Director - Products

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Director - Products
Reston, VA
Director Products
Location: Reston VA
P.S. This is a full time position. We are not interested in independent contractors.
Job Description:
The Director Products is ultimate position of responsibility and accountability for the quality and timely release of one or more of hCentive’s Health IT Software Product Solutions. The Director Products takes complete ownership of product management and engineering functions for one or more products based on a broad product and market strategy that addresses a specific market opportunity. The Director Products provides execution leadership to cross-functional and distributed teams owned by the Product Manager and the Engineering Manager. The Director Products manages the product marketing function and ensures that the product stays ahead of competitors’ in terms of capabilities and customer value it can create. The Director Products works with current and prospective customers to develop a product roadmap and prioritizes the capabilities.
Major Job Responsibilities:
Product Management Leadership: Responsible for the quality and timely delivery of initial and on-going product management deliverables that include Product Capability and Roadmap, Product Requirements, User Experience Design and Wireframes working with Product Manager(s) and Prospective Customers.
Product Development Leadership: Responsible for developing product release plans for the defined roadmap and ensuring a quality and timely release of demo and GA versions with Engineering Manager(s)
Product Marketing Support: Establish market leading competitive advantage for the product, operationalize and lead a process for maintaining the product capabilities and richness ahead of competitors’, Develop and maintain comparative capability matrix
Sales Advisory: Function as the highest level of Product SME Advisor to the Sales support team in managing customer opportunities
Key Competencies:
Core Expertise
Strong team leadership skills and sound judgment skills
Ability to work in an ambiguous environment
Strong interpersonal and management skills
Great problem solving and situation analysis skills
Strong team collaborator and motivator
Highly detail oriented and a great task master
Hands-on, entrepreneurial individual
Experience in managing distributed teams that include Offshore; Experience in working with and managing offshore teams is a MUST.
Capable of analyzing and providing leadership to business and technical issues
Experience in interfacing with customers of all sizes
Excellent client communicator at all levels – Executive, Senior and Mid-level Managers
Ability to conduct customer workshops with Business and IT stakeholders to validate product direction and requirements
Outstanding presentation skills, strong storyboarding and Power point skills
Experience in product marketing, product competitive intelligence and analysis
Experience in product planning, resource planning, product release management with an ability to identify and mitigate risks and issues early on
Industry Expertise
Healthcare Industry expertise, thought leadership on industry direction and how to innovate
A good understanding of Healthcare (Health Plan and/or Health Systems) business processes would be required
Industry certification (e.g. AHIP) would be a PLUS
Experience and understanding of Healthcare Reform Act and Health Insurance Exchange Domain would be a plus
Industry authorship would be a plus
Technology Expertise
Strong understanding and experience in Business Application Software Product Development, preferably in a Health IT environment.
Experience in designing enterprise software and consumer web applications with flexibility and high degree of maintainability
Thorough understanding and expertise in the Service Oriented Architectures
A general understanding of various technology options and how to apply them to the product’s advantage
Experience in having led the development and release management of complex enterprise software products and solutions
Education
MBA or MS from a good school or MHA (Healthcare Administration) from a reputed University
About hCentive
hCentive is in the business of simplifying the complex world of health insurance. hCentive provides technology solutions for health insurers and state health agencies. These solutions help them reduce cost and administrative complexity, while enhancing relationships with their customers.
hCentive is the first organization to build an exchange solution from the ground-up post the PPACA. hCentive has developed a deep understanding of the healthcare reform and have created solutions and services that align with federal and state regulations and meet or exceed all industry standards.
The hCentive WebInsure Consumer
, WebInsure Medicare
and WebInsure Group
platforms help health insurers cost effectively acquire and manage individual, Medicare and small business customers. The hCentive WebInsure Private Exchange
platform allows health plans to offer defined contribution plan marketplace to small business customers. WebInsure State
platform helps states create a health benefits exchange to comply with health insurance exchange requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
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