Product Owner

We are GDIT. We take pride in providing our clients with the data they need to make important decisions that impact the world around us.

At GDIT we build cutting-edge applications that help the end user accomplish their mission. Our work depends on a Product Owner joining our team to support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Premium Stabilization Program (PSP) and EDGE programs.

At GDIT, our employees are driven, resourceful, and unwavering. The Product Owner supports the success of the program through team collaboration, client relationships, coordination of program activities, backlog ownership, and continuous value delivery.

As a Product Owner supporting CMS, a typical day will include:

• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to analyze information needs, functional requirements, and program objectives.

• Managing and prioritizing the product backlog with a clear focus on value, outcomes, and regulatory timelines.

• Breaking down complex business rules, policy requirements, and data logic into well-sized user stories with clear acceptance criteria.

• Communicating the goals, needs, and priorities of the customer to IT teams and guiding development through an Agile mindset.

• Rapidly adjusting to shifts in priorities; managing multiple tasks simultaneously across operations, analysis, and delivery.

• Producing and reviewing substantive documentation reflecting deep knowledge of assigned functional and data domains.

• Working closely with inquiry response, training, and outreach teams to deliver clear end-user materials.

• Coordinating and facilitating meetings to ensure alignment across CMS stakeholders, product teams, and leadership.

• Providing timely schedule inputs, risk alerts, and status reporting to program management.

• Working complex helpdesk cases for assigned product and program areas.

• Supporting demos, briefings, and presentations to CMS and internal leadership.

• Acting as the voice of the customer by synthesizing user needs, policy constraints, technical considerations, and program deadlines.

Required Skills and Experience:

• BS with 5 years or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

• Experience coordinating across the Software Development Life Cycle on a software implementation team.

• Experience analyzing, documenting, and communicating system and business processes.

• Ability to interpret functional requirements, technical impacts, and business rules—including complex or data-intensive logic.

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from clients and internal stakeholders.

• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

• Experience working in an Agile environment (Jira preferred).

• Ability to make decisions with limited information, navigate ambiguity, and prioritize effectively.

• Strong communication skills, including the ability to clearly explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Candidate must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance and must have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Healthcare industry, CMS, Marketplace, or other federal contracting experience.

• Experience working with large datasets, complex calculations, or systems with heavy rules processing.

• Experience interpreting policy or regulatory guidance and translating it into actionable requirements.

• Supervisory or project management experience.

• Experience presenting to medium-large audiences.

• Salesforce experience and/or certifications.

• Familiarity with requirements gathering, user story writing, and acceptance criteria definition.

• Experience collaborating with business analysts, QA testers, and data or policy SMEs.

• Experience supporting iterative delivery, refinement sessions, demos, and other Agile ceremonies.

Attributes for Success:

• Curious by nature.

• Comfortable with ambiguity.

• Value-oriented thinker.

• Systems thinker.

• Strong listener and communicator.

• Collaborative and not ego-driven.

• Respectful challenger.

• Empathetic and user-aware.

• Resilient and steady.

• Ownership-driven.

• Analytical and detail-oriented.

• Self-motivated and well-organized.

What GDIT Can Offer You:

• Full-flex work week.

• 401K with company match.

• Challenging work that makes a real impact on the world around you.

• Diverse, highly collaborative teams.

• GDIT Careers – Opportunity Owned.