Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner | Policy to Backlog

Essenti Talent; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Essenti Talent seeks an experienced Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner for a Mississippi public-sector engagement. You will translate MAGI and non-MAGI policies into epics and stories, maintain a prioritized backlog, and ensure accurate, timely decisions for members.

You will partner with state agencies, policy experts, and IT teams, collaborating with Scrum Masters and developers through planning, refinement, and reviews while measuring outcomes to drive priorities.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the product backlog for the state's Medicaid eligibility and enrollment system.
• Translate eligibility policy into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead impact analysis for new federal/state requirements (including related CMS provisions).
• Partner with state policy staff to clarify rules and document decisions.
• Work with Scrum Masters, developers, testers, and business analysts through ceremonies.
• Accept completed work against acceptance criteria and support UAT with state staff.
• Coordinate dependencies with related systems such as SNAP, MMIS, and managed care.
• Track outcomes like processing timeliness and renewal rates to guide priorities.
• Communicate progress, trade-offs, and risks to agency leadership.

Skills

Product Owner

Healthcare systems

Agile / Scrum

Backlog management

Stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Essenti Talent seeks an experienced Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner for a Mississippi public-sector engagement. You will translate MAGI and non-MAGI policies into epics and stories, maintain a prioritized backlog, and ensure accurate, timely decisions for members.

You will partner with state agencies, policy experts, and IT teams, collaborating with Scrum Masters and developers through planning, refinement, and reviews while measuring outcomes to drive priorities.