Job Title: Product Owner – Healthcare / Wellness (100% Remote)
Location: 100% Remote (U.S. Citizens Only)
Duration: 4+ Months Contract
Shift Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Job Type: Contract
Sigma, Inc. is a trusted staffing agency specializing in connecting skilled professionals with leading organizations across healthcare, technology, and business operations. We partner with top-tier clients to deliver talent for strategic initiatives, digital transformation, product development, and technology-driven solutions. As a staffing agency, we provide candidates with exciting contract opportunities to contribute to impactful projects while advancing their careers.
Sigma, Inc. is currently recruiting for a Product Owner for one of our clients, a leading healthcare organization. This fully remote opportunity focuses on supporting the development, implementation, and continuous optimization of healthcare, physical health, wellness, and social health products.
The Product Owner will play a critical role in translating product strategy into actionable business and technical requirements, managing product backlogs, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring successful delivery of product features. The role will support initiatives designed to improve patient outcomes, enhance member experiences, and achieve cost savings.
The successful candidate will work closely with Product Managers, Solution Architects, Business Architects, development teams, external vendors, and other stakeholders to ensure product priorities align with business objectives.
Product Ownership and Backlog Management
Manage and maintain a prioritized product backlog to support multiple Agile teams and upcoming sprints.
Break down product features and business priorities into clearly defined user stories.
Establish and enforce acceptance criteria, Definition of Ready, and Definition of Done.
Accept completed user stories after verifying that development, testing, and required criteria have been satisfied.
Identify and recommend solutions when backlog health or team capacity becomes a concern.
Business and Technical Requirements
Translate product vision and business requirements into detailed functional and technical specifications.
Collaborate with Product Managers, Solution Architects, Business Architects, and development teams to clarify requirements.
Develop user stories for new product features, defects, enhancements, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Support solution estimation, work sizing, sprint planning, and resource prioritization.
Ensure development teams remain focused on user needs and desired business outcomes.
Product Strategy and Roadmap
Collaborate with Product Managers and business stakeholders to develop, maintain, and communicate product vision, strategy, and roadmaps.
Contribute to high-level release planning and continuously reprioritize work based on changing business needs.
Communicate release contents, product capabilities, and expected behavior to stakeholders.
Track progress, provide status updates to leadership, and participate in governance meetings as needed.
Support multiple teams, products, or workstreams while maintaining alignment with strategic priorities.
Agile Delivery and Team Collaboration
Serve as a servant-leader within cross-functional Agile teams.
Collaborate with development and testing teams to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of product features.
Monitor Agile program and team metrics to support effective planning and continuous improvement.
Ensure user stories are adequately defined, estimated, prioritized, tested, and accepted.
Work effectively within a matrixed organization and facilitate communication across business and technical teams.
Stakeholder and Vendor Management
Build and maintain positive relationships with internal stakeholders, external clients, and third-party vendors.
Coordinate with vendors to align product roadmaps, delivery execution, and project scope.
Gather stakeholder feedback and translate business needs into actionable product priorities.
Communicate product updates, risks, dependencies, and delivery expectations effectively.
Collaborate with business leaders to resolve issues and support successful product implementation.
Healthcare Product Implementation and Optimization
Support the implementation and ongoing optimization of healthcare, physical health, wellness, and social health products.
Contribute to initiatives involving chronic condition management, diabetes, chronic kidney disease (CKD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), oncology care, fertility and family-building services, weight management, and caregiver support.
Help align product capabilities with healthcare business objectives, improved patient outcomes, and cost savings.
Review and update test scripts for in-track and regression testing to ensure appropriate coverage of user stories.
Identify opportunities to improve product quality, delivery processes, and overall business value.
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, a healthcare-related discipline, Information Management, or a closely related field.
Minimum of 3+ years of experience in Product Ownership, Strategic Consulting, Design Thinking, Product Development and Management, or Project/Program Management.
Minimum of 3+ years of experience working with external clients, building positive relationships, and delivering successful outcomes.
Experience managing product backlogs, writing user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and prioritizing features.
Experience collaborating with business stakeholders, technical teams, and external vendors.
Experience translating business requirements into functional and technical specifications.
Experience in healthcare, health insurance, wellness, population health, or digital health products.
Familiarity with healthcare programs involving chronic disease management, oncology care, fertility and family-building, weight management, and caregiver support.
Agile certification from a recognized organization, such as Scrum.org, Scrum Alliance, or SAFe.
Experience serving as a Product Owner for multiple teams, products, or workstreams.
Experience with product roadmaps, release planning, Agile metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and Scrum practices.
Expertise in writing clear, actionable user stories and defining acceptance criteria.
Ability to maintain a healthy, prioritized product backlog and manage competing priorities across teams.
Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including research analysis and solution development.
Ability to estimate and size work for planning and delivery.
Excellent communication, collaboration, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
Ability to work effectively in a matrixed organization and coordinate cross-functional teams.
Strong understanding of product delivery, testing, release planning, and quality assurance processes.
Work Arrangement: 100% Remote.
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Work Authorization: U.S. citizens only.
Collaboration: Candidates must be comfortable working with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and external vendors.
Access exciting contract opportunities with leading organizations in the healthcare and technology sectors.
Work on strategic product initiatives focused on healthcare innovation and improved patient outcomes.
Collaborate with business leaders, product managers, architects, and Agile development teams.
Gain valuable experience in product strategy, Agile delivery, and healthcare product optimization.
Receive support from Sigma, Inc. throughout the recruitment and placement process.
If you are an experienced Product Owner with strong Agile delivery, backlog management, stakeholder collaboration, and business requirements experience, we encourage you to apply.
Please submit your updated resume highlighting your Product Ownership experience, Agile expertise, user story development, backlog management, and any relevant healthcare or wellness industry experience.
Qualified candidates must meet the U.S. citizenship requirement and be willing to complete the required Product Owner assessment.
Sigma, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
| Location | Pittsburgh, PA (Remote) |
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