Product Owner - Medicaid Eligibility

Meritas Advisory Group, LLC; Jackson (MS); Sur place; USD 110 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Meritas Advisory Group, LLC seeks a Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner to lead the state’s eligibility backlog, translating MAGI and non-MAGI rules into actionable epics and stories. You will partner with policymakers, technology teams, and agency leaders to ensure compliant, timely decisions for members.

You will collaborate with Scrum Masters, developers, testers, and business analysts to refine work, define acceptance criteria, and support UAT with state staff, while tracking key performance

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading product work on government or healthcare systems.
• 3+ years in Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, or integrated systems.
• Experience writing user stories and backlog management in Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar tool.
• Experience working in Agile or Scrum teams.
• Clear, plain-spoken communication with technical teams and agency executives alike.

Responsabilités

• Own and prioritize the product backlog for Medicaid eligibility and enrollment system.
• Translate policy into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead impact analysis for new federal/state requirements (e.g., MAGI rules).
• Clarify rules with state policy/program staff and document decisions.
• Collaborate with Scrum Masters, developers, testers, and BAs through planning and reviews.
• Accept completed work against acceptance criteria and support UAT with state staff.
• Coordinate dependencies with adjacent systems like SNAP/MMIS.
• Track outcomes (timeliness, auto-renewals, errors) to guide priorities.
• Communicate progress, trade-offs, and risks to leadership.

Connaissances

Product Owner

Medicaid eligibility domain

Backlog management (Jira/Azure DevOps)

Agile Scrum experience

Stakeholder communication

Formation

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Outils

Jira/Azure DevOps

Description du poste

Our client is a boutique consulting firm delivering strategy, process, technology, and training services to public-sector and commercial clients across the Gulf South. The firm is built on inclusion, transparency, and accountability, and is known for delivering predictable outcomes for the agencies it serves.

The Role

As the Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner, you'll be the voice of the state and its members inside the delivery team. You'll turn eligibility policy into a clear, prioritized backlog, so the people who depend on Medicaid get accurate, timely decisions. You'll partner with state agency leaders, policy experts, and technology teams to make complex rules simple to build and easy to use.

What You'll Do

• 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.

Required 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe POPM, or a similar certification.
• Experience with federal Medicaid requirements and CMS oversight, including state system certification.
• Familiarity with SNAP or other integrated eligibility programs.
• Experience with Mississippi Medicaid or another state Medicaid agency.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.