Senior Director, Product Owners (Provider Market)

Inovalon was founded in 1998 on the belief that technology, and data specifically, would empower the transformation of the entire healthcare ecosystem for the better, improving both outcomes and economics. At Inovalon, we believe that when our customers are successful in their missions, healthcare improves. Therefore, we focus on empowering them with data-driven solutions. And the momentum is building.

Together, as ONE Inovalon, we are a united force delivering solutions that address healthcare's greatest needs. Through our mission-based culture of inclusion and innovation, our organization brings value not just to our customers, but to the millions of patients and members they serve.

Overview : The Senior Director, Product Owner is responsible for establishing a deep product expertise both from a technical and market perspective by understanding buyer and user personas, value proposition, benefits, features and functionality, competitive landscape, client feedback, architecture, code base, and technical components. This role reports directly to the SVP of Product Management and will oversee the Product Owner team in India. The Sr Director, Product Owner will partner closely with cross-functional partners to bring cutting-edge products to market and communicate regularly with key stakeholders, including the Executive Leadership team, customers, and business partners to ensure timely execution and delivery of our products to market. This person will collaborate closely with US-based Product Owner leader, product owners, product managers, product analysts, and engineering teams to establish and monitor key metrics to drive implementation and adoption of Agile processes and tools which support product requirements, backlog grooming, sprint planning, program increment planning, and ticket creation.

Responsibilities :

• Lead product owners in adoption and adherence to the Agile framework by role modeling Agile behaviors while building an inclusive team culture.
• Ensure product owners are closely collaborating with their respective product manager and understands and aligns their work with the roadmap prioritization.
• Build strong relationships between product and development and actively manage and support talent development by leveraging internal and external tools and training.
• Drive strong collaboration across internal stakeholders including product, engineering, corporate development, and marketing to ensure timely execution and delivery of our products to market.
• Define and drive best practices across product owners to achieve a level of consistency across requirements, prioritization, acceptance criteria and testing, backlog refinement, and release planning.
• Oversee the design, prioritization, and delivery of products through the software development lifecycle, from concept to testing, deployment, adoption and value realization
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to inform product and feature design to drive perspective, requirements, and prioritization of the backlog in line with the product vision and while communicating expectations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrate robust knowledge of the healthcare industry, product management, and software development to translate problems, needs, and opportunities into user stories.
• Display effective time management across complex and overlapping projects while supporting your team with schedule and priority management.
• Lead team of Product Owners responsible for planning, prioritizing, and maintaining product feature backlog and development across the product portfolio and ownership of product release planning, backlog prioritization, and ticket review through the elaboration of user stories.

Job Requirements :

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship (e.g. H-1B, TN, or E-3). Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States as a condition of employment. (This is only applicable for US-based positions)

If you don't meet every qualification listed but are excited about our mission and the work described, we encourage you to apply. Inovalon is most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and you may be just the right person for this or other roles.

By embracing inclusion, we enhance our work environment and drive business success. Inovalon strives to provide equal opportunities to the communities where we operate and to our clients and everyone whom we serve. We endeavor to create a culture of inclusion in which our associates feel empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work and pursue their professional goals in an equitable setting. We understand that by fostering this type of culture, and welcoming different perspectives, we generate innovation and growth.

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Skills Required

Agile planning