Strategic Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner

Talent With Heart; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent With Heart is recruiting for a Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner in Mississippi to drive the backlog for the state’s eligibility and enrollment system. You will translate eligibility policy into epics and user stories, and work with policy experts, agency staff, and technology teams to deliver accurate, timely decisions.

You’ll lead impact analyses for federal and state requirements, clarify complex rules, and ensure acceptance criteria meet policy intent.

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 backlog for Medicaid eligibility system.
• Translate policy into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead impact analysis for new federal and state requirements.
• Partner with state policy and program staff to clarify rules and document decisions.
• Work with Scrum Masters, developers, testers, and business analysts through planning, refinement, reviews, and acceptance.
• Accept completed work against acceptance criteria and support user acceptance testing with state staff.
• Coordinate dependencies with SNAP, MMIS, and managed care organizations.
• Track outcomes such as processing timeliness and auto-renewal rates to guide priorities.
• Communicate progress, trade-offs, and risks clearly to agency leadership and project stakeholders.

Skills

Product Owner experience

Agile / Scrum

Plain language communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Talent With Heart is recruiting for a Medicaid Eligibility Product Owner in Mississippi to drive the backlog for the state’s eligibility and enrollment system. You will translate eligibility policy into epics and user stories, and work with policy experts, agency staff, and technology teams to deliver accurate, timely decisions.

You’ll lead impact analyses for federal and state requirements, clarify complex rules, and ensure acceptance criteria meet policy intent.