Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner

United Future; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

United Future seeks a Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner to lead the state Medicaid eligibility and enrollment backlog. You will translate MAGI/non-MAGI rules into epics and user stories, prioritize work, and partner with state policy and technology teams to deliver accurate, timely decisions for members.

You will collaborate with Scrum Masters, developers, testers, and analysts, ensuring acceptance criteria are met and supporting user acceptance testing with state staff.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as Product Owner/PM in government or healthcare systems.
• 3+ years with Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, or integrated systems.
• Knowledge of MAGI and non-MAGI rules, renewals, verifications.
• Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria; backlog in Jira/Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the Medicaid eligibility product backlog for the state system.
• Translate policy into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead impact analysis for federal/state requirements and renewals.
• Clarify rules with state policy staff and document decisions.
• Collaborate with Scrum Masters, developers, testers, and BAs through SDLC phases.
• Accept work against acceptance criteria and support UAT with state staff.
• Coordinate dependencies with SNAP, MMIS, and managed care programs.
• Track outcomes (timeliness, auto-renewals, error rates) to guide priorities.
• Communicate progress, trade-offs, and risks to agency leadership.

Skills

Product ownership

Backlog management

Jira

Azure DevOps

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

United Future seeks a Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner to lead the state Medicaid eligibility and enrollment backlog. You will translate MAGI/non-MAGI rules into epics and user stories, prioritize work, and partner with state policy and technology teams to deliver accurate, timely decisions for members.

You will collaborate with Scrum Masters, developers, testers, and analysts, ensuring acceptance criteria are met and supporting user acceptance testing with state staff.