Technical Product Owner

bcidaho; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

bcidaho is seeking a Technical Product Owner to define and prioritize digital healthcare products, translate complex needs into actionable backlogs, and drive outcomes across business, clinical, and engineering teams.

You will own roadmaps, define acceptance criteria, and ensure solutions align with healthcare regulations while delivering measurable business value. Hybrid work from Meridian, Idaho, with potential remote options within the Mountain West.

Qualifications

• Experience writing user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Experience with Agile backlog management and sprint planning.
• Healthcare payer/provider or health tech experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the product backlog based on business value and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and maintain roadmaps and success metrics.
• Collaborate with business, clinical, operations, and engineering stakeholders to refine product requirements.
• Translate requirements into epics, features, and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Lead technical discussions with architects and engineers to refine solutions.

Skills

Writing user stories

Backlog management

Agile leadership

Healthcare domain knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical or business field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Rally

Job description

Our Technical Product Owner is responsible for defining, prioritizing, and managing the delivery of digital products and technology solutions that support healthcare business objectives, member experience, provider operations, clinical initiatives, and enterprise innovation efforts. Serves as the primary liaison between business partners, healthcare operations, architecture teams, and software engineering teams to translate complex business and technical requirements into actionable product backlogs.

Owns product roadmaps, feature prioritization, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product outcomes. Ensures solutions are technically feasible, compliant with healthcare regulations, aligned with enterprise architecture standards, and deliver measurable business value.

This role requires a blend of healthcare domain knowledge, product management expertise, systems analysis, and technical acumen to effectively guide teams through the full product lifecycle. Although the majority of the work being performed will be in the AI space (using Claude and Bedrock), there will be work in the RTPO and RPA automation space as well as supporting common services.

Required Qualifications

• Location: this position is based in a hybrid work environment (combination of onsite work at the Meridian, Idaho campus and local work-from-home). Fully remote work may be considered for candidates located in a mutually agreed-upon location from within the Mountain West.
• Education : Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical or business field of study; or equivalent work experience (Two years' relevant work experience is equivalent to one-year college).
• Preferred certification(s) include:
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
  • Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO)
  • SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM)
  • PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)
• HL7/FHIR Certification
• AWS, Azure, or Cloud Platform Certifications
• Experience:
  • 3-5/+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, Healthcare Analyst, or related technology role. Experience should include:
  • Writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and managing Agile backlogs.
  • Working with software development teams.
  • Healthcare payer, provider, or health technology experience preferred.
  • Leading complex enterprise product initiatives.
  • Experience with healthcare workflows, compliance requirements, and technology platforms.
  • Running enterprise integrations and large-scale digital transformation efforts.
• Preferred experience with:
  • API Management and Integration Platforms
  • Healthcare Interoperability Standards (FHIR, HL7, X12)
  • Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • AI and Machine Learning Solutions
  • Healthcare Data Platforms
  • Data Warehousing and Analytics
  • Agile Delivery Tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally)
  • Business Process Modeling
  • Data Governance and Security Controls
  • Application Lifecycle Management
  • DevOps Practices and CI/CD Pipelines

Your day may look like:

Product Ownership & Strategy

• Own and prioritize the product backlog based on business value, regulatory requirements, member needs, and technical dependencies.
• Develop and maintain product roadmaps aligned with organizational strategic objectives.
• Partner with business leaders, clinical stakeholders, operations teams, and technology leaders to define product vision and success metrics.
• Evaluate competing priorities and make informed tradeoff decisions balancing business value, technical complexity, risk, and delivery timelines.
• Define and communicate product goals, KPIs, and outcome-based measures.

Requirements & Story Development

• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions with business, clinical, provider, regulatory, and operational stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into detailed epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure user stories meet INVEST principles and are ready for sprint planning.
• Create process flows, workflow diagrams, use cases, and business rules documentation.
• Decompose large initiatives into consumable development stories and tasks.
• Define functional and non-functional requirements including scalability, performance, security, accessibility, and compliance.
• Collaborate closely with architects and engineers to refine technical requirements before development begins.
• Maintain traceability between business goals, requirements, and delivered functionality.

Technical Leadership

• Serve as the product team's subject matter expert for system functionality, integrations, APIs, data flows, and platform capabilities.
• Work closely with solution architects and engineering leads to evaluate technical approaches and solution options.
• Understand cloud architecture, healthcare data exchanges, API integrations, and enterprise application ecosystems.
• Participate in technical design reviews and provide product guidance during architectural decision making.
• Partner with engineering teams to identify technical debt and prioritize remediation activi