Product Owner

ELLKAY is a nationwide leader in health care data interoperability delivering innovative solutions that support the data migration needs of all members of the healthcare ecosystem. ELLKAY is playing a vital role in helping healthcare organizations access and share data among disparate systems. We are recognized by our e-health industry partners, independent medical group practices, hospitals and health systems, laboratories, and payers as the "Healthcare Data Plumbers" that make data migration and interoperability possible.

Our 'Client-first' focus has made ELLKAY one of the most respected healthcare IT companies in the nation. We value our clients and believe that strong relationships are the foundation for a strong company, and we're dedicated to providing connectivity to the healthcare industry.

Company Culture: We deal with medical data and we take our work very seriously, but not ourselves. If you're a smart, hard-working, dedicated individual who thrives in a laidback, friendly work environment, ELLKAY may be the place for you. We're committed to attracting good people who are passionate about the work they do.

ELLKAY was founded over a decade ago on the values of innovation, efficiency, and service created in a collaborative work culture. As we have grown, we are proud to still possess the same energy and passion for what we do. We strive to provide exceptional customer experiences to our clients, which begins with first employing amazing people. ELLKAY is proud to maintain a high-quality, innovative, and diverse workforce.

Job Description:

A Product Owner is part of the Product Management department. Product Management is responsible for leading the Product Team to meet business, customer and market needs. Product Management addresses the strategic and the technical strategic items and helps direct the tactical. The Product Owner owns product backlog, prioritizing features for the best economic outcome in alignment with the strategic goals and roadmap which is established by the Product Manager if applicable. The Product Owner will align work to value and research and break down major requirements into user stories for an agile development team.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Stay abreast of industry development, always thinking about interoperability and workflow efficiency for current and future customers
• Inform the product vision and strategy to align with market needs
• Lead the approach and development plans of laboratory interoperability solutions
• Managed products from concept to end-of-life, including product launches and coordination with go-to-market strategies
• Bridge the strategic and tactical needs of the products
• Contribute to competitor assessments (Battle cards, SWOT)
• Clearly expressing Product Backlog items; create clear requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and mission, optimizing the value of the development work performed;
• Lead refinement, working closely with developers and architects to refine solution designs and estimate feature complexity
• Enable quarterly planning sessions, ensuring comprehensive visibility across multiple sprints.
• Review and accept the completed and tested user stories to make sure the work fulfills the criteria
• Represents stakeholders' and customers' needs within the project team
• Ensure readiness to release software, ensuring smooth execution and delivery of product to internal stakeholders and customers
• Create release deliverables

Support Sales, Operations and Support teams as a product subject matter expert

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of healthcare IT, especially clinical laboratory and related integrations capabilities using HL7, FHIR
• Experience innovating user-facing systems in healthcare, especially related to clinical laboratory workflows
• Understanding of the healthcare IT market and major laboratory companies and vendors
• Experience with Agile Software Development and the use of Azure DevOps or JIRA
• Experience with Salesforce and Figma
• Familiarity with Confluence, SharePoint for collaboration and documentation
• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence preferred
• PSPO Preferred
• A strong command of the English language
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines with strong attention to detail
• Strong problem solving and creative skills
• Display the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses
• Ability to quickly assimilate large amounts of complex technical information and turn that into opportunities and visual or text-based resources
• Good interpersonal and teamworking skills to communicate and work well at all levels of the organization and across geographies
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency

Benefits:

ELLKAY offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that starts day one!

Including:

• A Competitive salary
• 401k w/ matching - once eligibility is met
• Work/life balance
• Paid Volunteer Program
• Flexible working hours
• Unlimited PTO
• Remote work options
• Employee Discounts
• Parental Leave
• Company paid - life and long-term disability benefits

Our awesome culture includes:

• Working with talented, collaborative, and friendly people who love what they do
• Professional growth within
• Innovation environment
• On site in HQ Free daily lunches

Additional information

This is a full-time position for our HQ located in Elmwood Park, NJ. Remote work may be available within the US.

For more information on our company, visit www.ELLKAY.com.

ELLKAY LLC is a Smoke-Free Workplace.

ELLKAY, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.