Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner: Lead Policy to Delivery

Food Management Search, Inc.; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Food Management Search, Inc. seeks a Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner to translate policy into a prioritized backlog for the state’s Medicaid system and to partner with state agencies, policy experts, and technology teams to simplify complex rules for timely eligibility decisions.

You will own the backlog, write epics and user stories, participate in planning, refinements, reviews, and user acceptance testing, and monitor outcomes like renewal rates and processing timeliness.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as Product Owner, PM, or business lead on government or healthcare systems.
• 3+ years 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, balancing federal mandates, state policy, and member impact.
• Translate eligibility policy (MAGI and non-MAGI rules, renewals, verifications, and notices) into clear epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead impact analysis for new federal and state requirements, including H.R. 1 provisions such as community engagement requirements and more frequent renewals.
• Partner with state policy and program staff to clarify rules, resolve ambiguity, and document decisions.
• Work side by side with Scrum Masters, developers, testers, and business analysts through planning, refinement, reviews, and acceptance.
• Accept completed work against acceptance criteria and policy intent, and support user acceptance testing with state staff.
• Coordinate dependencies with adjacent systems and programs, such as SNAP, MMIS, and managed care organizations.
• Track product outcomes, such as processing timeliness, auto-renewal rates, and error rates, and use them to guide priorities.
• Communicate progress, trade-offs, and risks clearly to agency leadership and project stakeholders.

Skills

Product ownership

Medicaid knowledge

Backlog management

Agile/Scrum

Policy communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Food Management Search, Inc. seeks a Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner to translate policy into a prioritized backlog for the state’s Medicaid system and to partner with state agencies, policy experts, and technology teams to simplify complex rules for timely eligibility decisions.

You will own the backlog, write epics and user stories, participate in planning, refinements, reviews, and user acceptance testing, and monitor outcomes like renewal rates and processing timeliness.