Product Owner

Description

About Us

eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that works across government, partnering with our clients to improve the health and lives of millions of Americans, ensure the security of all Americans—from soldiers and veterans to kids and the elderly, and defend national interests on the battlefield. Our engineers, designers, and strategists cut through complexity to create intuitive products and services that courageously equip Federal agencies with solutions to transform today for a better tomorrow for all Americans.

Responsibilities:

- Lead and mentor the team in Agile values, principles, and practices
- Prepare, maintain and communicate the product roadmap, which defines product enhancements for short and long-term releases
- Act as a product evangelist and become the subject matter expert of any assigned product or service throughout the delivery lifecycle
- Coordinate internal and external product releases including customer iteration, requirement development and comprehensive testing
- Facilitating agile ceremonies including but not limited to: daily Scrum, planning, retrospectives, and reviews
- Work closely with internal and external engineering teams to ensure high quality delivery
- Identify differences in understanding issues as they occur
- Utilize tools and reports, such as JIRA and Confluence, to collect, develop and analyze agile data and metrics while tracking and managing progress on a daily basis

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

- All candidates must pass public trust clearance through the U.S. Federal Government. This requires candidates to either be U.S. citizens or pass clearance through the Foreign National Government System which will require that candidates have lived within the United States for at least 3 out of the previous 5 years, have a valid and non-expired passport from their country of birth and appropriate VISA/work permit documentation.

- Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business Administration or related field/equivalent work experience
- 4-7 years of relevant experience in product management and end-to-end product delivery in the government or commercial healthcare industry
- Experience as a Scrum Master within a software development environment
- Ability to collaborate and communicate with technical and non-technical personnel from analyst to C-suite executives
- Experience using JIRA, Confluence and SharePoint applications
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and time-sensitive environment
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master, PO/PM, and/or SAFe Advanced Scrum Master certifications
- Domain knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid or healthcare verticals
- Experience on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc.)
- Experience with software DevSecOps/DevOps pipeline processes and tools

Desired Qualifications:

- Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master, and/or SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, PO/PM, or Leading SAFe certifications
- Domain knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid or healthcare verticals
- Experience on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc.)

Working Environment:
eSimplicity supports a remote work environment operating within the Eastern time zone so we can work with and respond to our government clients. Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern unless otherwise directed by your manager.
Occasional travel for training and project meetings. It is estimated to be less than 25% per year.

Benefits:
We offer highly competitive salaries and full healthcare benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
eSimplicity is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, status as a protected veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.