Healthcare Proxy Product Owner

Great companies need great teams to propel their operations. Join the group that solves business challenges and enhances the way we work and grow. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You'll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values your contributions and puts a premium on work flexibility, learning, and career development.

Summary

As a Healthcare Proxy Product Owner at Gainwell, you can contribute your skills as we harness the power of technology to help our clients improve the health and well-being of the members they serve - a community's most vulnerable. Connect your passion with purpose, teaming with people who thrive on finding innovative solutions to some of healthcare's biggest challenges. Here are the details on this position.

The Proxy Product Owner (PPO) supports the Provider Management Product Owner in aligning IT solutions with evolving business needs across multiple Medicaid-related accounts. This role acts as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring product features are well-defined, prioritized, and delivered effectively through Agile methodologies. The PPO plays a critical role in backlog management, sprint planning, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure the delivery of high-value product increments.

Your role in our mission

• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and development teams to ensure alignment on product vision, priorities, and delivery timelines.
• Own and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring user stories are well-defined, estimated, and ready for development.
• Collaborate closely with the Product Owner to define product features and support roadmap planning and strategic initiatives.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and blockers that could impact delivery, while proactively seeking opportunities for process improvement.
• Partner with QA leads to support test planning and validation of product functionality.
• Assist in issue resolution and provide guidance during UAT and production support phases.
• Facilitate communication and alignment across cross-functional teams.

What we're looking for

What you should expect in this role

The deadline to submit applications for this posting is December 31, 2025

The pay range for this position is $86,800.00 - $124,000.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at Gainwell. You'll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits, and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

We believe nothing is impossible when you bring together people who care deeply about making healthcare work better for everyone. Build your career with Gainwell, an industry leader. You'll be joining a company where collaboration, innovation, and inclusion fuel our growth. Learn more about Gainwell at our company website and visit our Careers site for all available job role openings.

Gainwell Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.