Senior Product Owner (Enterprise Data Platforms)

Company : Highmark Health Job Description :

JOB SUMMARY

We're looking for a highly experienced Senior Technical Product Owner/Manager to drive the technical vision and delivery of critical data governance platforms within our modern data ecosystem. You'll play a key role in rebuilding our data ecosystem with a modern Iceberg data lakehouse at its core. You'll be responsible for shaping how Highmark navigates our enterprise data catalog, governs data through advanced attribute-based access control (ABAC), observes data quality through data contracts, and automates the integration of this ecosystem. Initially, you'll focus on product management and ownership within our enterprise data catalog team. Success requires understanding platform interdependencies, balancing speed and quality, building strong partnerships with engineering and business stakeholders, and clearly translating engineering efforts into business value. Daily, you'll oversee the prioritization, scope, and validation of work. This demands a strong understanding of data catalog platforms, emerging Iceberg best practices, and the ability to communicate confidently with both technical and non-technical audiences about strategic trade-offs and business value. You'll build trust through transparency, stakeholder alignment, and support for the engineering teams and customers utilizing your platforms.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Empower teams to manage work by setting clear priorities and scope from the team backlog. Make trade-offs and negotiate with stakeholders (e.g., Product Management, Program Management, business leaders, etc.) based on team capacity to determine the backlog. Develop and maintain product delivery roadmap. Collaborate with stakeholders such as external clients, product management, portfolio leaders, and others in the creation and communication of the product vision, strategy, and roadmap. Represent the product in mid‑level governance meetings. Track and provide status to leadership. Effectively navigate both Product Management and Product Ownership roles, collaborating with external customers and the internal product team. Utilize market trends and customer feedback provided by stakeholders to identify opportunities for product enhancements. Act as the voice of the user, understanding their needs and challenges to drive the iteration of existing product features in collaboration with UX. Drive the product development process, from concept to launch, ensuring high‑quality deliverables. End‑to‑end ownership over the delivery of new features and improvements to existing features. Key player in solution estimation. Servant‑Leader for a cross‑functional team or teams with a portfolio of several products. Ability to work with agile program and team metrics. Empower team to manage work by setting clear priorities and scope from the team backlog. Accountable for technology product value; comprehends and consults with business regarding their value realization. Provide guidance and mentorship to Product Owners. Incorporate stakeholder feedback when needed and clearly articulate team backlog items and acceptance criteria to the team. Communicate product updates, progress, and challenges to executive leadership and other relevant stakeholders. Prioritize and own the team backlog of the work to be performed. This includes ensuring the backlog remains sufficient to support optimal team allocation for multiple (3+) sprints. Proactively identify new initiatives/themes working with clients and product management. Fully own resolution to backlog challenges including size (to support multiple sprints), business priority alignment, and timely dispute resolution. Clearly communicate business‑friendly release notes with operational impacts and product issues to business stakeholders. Accept stories as “done” from the team, ensuring that the stories have been developed, tested, and meet the defined acceptance criteria. Responsible for accuracy of team data representing targeted outcomes; OKRs and KPIs. Monitors and adds metrics to continuously provide stakeholders with an updated view of the product's success. Other duties as assigned or requested.

EDUCATION

Required Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or similar discipline Substitutions None Preferred None

EXPERIENCE

Required 5 years of Product Ownership, Strategic Consulting or Design Thinking OR Product Development & Management, Project/Program Management Preferred 5+ years of enterprise platform product management experience and/or architecture driving transformation through data platform modernization. An ideal candidate will have experience from highly regulated industries (e.g., Healthcare, FSI, government, etc.). 2-5 years of enterprise‑level experience with data catalogs. An ideal candidate will have experience with multiple data catalogs such as Atlan, Collibra, Hive, DataHub /Acryl, and others. You will understand the difference between Terms & Glossary and Metadata Management and will likely have a position on emerging Iceberg catalogs such as Polaris. 2-5 years of data architecture experience including end‑to‑end data governance. You will be able to articulate all the components and what a pragmatic approach to modernizing would look like for each of them. Strong storyteller: You are comfortable presenting to executive leaders that are both technical and non‑technical. You likely have a story or two of how you brought leadership along to invest in core data platforms and how they impacted the business as much as they impact technical capabilities. AI/GenAI: You're already leveraging these tools and know how they will fit into a data ecosystem, with specific examples for data governance as a driver and consumer. Experience or knowledge of key technologies in place today such as: GCP ecosystem, Databricks ecosystem, Confluent Kafka, BigID, Atlan, Starburst, SecuPi, Tableau, SalesForce, and traditional operational systems such as Hadoop/Hive, Teradata, Oracle, DB2, and others. Bonus points if you have healthcare experience integrating platforms and data like Facets, Availity, Kryus, HealthNow, NCompass, and others. LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS Required None Preferred Agile certification from a known vendor (Scrum.org, SAFe, Scrum Alliance, etc.), PMP, or similar relevant certification, exhibiting continuous learning and improvement.

SKILLS

Demonstrated ability to work with external clients/foster positive relationships and outcomes The ability to consult with the technical team to translate business requirements into technical stories. Agile methodology and software development Prioritization, consultation, negotiation, and collaboration A keen understanding of the depth and breadth of business applications (upstream and downstream) and to think more broadly. Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills; excellent interpersonal skills; Cross‑functional team collaboration and adaptable to change Strong understanding of the healthcare industry Exposure to supporting multiple products (within the same product area) Languages (Other than English) None Travel Required 0% - 25%

PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND WORKING CONDITIONS

Position Type: Office Based Teaches / trains others regularly occasionally Travel regularly from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site rarely Works primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales employees) rarely Physical work site required no Lifting: up to 10 pounds occasionally Lifting: 10 to 25 pounds never Lifting: 25 to 50 pounds never Disclaimer: The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job. Compliance Requirement: This position adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies. As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy. Furthermore, it is every employee’s responsibility to comply with the company’s Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements. Pay Range Minimum: $92,300.00 Pay Range Maximum: $172,500.00 Base pay is determined by a variety of factors including a candidate’s qualifications, experience, and expected contributions, as well as internal peer equity, market, and business considerations. The displayed salary range does not reflect any geographic differential Highmark may apply for certain locations based upon comparative markets. Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We endeavor to make this site accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact the email below. For accommodation requests, please contact HR Services Online at View email address on click.appcast.io California Consumer Privacy Act Employees, Contractors, and Applicants Notice #J-18808-Ljbffr Highmark Health