Bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent experience., At least 5 years’ experience in product development or management, with 3+ years leading projects in a collaborative environment., Strong skills in gathering and defining software development requirements, with a focus on interoperability services., Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a preference for experience in healthcare and technical writing..
Key responsabilities:
Lead discussions with clients and stakeholders to define requirements for software development projects.
Create and maintain Product Requirement Documents, Product Roadmaps, and Requirements Traceability Matrices.
Organize product requirements into Epics and User Stories, and manage the product backlog.
Conduct product demos and assist with product launch execution, including user training and system validation.
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At Palladian Partners, we believe that exceptional communication improves lives.
We translate research into strategically targeted communications that inform, educate, and empower. Since 1996, we have partnered with government and nonprofit clients to drive positive change through communication.
We help our clients develop effective strategies to promote behavior change.
We create integrated, evidence-based communication strategies that improve millions of lives.
We believe that everyone should be able to access important health and science information.
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Altarum, a nonprofit systems research and consulting organization serving government and private sector clients, is pleased to announce an opening for an IT Product Owner within the Public Health Systems department. Public Health Systems advances population health management and healthcare delivery through the development of novel applications and health information exchange and interoperability solutions.
As an IT Product Owner at Altarum, you will have the opportunity to make software and web development contributions to important healthcare projects such as java-based web applications for public health, clinical decision support tools, EHR integration, and mobile applications. You’ll work in an Agile environment alongside a team of Software Developers, Business Analysts, and Public Health Analysts.
Responsibilities
Lead conversations with clients, stakeholders, and team members to identify, gather, and define requirements for custom software development projects.
Help stakeholders identify a shared product vision.
Create and maintain Product Requirement Document(s) (PRD), Product Roadmap, and Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
Create the necessary functional and technical documentation, from which the software development team will produce code.
Help internal development team execute on the shared product vision by explaining product and feature set functionality, workflows, and/or design expectations.
Organize and distill product requirements from PRD (product requirements document) into Epics and User Stories
Analyze and document business processes, workflows, and use cases to help define features, user stories, and user journeys throughout the software development lifecycle.
Own the product backlog and organize work items for fulfillment of work as identified and defined by stakeholders and/or business team.
Prioritize tech debt, backlog, change requests and enhancements to ensure customer requirements and deadlines are met.
Communicate with manager all risks associated with product quality, delays in timelines, etc.
Lead Sprint Planning meeting with external stakeholders and/or business team to prioritize and organize work for sprints.
Organize prioritized work into sprints for team and work with Scrum Master(s) to set sprint goals for product development according to product roadmap and release schedule.
Assist Scrum Master and Development Leads with communicating product requirements, functionality, feature, and priority to development team during sprint planning with development team.
Present Epic/User Stories selected for sprints during internal sprint planning/kickoff meetings.
Be available to answer product, epic, user story questions from development team (attend daily standups and/or ad hoc technical meetings).
Ensure Epic creation, User Story creation, product design, wireframes/mockups, prioritization of Epics/User Stories are executed according to product roadmap and defined sprints per release schedule.
Lead and perform product demos to clients, stakeholders, and/or business owners.
Assist with product launch execution, including scheduling training for user groups and overseeing training material development to ensure successful product launch and end user readiness for Go Live (with assist from project management, technical writers, trainers, and/or change management liaisons).
Oversee and/or lead training of user groups at product launch.
Participate in testing and system validation alongside Quality Assurance team.
Work with leadership to effectively assemble and communicate the organization’s strategic goals on an annual basis with formation of the Balance Scorecard.
Work closely with leadership and business stakeholders to ensure strategic objectives and requirements are delivered on time and within budget.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent experience. CSBA or CBAP certification a plus.
At least 5 years’ working in product development, product management, interoperabilityor related experience.
3+ years of experience leading projects in a collaborative, team-oriented style.
Track record of successfully gathering and defining requirements for software development or interoperability services.
Drive deliberate partnership and innovation work, bringing an integrated approach to execution of high impact initiatives.
Acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges.
Organized with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics, problem solving and root cause identification skills.
Demonstrated proficiency with large-scale organization projects, project planning, research and analytics.
An inquisitive and innovative nature, integrity, willingness to step into new roles, laser-like focus on deadlines, team focused and collaborative mentality, and a commitment to continuously learning and improving.
Excellent written and verbal communication at both the business and technical level.
Experience with any of the following topics is a preferred: healthcare organizations, public health, medical terminology, clinical workflow processes, electronic health records, interoperability standards, and HL7.
Technical writing experience a plus.
Ability to simplify complex technical ideas and serve as liaison between technical and business teams.
Experience in maintaining products that are in post-production stage preferred.
Experience in creating RTM(Requirement Traceability Matrix) during product development to map the business requirements to features to User stories to test cases preferred.
Experience with product development architecture and UI/UX knowledge and principles.
Comfortable working with multiple teams, dispersed and remote.
Accurate and precise attention to detail.
Ability to build strong interpersonal relationships with business analysts, UI/UX team, leadership, senior management, and internal and external stakeholders.
Ability to delegate and oversee tasks across a product team.
Logistical Requirements
At this time we will only accept candidates who are presently eligible to work in the United States and will not require sponsorship.
Our organization requires that all work, for the duration of your employment, must be completed in the continental U.S. unless required by contract.
If you are local to our offices in Arlington, Silver Spring, Novi, or Portland this role will be hybrid (in office on Wednesdays - collaboration days).
Must be able to work during eastern time unless approved by your manager.
Employees working remotely must have a dedicated, ergonomically appropriate workspace free from distractions with a mobile device that allows for productive and efficient conduct of business.
Altarum is a nonprofit organization focused on improving the health of individuals with fewer financial resources and populations disenfranchised by the health care system. We work primarily on behalf of federal and state governments to design and implement solutions that achieve measurable results. We combine our expertise in public health and health care delivery with technology development and implementation, practice transformation, training and technical assistance, quality improvement, data analytics, and applied research and evaluation. Our innovative solutions and proven processes lead to better value and health for all.
Altarum provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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