Orion Groups is a professional services firm based in McKinney, Texas, providing experienced consultants to key organizations across the United States. They are seeking an Associate Product Manager to support day-to-day execution for Connected Care initiatives, partnering with a Senior Product Manager to ensure timely delivery and effective management of product requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Support delivery of Connected Care product initiatives: write and manage small-to-medium epics and user stories and drive timely delivery
- Partner with the Senior Product Manager to translate strategy into clear requirements, acceptance criteria, and prioritized backlog
- Assist with backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and release coordination; protect engineering heads-down time
- Help gather and synthesize stakeholder and user feedback, support discovery, lightweight research, and validation activities
- Track progress, risks, and cross-team dependencies; proactively surface issues and drive day-to-day resolution
- Create and maintain product artifacts and documentation (epics, roadmaps, release notes, runbooks) to ensure shared visibility
- Participate in agile ceremonies and product forums; ensure follow-through on action items and decisions
Requirements:
- 1–3 years' experience in product management, business analysis, project management, or related role supporting product delivery
- Technical / Tools: Jira (or equivalent), Confluence (or equivalent), Excel/Sheets, basic product analytics tools
- Proven ability to write clear epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria; experience translating requirements into engineering work
- Experience working in agile teams; familiarity with backlog grooming, sprint planning, and release processes
- Experience on consumer- or patient-facing digital products; healthcare experience preferred
- Exposure to discovery, user research, or analytics-driven product work
- Familiarity with product analytics / experimentation (basic)
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience