Slade Stevenson Email & Phone Number

Coleman, Tx, Us

Senior Product Owner with Optum at naviHealth. Drove product direction and development for a large post-acute care and authorization management system. Collaborated closely with business stakeholders and operational users to ensure features delivered optimal value. Managed the backlog for two high performing development teams to ensure monthly release cadence was met and product features were delivered in a incremental and useful manner. - Spearheaded project to further integrate naviHealth into the greater Optum Home and Community organization by automating patient eligibility determination and referrals transmission to downstream partners. - Led integration with large external EMR system, receiving and sending authorization status and details via a series of APIs. Collaborated closely with external vendor product and development teams to align on feature priority and development efforts and specs.

Texas, United States

Manage the team backlog and roadmap for the Benefits Administration, Deduction Processing, and Affordable Care Act modules of the Advantage ERP. Collaborate with Product Managers and clients to develop feature roadmaps and prioritize features and defects using Jira. Support team as subject matter expert, creating and reviewing stories and defects. Designed enhancements around Open Enrollment and Affordable Care Act processing, improving both processes so that employees can access their enrollment and IRS documents without HR Administrator help. Gathered feedback on the process and usability from end-users to inform design. Collaborated closely with client stakeholders to refine and prioritize complex software enhancements and deliver them on set schedules, ensuring client satisfaction and successful implementations.Utilized SAFe Agile principals in day-to-day work, acting as a proof of concept team prior to company wide roll-out; successfully implementing and proofing agile ceremonies including Program Increment (PI) Planning.

Belton, Tx (Remote)

Affordable Care Act Reporting Module | Functional Lead & SMEManage day-to-day functional aspects of the 2016 and 2017 ACA reporting releases to ensure that software is compliant with the latest IRS regulations. Guide the product direction to increase usability and better serve clients based on industry trends and client feedback. Manage the testing team to verify that all necessary scenarios are tested and that releases meet client expectations and company quality standards. • Strategically managed issue resolution and worked directly with many high-level clients on critical ACA issues so that 100% of clients met IRS deadlines for the 2015 and 2016 reporting year.• Managed the full defect lifecycle for over 300 defects across 5 major releases of the ERP by carefully tracking, assigning, and reviewing defects and leading the testing team.Business Analyst | Advantage HRM Implementations & UpgradesCollaborated with on-site and client teams to gather business requirements in a complete and accurate manner. Perform gap-analysis to determine necessary software customization and suggest business process changes. Design complex functional specification documents based on client requirements. • Continually selected to design the most complex and crucial functional specifications, demonstrating superior analytical and writing capacity.• Create proof of concept papers that outline desired functionality and collaborate with both functional and technical experts to refine concepts to best serve clients and drive product direction. Lead Business Analyst | 2015 ACA Reporting ReleaseDesigned the functional specifications for an entirely new ERP module used for ACA reporting. Researched and interpreted IRS requirements to ensure that software was compliant with ACA reporting standards. Developed multiple user-facing training and documentation guides to ensure client success with the newly mandated ACA requirements.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Information Systems, Gpa: 4.0

Bachelor'S Degree, English, Gpa: 3.9

Activities and Societies: Sigma Tau Delta