Strategic Product Owner | Enterprise & Compliance

Molina Healthcare; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 66,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Molina Healthcare is seeking a Senior Product Owner to lead product strategy for enterprise platforms in the U.S. This role owns the backlog, ensures regulatory alignment, and partners with engineering, data, QA, and operations for delivery success.

The candidate will distill business needs into actionable technical requirements, drive Agile ceremonies, and balance competing priorities while enhancing value and compliance across the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in product ownership, product management, business analysis, or technical solution delivery.
• Demonstrated experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery models.
• Must have experience in SQL, review test plans, case results, backlog prioritize.
• Experience supporting technical products such as enterprise platforms, configuration tools, data solutions, integrations, or operational systems.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles and Agile principles.
• Proven ability to write clear, testable user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience prioritizing work in complex, highly regulated environments.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and make decisions with incomplete information.

Responsibilities

• Owns and communicates a clear product vision aligned to enterprise strategy and operational outcomes.
• Maximizes product value by prioritizing work based on business impact, regulatory requirements, risk, dependencies, and sustainability.
• Create Business Requirement documents, own the product, make change request
• Acts as the single point of accountability for product decisions, tradeoffs, and acceptance of delivered work.
• Serves as the primary escalation point for scope, priority, and requirement decisions.
• Owns the end-to-end product lifecycle, including enhancements, defect prioritization, and modernization efforts.
• Creates, refines, and maintains a prioritized product backlog reflecting stakeholder needs and technical realities.
• Writes and maintains high‑quality epics, features, and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Leads backlog refinement and actively participates in Agile ceremonies (planning, reviews, retrospectives).
• Accepts or rejects completed work based on defined acceptance criteria, quality standards, and regulatory alignment.
• Partners with business stakeholders to understand problems, desired outcomes, constraints, and regulatory obligations.
• Collaborates closely with engineering, architecture, data, QA, operations teams, and Health Plans to ensure solutions are feasible, scalable, and supportable.
• Translates complex technical concepts into business‑understandable terms and business needs into actionable technical requirements.
• Understands and supports leadership escalation protocols.
• Ensures product delivery aligns with security, regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements.
• Partners with health plan, compliance, legal, and audit teams as needed to support reviews and implementations.
• Ensures product documentation, controls, and artifacts remain current, accurate, and audit‑ready.
• Proactively identifies delivery risks and works with teams to mitigate impacts.
• Monitors product performance, usage, and outcomes; uses data and feedback to inform backlog priorities.
• Identifies opportunities for automation, optimization, and simplification of solutions.
• Supports enterprise goals related to standardization and reduction of unmanaged complexity.
• Owns one or more defined products or product areas with moderate complexity.
• Works under established product strategy, governance, and prioritization frameworks.
• Partners closely with stakeholders to clarify requirements and translate needs into backlog items.
• Manages competing priorities within a defined scope and escalates complex tradeoffs as needed.
• Demonstrates growing autonomy in backlog management, delivery decisions, and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Agile/Scrum

SQL

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Backlog management

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Rally

Job description

Molina Healthcare is seeking a Senior Product Owner to lead product strategy for enterprise platforms in the U.S. This role owns the backlog, ensures regulatory alignment, and partners with engineering, data, QA, and operations for delivery success.

The candidate will distill business needs into actionable technical requirements, drive Agile ceremonies, and balance competing priorities while enhancing value and compliance across the product lifecycle.