Principal Technical Product Owner

Principal Technical Product Owner

At MiniMed, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world.

About the Role

The Principal Technical Product Owner is a senior individual contributor responsible for driving the end-to-end ownership of AI/ML products across MiniMed's enterprise business functions including Commercial, Marketing, Finance, and Quality. This role serves as the strategic and technical bridge between AI Engineering, Data Science, and cross-functional business partners within MiniMed's Transformation Organization. The Principal Technical Product Owner leads the technical product vision, defines the roadmap, and collaborates cross-functionally to ensure the seamless delivery of high-impact AI solutions. This role is crucial for managing connections across teams for roadmap enhancements, proactive risk mitigation, and issue resolution in a regulated MedTech environment. The Principal Technical Product Owner shapes AI use cases with functional leads, helps the function define success metrics, and connects the use cases with existing functionality in the AI roadmap. This position is hybrid onsite in Atlanta, GA or Northridge, CA.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

AI Product Strategy & Vision (25%)

• Define and own the AI/ML product vision, roadmap, and portfolio strategy across Commercial, Marketing, Finance, and Quality business functions
• Direct use case discovery and forge trusted cross-functional partnerships with business domain leaders to surface and prioritize high-value AI opportunities with clear ROI
• Translate complex business problems into well-defined AI product opportunities and communicate a compelling product narrative to senior stakeholders
• Support comprehensive program planning, integrating testing, training requirements, and overall roadmap development

Technical AI Product Ownership (25%)

• Own the full AI/ML product lifecycle from use case discovery and data readiness through model deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement
• Define AI-specific acceptance criteria including model performance thresholds, explainability requirements, and human-in-the-loop workflows
• Maintain technical fluency in LLM architecture patterns (RAG, fine-tuning, prompt engineering), MLOps pipelines, data platform concepts, and cloud AI services to effectively partner with engineering and data science teams

Scrum Leadership & Agile Execution (20%)

• Serve as Product Owner within Scrum teams, owning the product backlog and leading all sprint ceremonies including planning, standups, reviews, and retrospectives
• Prioritize backlog using value-based frameworks (WSJF, RICE, MoSCoW) and operate within a SAFe environment including PI Planning and ART-level ceremonies
• Drive sprint velocity and delivery predictability while mentoring junior product owners on AI product ownership best practices

Business Function Partnership & Use Case Development (15%)

• Lead use case discovery workshops and build trusted partnerships with business domain leaders across multiple functions to surface and prioritize high-value AI opportunities
• Develop comprehensive AI business cases including cost-benefit analysis, automation projections, and risk-adjusted value estimates
• Facilitate seamless collaboration cross-functionally to manage connections across teams for roadmap enhancements and resolve issues
• Facilitate alignment between business stakeholders and technical teams while driving organizational readiness and change management for AI product adoption

AI Product Metrics & Value Realization (15%)

• Define and track AI-specific KPIs including model accuracy, adoption rates, automation rates, and business outcome metrics, reporting portfolio ROI to senior leadership
• Design and execute A/B testing and experimentation frameworks to evaluate AI feature performance and feed insights back into the product roadmap

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field and 5+ years of experience
• Or, advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field and 3+ years of experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field
• Hands-on experience as a Scrum Product Owner including active leadership of sprint ceremonies
• Proven track record of delivering AI/ML products to production in an enterprise environment
• Demonstrated experience serving multiple business functions simultaneously such as Commercial, Finance, Marketing, or Quality
• Strong working knowledge of the ML model lifecycle including training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
• Familiarity with LLM patterns including RAG, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and embeddings
• Understanding of MLOps frameworks and CI/CD pipelines for machine learning
• Exposure to data platform concepts including data lakehouses, vector databases, APIs, and ETL/ELT pipelines
• Cloud AI services familiarity with Azure AI, AWS SageMaker, or Google Vertex AI
• Proficiency in Agile tooling including Jira, Confluence, and Jira Align or equivalent platforms
• Experience in a regulated industry such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals, or financial services
• Experience with enterprise AI governance frameworks and Responsible AI programs
• Background in large-scale digital transformation programs inclusive of organizational change management
• Knowledge of generative AI enterprise platforms such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, or Anthropic Claude
• Exposure to commercial CRM or ERP platforms such as Salesforce or SAP and their AI extension ecosystems

Preferred Certifications

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
• SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM)
• SAFe Agilist (SA) or equivalent
• AWS, Azure, or GCP AI or Data certifications

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

MiniMed offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package

At MiniMed, we put people first. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values: We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every stage of your career and life.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$109,000.00 - $185,000.00

For roles located in California, Seattle WA, Washington DC, Boston MA, and New York City, the salary range is $121,000 - $205,000 USD.

Actual compensation may vary based on factors including experience, education, certifications, skills, market conditions, internal equity, and geographic location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Short Term Incentive (STI).

At MiniMed, we are committed to supporting the well-being and financial security of our employees. Regular employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for a robust benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, as well as access to a Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, life insurance, long-term disability leave, and a dependent daycare spending account. In addition, all regular employees enjoy incentive plans, a 401(k) plan with company match, short-term disability coverage, paid time off and holidays, participation in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and access to our Employee Assistance Program. Eligible employees may also benefit from our Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement and