Senior Product Owner

Healthfirst is seeking a Senior Product Owner to lead multiple scrum teams working on critical, complex, and strategic initiatives. In this role, you will help shape product vision and delivery plans, translate business direction into structured backlog items, and keep teams aligned through clear communication of outcomes, risks, and dependencies.

What you will do

• Partner with the Product Manager and AVP to develop product vision, delivery roadmap, and team prioritization.
• Create and refine Epics, Features, and User stories so the scrum team can deliver planned outcomes.
• Influence key stakeholders and senior leadership, securing buy-in for opportunities reflected on the product roadmap.
• Communicate outcomes, risks, and dependencies clearly and on time to support impediment resolution and quality delivery.
• Provide mentorship to other Product Owners.
• Build understanding of the business area you support and convey business outcomes and needs to the scrum team.

What you bring

• More than two years of experience in an agile development environment as a Product Owner leading a complex, strategic initiatives-focused team.
• Proven ability to lead through development of complex ideas, influence with and without authority, challenge the status quo, and foster collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Experience translating vague business requirements into written Epics, Features, and User Stories with clear acceptance criteria tied to business outcomes.
• Experience developing product vision and roadmaps.
• Ability to define and quantify business value for improvement opportunities and use that information to drive a business case.
• Understanding of Agile practices and expectations.
• Experience delivering complex and strategic solutions from requirements understanding through change management and achievement of quantitative business value.
• Capability to think strategically while executing at a tactical level.
• Proven experience communicating risks and dependencies clearly with all impacted parties.

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, including translating technical material for nontechnical audiences at multiple organizational levels internally and externally.
• Strong experimental mindset to drive innovation in uncertainty.
• SAFE Certification as a PO.
• Experience mentoring other product owners.
• Strong teamwork, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills, with ability to adapt quickly to manage issues and complex situations.

Compensation and location

• Location: New York, NY (onsite)
• Salary: USD 118,100 - 212,500 per year

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Life insurance
• 401k contributions (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)