Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner — Turn Policy into Backlog

The Recruiting Hive; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Recruiting Hive is helping a boutique consulting client find a Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner to translate complex eligibility policy into a prioritized backlog. You will collaborate with state agencies, policy experts, and technology teams to ensure accurate, timely decisions for MAGI and non-MAGI rules.

You will own the backlog for eligibility and enrollment systems, write epics and user stories, and guide agile delivery, acceptance, and testing with state staff and partners.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, product manager, or business lead on government or healthcare systems.
• 3+ years of 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, 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 Owner experience

Agile / Scrum

Backlog management

Policy interpretation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

The Recruiting Hive is helping a boutique consulting client find a Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner to translate complex eligibility policy into a prioritized backlog. You will collaborate with state agencies, policy experts, and technology teams to ensure accurate, timely decisions for MAGI and non-MAGI rules.

You will own the backlog for eligibility and enrollment systems, write epics and user stories, and guide agile delivery, acceptance, and testing with state staff and partners.