Medicaid Eligibility Product Lead

Saint Cyr Partners; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Cyr Partners seeks a Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner to lead the state’s eligibility backlog and translate complex MAGI/non-MAGI rules into actionable user stories and epics. You will collaborate with policy, program, and technology teams to prioritize work that ensures accurate, timely eligibility decisions.

You will guide the team through planning, refinement, and testing, balancing federal mandates, state policy, and member impact while communicating risks and trade-offs to agency

Qualifications

• 5+ years as Product Owner, product manager, or business lead on government or healthcare systems.
• 3+ years hands-on experience with Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, or integrated eligibility systems.
• Working knowledge of Medicaid eligibility rules, including MAGI and non-MAGI categories, verifications, and renewals.
• Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria and managing a backlog in Jira, Azure DevOps, or a similar tool.
• Experience working in Agile or Scrum teams.
• Clear, plain-spoken communication with technical teams and agency executives alike.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the product backlog for the state's Medicaid eligibility and enrollment system.
• Translate policy into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead impact analysis for new federal/state requirements, including renewal changes.
• Collaborate with state policy, program staff, and technology teams to clarify rules.
• Work with Scrum Masters, developers, testers, and business analysts through delivery cycles.
• Accept completed work against criteria and support user acceptance testing.
• Coordinate dependencies with related systems like SNAP and MMIS.
• Track outcomes like processing timeliness and auto-renewal rates to guide priorities.
• Communicate progress, trade-offs, and risks to leadership.

Skills

Product ownership

Medicaid eligibility

Backlog management

User stories

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Saint Cyr Partners seeks a Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner to lead the state’s eligibility backlog and translate complex MAGI/non-MAGI rules into actionable user stories and epics. You will collaborate with policy, program, and technology teams to prioritize work that ensures accurate, timely eligibility decisions.

You will guide the team through planning, refinement, and testing, balancing federal mandates, state policy, and member impact while communicating risks and trade-offs to agency