Senior Technical Product Manager, Medicaid

For People is a team of technologists improving government digital services for disadvantaged and vulnerable populations. The Senior Technical Product Manager will lead product discovery and roadmap development for a CMS Medicaid project, translating policy and user needs into requirements, prioritizing the technical backlog, and aligning government stakeholders with engineering and data science teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the discovery and requirements-gathering process, working with senior government stakeholders to define the product vision
• Translate complex policy goals and user needs into clear user stories, specifications, and an actionable product backlog for the technical team
• Lead roadmap reviews with stakeholders. Own technical implementation scoping and prioritization for the data science team, and synthesize results into an actionable roadmap
• Serve as the primary bridge between the client and the technical team, ensuring there is a shared understanding of the problems we are solving. Be prepared to speak about technical concepts to stakeholders, only pulling in the Data Science team when deep expertise is needed
• Own and prioritize the product backlog to ensure the team is always working on the most valuable features to meet the project's aggressive timeline
• Champion a user-centered approach, ensuring the final solution is intuitive and effective for the federal staff who will operate it
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and product demonstrations to gather feedback and drive alignment across different government groups
• Contribute to the risk register to document decision points and tradeoffs around complexity, level of effort, and feasibility

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Product Manager, Business Analyst, or Product Owner on complex software, reporting, or data projects
• A track record of successfully shipping products while working with cross-functional teams of engineers, data scientists, and subject matter experts
• Demonstrated experience leading requirements-gathering processes, managing a product backlog, and writing clear, actionable user stories
• An exceptional ability to navigate ambiguity and bring structure to undefined problem spaces
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
• A strategic mindset combined with a humble, collaborative, and user-focused approach that aligns with our company values
• You must be a United States citizen
• Due to the accelerated 6-month timeline and the complexity of the project, we have a strong preference for candidates with prior experience working with federal government agencies, specifically CMS and Medicaid
• Experience in government contracting, civic tech, or federal health programs (specifically Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program) is highly desirable