Senior Product Owner (Healthcare IT)

Location: Remote (United States). Must reside in and be able to perform work in the United States, have lived in the United States for 3 of the last 5 years, and be able to obtain a U.S. Federal Position of Trust (Public Trust) designation.

Company

hirify.global Federal delivers digital services and technology solutions for federal agencies, supporting the health and safety of veterans, service members, and civilians through modernization, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies.

What you will do

• Own and prioritize backlogs for the Self-Nomination, Targeted Review, and Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances (EPCS) teams in line with CMS priorities, QPP product direction, user needs, and delivery capacity.
• Define product goals and roadmaps with CMS business owners and QPP product leadership while balancing policy commitments, operational support, technical debt, and enhancements.
• Support QCDR and Qualified Registry self-nomination, Targeted Review, and EPCS compliance and waiver workflows for clinicians, prescribers, intermediaries, and CMS staff.
• Translate CMS policy, annual program changes, and stakeholder needs into features, user stories, business rules, and testable acceptance criteria.
• Lead backlog refinement and support sprint planning, demonstrations, Program Increment planning, acceptance testing, release readiness, and program-year transitions.
• Coordinate shared-service dependencies and contractors, investigate production issues, improve end-to-end workflows, and monitor outcomes such as completion rates, processing time, error rates, and support volume.

Requirements

• Ability to successfully obtain a U.S. Federal Position of Trust (Public Trust) designation.
• Must reside in and be able to perform work in the United States, and must have lived in the United States for 3 of the last 5 years.
• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience delivering software through Agile teams, including substantial experience as a product owner, product manager, business analyst, or product analyst.
• Experience owning product backlogs, setting priorities with stakeholders, and developing user stories and acceptance criteria using tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• 3+ years of experience with healthcare IT programs, including healthcare data, business processes, and policy-driven requirements.
• Ability to interpret policy and program guidance, identify system impacts, and resolve requirements questions with policy and business subject matter experts.
• Experience coordinating multiple teams and contractors, managing dependencies, and explaining priorities and tradeoffs to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to facilitate decisions when requirements are incomplete or priorities compete.
• Experience with human-centered design, business process modeling, research, support trends, product data, APIs, data flows, system integrations, Section 508 accessibility, and security and privacy considerations in federal digital services.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting CMS or other federal healthcare IT programs; familiarity with QPP and the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
• Familiarity with Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) and Qualified Registry self-nomination, MIPS Targeted Review, or CMS EPCS compliance and waiver processes.
• Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Certified Scrum Product Owner, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, or comparable certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-focused work supporting veterans, service members, civilians, and federal agencies.
• Veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Inclusive, growth-minded, entrepreneurial culture focused on professional development and opportunity.
• Top-tier benefits supporting physical, mental, and financial health and wellness.