Job Description
At Annexus Health, we are a team of dedicated professionals with backgrounds in life sciences, healthcare software technology development, and the provider setting. While we approach our work from different angles, we are united by our commitment to reducing financial and administrative burdens across the patient access journey in order to improve access to care and combat financial toxicity at both the patient level and the provider level.
Product Owner, Product
We are seeking a highly motivated and intellectually curious Product Owner to join our growing team. This role will work with other members of the Product team, Development, QA, and UI/UX. This position will have high impact and high visibility on executing the product road map. If you are someone who thrives when working with execution, processes, and continuous improvement in the interest of creating products that delight our customers, this might be the job for you.
What You’ll Do:
Product Vision
Define product features according to the strategic vision
Develop and communicate a clear product vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with the company's goals and objectives.
Lead the development process utilizing technical aptitude and becoming subject matter expert of product in development
Work alongside the Scrum Master to ensure that commitments are met and any re-prioritization decisions are fully informed
Product Backlog
Manage and prioritize product backlog items
Maintain and groom the product backlog, ensuring that it is well-defined, prioritized, and ready for development.
Adjust and improve each iteration of the product before release
Identify areas for improvement
Keep customers and stakeholders informed of the status of the product
Collaborate
Guide the development team by defining the vision behind product features
Collaborate with the Product Manager, business analyst, and software engineering team, adhering to Agile principles. This collaboration involves shaping requirements/user stories, integrating feature requests, assessing development workloads, and arranging backlog items in order of priority and refinement.
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including designers, engineers, and business analysts, to ensure successful product development and delivery.
Assist the Development, QA, and UI/UX teams to meet the objectives of each sprint
Plan and coordinate product releases, including defining scope, coordinating with development, testing, and other teams, and ensuring timely delivery.
Communicate
Act as the main point of contact between teams and stakeholders providing regular updates and gaining feedback
Define detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and specifications that guide the development team in building high-quality features.
Support the development team throughout the development cycle by elaborating user stories and advising on priorities. Keep track of industry best practices and continuously suggest process efficiencies for the development team.
Continuously gather feedback from users and stakeholders to iterate on the product, making improvements based on data and insights.
Organize the end-of-sprint demos to communicate to internal stakeholders the output of each sprint. Validate whether features have been completed and decide when they will be released
Product Release
Evaluate and determine if the product developed fits the acceptance criteria
Organize the end-of-sprint demos to communicate to internal stakeholders the output of each sprint. Validate whether features have been completed and decide when they will be released
About You:
8 years’ experience in the IT industry with at least 1.5 years of experience in a product owner role
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum) and experience working in Agile teams alongside scrum masters
Demonstrated passion to continuously improve processes
Comfortable within a startup environment
Ability to focus on driving the tactical and execution phases of product development
Ability to analyze and solve complex problems and to balance multiple projects with competing priorities and dependencies
Knowledge of product management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Aha!
Comfortable owning multiple product teams simultaneously
Must be organized to keep track of various projects and milestones
Strong attention to detail and accuracy; highly organized/systematic
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience working with leadership to present status and/or escalate risks
Experience working with technical teams (software engineers, developers, design, etc)
Ability/desire to thrive in a service-oriented culture
Desire and willingness to learn new tools, techniques, concepts, and methodologies
Driven to make a difference
Love to have fun!
