Informatica Product Owner - Remote

Informatica Product Owner – Remote The Informatica Administrator is a senior, enterprise technology role responsible for the administration, governance, stability, and continuous optimization of the organization's Informatica data integration and data management platforms. This includes Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC/IICS), PowerCenter, Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC/CDGC), Axon Data Governance, Informatica MDM, Data Quality (IDQ), and associated Secure Agents and connectivity components. While aligned to the Informatica technology stack, the role operates at a high level and follows standardized expectations used consistently across all senior platform administrator roles. The Senior Informatica Administrator partners with data engineering, data governance, analytics, business leaders, platform owners, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure Informatica platforms are reliable, secure, scalable, and aligned with enterprise data strategy and organizational objectives. Key Responsibilities: Provide strategic oversight and operational leadership for the Informatica platform estate, ensuring alignment with enterprise data strategy, architectural standards, and data governance frameworks. Establish and maintain Informatica governance practices, including development standards, naming conventions, folder/project structures, deployment policies, code promotion workflows, and operational guardrails. Partner with data platform owners, data product owners, and business stakeholders to prioritize Informatica enhancements, connector adoption, and capacity expansion. Contribute to the Informatica roadmap in collaboration with data engineering, enterprise architecture, and business leaders. Oversee administration of all Informatica environments, including domain/org configuration, Secure Agent management, runtime environment setup, user and role provisioning, connector and connection management, and integration with source and target systems. Ensure consistent management of dev, test, and production environments, including repository management, object migration, deployment coordination via CI/CD, and release readiness. Lead Informatica upgrade, hotfix, patching, EBF application, and release validation activities across PowerCenter, IDMC pods, and on-premises Secure Agents. Monitor platform health, job performance, session/taskflow execution, and reliability using Operational Insights, Monitor, and third-party observability tools. Enforce Informatica security standards, including IAM (SAML/SSO, SCIM), role-based access control, secure connection credentials, key/secret management, and data masking/encryption policies. Partner with security, data privacy, and infrastructure teams to ensure compliance with SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and other regulatory requirements. Oversee incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation for Informatica-related issues. Serve as a senior escalation point for Informatica platform issues, balancing operational stability with business priorities. Maintain strong relationships with data engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders, providing clear communication on platform status, job SLAs, risks, and change windows. Guide adoption, enablement, and best practices for Informatica developers and citizen integrators. Manage the relationship with Informatica and associated service providers, including support case escalation, GCS engagement, roadmap alignment, and product advisory participation. Support business case development, cost-benefit analysis, and ROI evaluation for Informatica investments, including IPU consumption forecasting and license optimization. Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to Informatica administrators, ETL/ELT developers, and support teams. Define operational standards, runbooks, documentation practices, and knowledge transfer processes to strengthen platform maturity. Stay current on Informatica product capabilities, IDMC releases, CLAIRE-powered AI features, and industry trends. Other duties as assigned. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Deep expertise in Informatica platform administration (IDMC/IICS, PowerCenter, EDC, MDM, IDQ, Axon). Strong knowledge of data integration patterns: batch, real-time, CDC, and API-based. Proficiency with relational and cloud data platforms (Oracle, SQL Server, Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, BigQuery). Analytical and problem-solving skills, including performance tuning, session log analysis, pushdown optimization, and Secure Agent diagnostics. Knowledge of enterprise security standards: SAML/SSO, SCIM, RBAC, encryption, and data masking. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git integration, and DataOps practices for Informatica. Working knowledge of scripting (Shell, Python, PowerShell), SQL tuning, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). Strong communication skills — able to translate complex technical concepts for business and executive audiences. Ability to lead cross-functional collaboration with data engineering, security, governance, analytics, and business stakeholders. 7+ years in enterprise data integration, with at least 4 years hands-on Informatica administration (IDMC/IICS or PowerCenter). Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field required. Pay Range: $98,885 - $165,554 #CA-EH8 About JAX: The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution with a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center and nearly 3,000 employees in locations across the United States (Maine, Connecticut, California), Japan and China. Its mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health. Founded in 1929, JAX applies over nine decades of expertise in genetics to increase understanding of human disease, advancing treatments and cures for cancer, neurological and immune disorders, diabetes, aging and heart disease. It models and interprets genomic complexity, integrates basic research with clinical application, educates current and future scientists, and provides critical data, tools and services to the global biomedical community. For more information, please visit

EEO Statement: The Jackson Laboratory provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws. Bar Harbor: The Jackson Laboratory's 43-acre scenic Bar Harbor campus is nestled between the Gulf of Maine and the mountains of Acadia National Park. Some of the best hiking and biking in the world (over 50 square miles of mountains, lakes, views, and dramatic coastline) is accessible from our campus. We are one mile from downtown Bar Harbor, which offers a vibrant downtown district with a plethora of restaurants, shops, museums, and galleries. Ellsworth: The Charles E. Hewett Center in Ellsworth, Maine, is a state-of-the-art facility that serves researchers world wide. The facility represents the culmination of nine decades of unmatched experience and leadership in breeding and caring for laboratory mice. Ellsworth, Maine, is one of Maine’s fastest growing cities. With a growth rate of nearly 20%, Ellsworth is a bustling year-round community and acts as a hub for surrounding towns. It is located nearby Acadia National Park and hosts numerous special events, concerts and festivals each year. Residents have access to fabulous shopping, recreation, museums, galleries, and dining at a variety of independent restaurants. Farmington: JAX Genomic Medicine is transforming medicine by improving patient care, lowering costs, and increasing life span and health span. JAX Genomic Medicine’s research focuses on the complex genetic causes of disease and on the development of genomic solutions tailored to each person's unique genetic makeup. JAX Genomic Medicine sits on a 17-acre site on the campus of the University of Connecticut Health Center. The 183,500-square-foot facility opened in the fall of 2014. Now, it houses over 300 biomedical researchers, technicians, and support staff in state-of-the-art computing facilities and laboratories. In Connecticut, JAX resides in the scenic town of Farmington, in the state’s capitol region. The Hartford region, which offers some of the best public schools in the country, is made up of both bigger cities and smaller, charming historic New England towns. JAX Genomic Medicine is also geographically located within 2 hours of Boston and New York and is close to multiple transportation systems, including bus lines, highways, railroads and international airports. Sacramento: The JAX® Mice, Clinical and Research Services facility is located in Sacramento, the state capital of California. Sacramento is less than a two-hour drive from San Francisco, Napa Valley, and scenic Lake Tahoe, and a short flight to both Los Angeles and Orange County. Sacramento is the birthplace of the nation’s Farm to Fork movement, and offers excellent restaurants, gastro-pubs, wineries, theaters, and museums. Outdoor activities are plentiful: Boating, white water rafting, and riding the scenic bicycle trails are popular. Housing and other costs of living are more affordable in Sacramento and its surrounding suburbs than in most other neighboring areas in the North Bay, making Sacramento one of the hottest housing markets in the country year after year. Augusta: JAX’s Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative (MCGI) is located in Augusta, Maine, in the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care (HACCC), at Maine General Hospital. It began operations in 2016 with three overarching goals: to provide cancer genomic testing for Maine cancer patients; to develop and deliver physician education about clinical genomic cancer diagnostics; and to build a network in Maine of oncology practices conducting studies in genomic medicine.