Product Owner

Senior Product Owner – Provider Platforms & AI-Driven Product Delivery (REMOTE!!) Optomi, in partnership with a leading healthcare organization, is seeking a Senior Product Owner for a 6 month contracted position supporting next-generation healthcare provider systems. This role is focused on driving end-to-end provider lifecycle modernization across onboarding, credentialing, contracting, network management, claims integration, and member-provider interactions within an AI-first engineering environment. The ideal candidate brings deep healthcare provider domain expertise combined with strong product ownership skills, data fluency, and hands-on experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate product discovery, design, and delivery. What the right candidate will enjoy: • Fully remote opportunity!! • The opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI-native product engineering initiatives in healthcare! • A high-impact role shaping provider platforms and enterprise transformation! • Strong visibility across engineering, architecture, and business leadership teams! • Work in a modern, cloud-based, event-driven architecture environment! What type of experience does the right candidate have: • 8+ years of experience in Product Ownership, Product Management, Business Architecture, or Provider Operations technology. • Deep healthcare payer/provider domain expertise required. • Strong experience with provider lifecycle workflows including: • Provider onboarding and credentialing/re-credentialing • Provider data management and directory accuracy • Contracting, fee schedules, and network management • TIN/NPI relationships and provider hierarchies • Affiliation, participation, and roster ingestion/validation • Claims integration and provider-facing workflows • Experience working in Agile environments and modern product operating models. • Strong understanding of healthcare data structures and provider ecosystems. • Experience working with distributed engineering and enterprise platforms. Preferred experience: • FHIR, HL7, provider directory standards. • Event-driven architecture and cloud-based systems. • Graph-based relationship modeling. • Data lineage and observability frameworks (OTEL concepts preferred). • Experience using AI-assisted product tools for design, documentation, and prototyping. What the responsibilities are of the right candidate: • Own product vision, roadmap, backlog, prioritization, and execution for provider-centric platforms. • Translate complex healthcare provider operations into scalable digital products and engineering requirements. • Define and manage user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and product specifications. • Lead modernization efforts across provider lifecycle capabilities including onboarding, credentialing, contracting, network management, and claims integration touchpoints. • Prioritize backlog based on business value, operational efficiency, risk reduction, and user experience improvements. • Drive continuous improvement using product analytics, operational metrics, and stakeholder feedback. • Collaborate closely with Engineering, Architecture, Data, Provider Operations, Claims, Network Management, Compliance, and Analytics teams. • Facilitate backlog grooming, sprint planning, stakeholder workshops, and product demos. • Partner with engineering teams on APIs, schema contracts, event-driven integrations, and observability frameworks • Leverage AI tools for wireframing, workflow visualization, story generation, documentation, and rapid prototyping. • Promote AI-native product delivery practices across teams and encourage automation and standardization. • Ensure alignment between business strategy and technical execution across all provider platform initiatives. • Support scalable, traceable, and observable platform design aligned with modern engineering practices.