Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner — Policy to Backlog Lead

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

Job summary

Aspire Talent Solutions is assisting a Mississippi-based public-sector focused boutique consultancy with a Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner role. You will translate eligibility policy into a clear, prioritized backlog, and collaborate with state agencies to ensure accurate, timely decisions for members.

You will write user stories, manage backlogs in Jira/Azure DevOps, participate in planning and QA, and measure processing timeliness and renewal rates while communicating progress to agency

Qualifications

• 5+ years as Product Owner/PM/lead on government or healthcare systems.
• 3+ years with Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, or integrated eligibility systems.
• Working knowledge of Medicaid eligibility rules (MAGI & non-MAGI), verifications, renewals.
• Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria; backlog in Jira/Azure DevOps or similar tool.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum teams.
• Clear, plain-spoken communication with technical teams and executives.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the product backlog for Medicaid eligibility and enrollment systems.
• Translate eligibility policy into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead impact analysis for new federal/state requirements (e.g., H.R. 1 provisions).
• Partner with state policy/program staff to clarify rules and document decisions.
• Collaborate with Scrum Masters, developers, testers, and BAs through planning and refinements.
• Accept completed work against criteria and support user acceptance testing.
• Coordinate dependencies with adjacent systems (SNAP, MMIS, managed care).
• Track outcomes (timeliness, auto-renewals, error rates) to guide priorities.
• Communicate progress, trade-offs, and risks to agency leadership.

Skills

Product Owner experience

Medicaid eligibility experience

Backlog management (Jira/Azure DevOps)

Agile/Scrum

Plain-spoken communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Aspire Talent Solutions is assisting a Mississippi-based public-sector focused boutique consultancy with a Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner role. You will translate eligibility policy into a clear, prioritized backlog, and collaborate with state agencies to ensure accurate, timely decisions for members.

You will write user stories, manage backlogs in Jira/Azure DevOps, participate in planning and QA, and measure processing timeliness and renewal rates while communicating progress to agency