Product Owner- IT

About this role

Product Owner, IT


Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Hybrid)


Classification: Exempt


Status: Full-Time


Reports to: Senior Manager, Product


Purpose


The Product Owner, IT manages requirements definition, acceptance criteria authoring, and backlog execution for assigned IT delivery workstreams within the Product track of the Informatics function. This role translates business needs into well-formed user stories with structured, testable acceptance criteria, ensuring work enters delivery with clear scope and measurable exit conditions. The Product Owner works in close partnership with Business Analysts and Clinical Informatics Analysts to capture complete requirements, with Quality Assurance to ensure acceptance criteria are directly executable as test cases, and with Informatics leadership for guidance on complex workstreams, standards adherence, and professional development.


Responsibilities
Requirements & Acceptance Criteria

• Writes well-formed user stories for assigned IT delivery workstreams, following Product track standards: clear business value, structured acceptance criteria, and defined conditions of satisfaction.
• Authors testable acceptance criteria in alignment with the joint Acceptance-Criteria-to-Test-Case handoff standard, ensuring QA can execute against them directly without interpretation.
• Ensures assigned work does not enter delivery without documented, testable exit conditions.
• Collaborates with Business Analysts and Clinical Informatics Analysts to translate elicited requirements into delivery-ready artifacts.

Backlog Management

• Owns and maintains the product backlog for assigned workstreams: prioritization, refinement, sizing, and sprint readiness in collaboration with delivery teams.
• Facilitates backlog refinement sessions for assigned workstreams, ensuring the delivery team has clear, well-understood scope before sprint commitments.
• Supports the IT demand intake process by documenting...