Product Owner Analyst

DCCA is seeking a Product Owner Analyst to help drive product team objectives in an Agile SAFe environment. In this onsite role in Ellicott City, MD, you will support CMS Medicare/Medicaid programs through backlog management, business and systems analysis, and coordination across stakeholders and Scrum processes.

This position involves leading day-to-day product activities while aligning execution with release and sprint planning, supporting testing efforts, and contributing to systems integration recommendations. A Public Trust Clearance is required (or the candidate must be willing to obtain it).

Role focus

• Lead the product team in defining and completing program objectives
• Delegate responsibilities or act as the Scrum Master for the product team
• Work with the RTE to plan releases and sprints
• Manage and prioritize the Product Backlog in an Agile SAFe environment

Product and analysis responsibilities

• Perform business and systems analysis for user stories
• Refine the product backlog based on analysis and collaboration
• Evaluate existing and interfacing systems and provide analysis and recommendations for systems integrations
• Identify modifications and improvements to enhance efficiencies and performance of existing system features
• Identify core business needs and decompose and document them in concepts of operation, briefings, and user stories
• Document business rules and construct use cases and workflow diagrams as needed

Collaboration, delivery, and support

• Facilitate meetings between stakeholders, developers, and product owners
• Monitor progress against deliverables using risk and issue management strategies
• Support testing activities as needed, including execution of test plans and reporting defects
• Use tools including JIRA, BigPicture, and Test Rails to track and report testing outcomes
• Develop and maintain working relationships with CMS stakeholders and other contractors
• Collaborate with the training team as needed and provide post-implementation support

Required qualifications

• Public Trust Clearance: must have or be willing to obtain
• 9+ years in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., architecture, process re-engineering, development, verification)
• 3 to 7 years working on teams in an Agile SAFe development environment
• 2 to 3 years supporting CMS Medicare or Medicaid programs
• Analysis of user stories for impacts to security and 508 compliance
• Collaboration experience in a multiple contractor environment
• Exceptional communication skills (verbal and written), including the ability to explain complex information to audiences with varying technical and system backgrounds and across organizational levels
• Computer Science degree or Bachelor’s Degree in a related major

Technologies

• Agile SAFe
• JIRA
• BigPicture
• Test Rails
• MS Project
• MS Word
• MS Excel

Compensation and location

• Location: Ellicott City, MD (onsite)
• Salary range (Maryland): USD 120,000 to 150,000 per year

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Retirement plan
• Paid disability and life insurance programs
• Employee assistance program
• Paid and unpaid leave programs
• Education assistance
• Wellness initiatives