 12-month contract position with a focus on delivering high-quality IT solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT and business experience in planning, design, and maintenance of systems.
• 3+ years of prior Product Owner experience in a high-tech environment.
• Knowledge of database structures and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders to define business needs clearly.
• Convert requirements to user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Support Sprint Planning and manage the Product Backlog.

Skills

Product Ownership

Agile practices

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or Engineering

Tools

PEGA

Job description

Overview

USM Business Systems Inc. is a quickly developing worldwide System Integrator, Software and Product Development, IT Outsourcing and Technology assistance supplier headquartered in Chantilly, VA. We offer world-class ability in giving most astounding quality and administrations through industry best practices planned to convey remarkable worth to our customers.

Utilizing our industry knowledge, service offering expertise and innovation abilities, we distinguish new business and technology slants and create answers for help customers around the globe, giving top of the line solid and practical IT benefits which are cost effective services.

Established in 1999, the organization has corner qualities in building and dealing with a Business Oriented IT environment with rich involvement in technology innovation, ERP and CRM counselling, Product Engineering, Business Intelligence, Data Management, SOA, BPM, Data Warehousing, SharePoint Consulting and IT Infrastructure. Our other offerings include modified solutions and administrations in ERP, CRM, Enterprise architecture, offshore advisory services and e-commerce.

USM, a US ensured Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) is perceived as one of the fastest developing IT Systems Integrator in the Washington, DC zone. Most as of late, USM was positioned #9 on the rundown of the Top administrations organizations in the DC Metro Area - Washington Business Journal (2011). We are a project-driven firm that reliably meets the IT needs of our State and Government customers through development and business keenness.

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Position

Job Title: Product Owner

Location: Reston, VA (Locals or Nearby)

Duration: 12 months

Background: This position is to fill the role of Product Owner, for Post Adjudication Modernization effort, at the FEP Operations Center. In this role, the PO will work under the Product Manager, and with the Scrum Master at FEPOC, and other internal and external stakeholders to support development of Agile Product Vision and Roadmap, with the goal of building the best viable product for the customer.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure business needs are articulated and defined appropriately.
• Convert market requirements to user stories, minimal viable product features, and acceptance criteria based on the business needs.
• Support development of Product Vision and Product Roadmap.
• Own the Product Backlog and participate in Agile grooming sessions on product user stories.
• Participate in Release planning.
• Support Sprint Planning.
• Accept user stories on behalf of the customer.
• Make timely decisions on feature prioritization on behalf of the customer, so the delivery teams can act on those.
• Support product evolution by engaging stakeholders to document future state requirements and align on the Product Vision/Roadmap.
• Work closely with the Scrum Master, Project Manager, Product Manager and the Scrum Team to support CBP deliverables.
• Serve as a product expert and collaborate with Development to deliver solutions meeting end user and market needs.

Qualifications & Experience

• This is a leadership role; candidates need IT and business experience to demonstrate such.
• Experience with Agile and Scrum; a phone screen will be conducted prior to in-person assessments/interviews.
• No more than 1 resume per vendor; all candidates must be vetted by the vendor liaison prior to resume submission to FEPOC.
• Proven experience with Agile practices, Scrum, and Kanban; hands-on experience delivering IT projects.
• Experience as a Product Owner in a dynamic high-technology environment.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience as a Product Owner with ability to understand future product needs and influence prioritization with all stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills; ability to make timely product decisions to enable delivery teams.
• Experience working with agile delivery teams.
• Knowledge across healthcare coding, claim editing, adjudication, or claims processing is a plus.
• Understanding of database structures, business rules for flexible claims processing, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with product roadmap development and stakeholder buy-in for business priorities.
• Experience documenting and grooming user stories and defining acceptance criteria in Scrum.
• Excellent communication and partnership skills; familiarity with web/mobile technologies is a plus.
• Experience with Customer Service systems or CRM tools (e.g., PEGA).

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or Engineering or equivalent work experience required. 8+ years of IT and business experience in planning, technical design/development, implementation, and maintenance of systems; preferably across multiple hardware and software platforms. Previous product owner experience (3+ years) in a dynamic high-technology environment is a key to success in this position.

Application

If my requirement matches your resume, please reply to the email at alih(at) usmsystems(dot)com and contact number is 703-955-3955.