Technical Product Lead

Summary

Humana is a healthcare company seeking an experienced IT Technical Product Lead to drive the strategy, development, and delivery of technology solutions aligned with business objectives. The role owns product vision and roadmaps, translates business needs into technical requirements, leads product lifecycle activities, and coordinates with business, architecture, engineering, and infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities

• The candidate will participate in lightweight, architecture, design, and code review
• Define and own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for assigned IT products and platforms
• Collaborate with business leaders, users, architects, developers, and infrastructure teams to gather and prioritize requirements
• Lead product lifecycle activities from ideation and planning through implementation and ongoing optimization
• Translate business needs into detailed technical requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure solutions meet security, scalability, performance, and compliance requirements
• Manage product backlogs and prioritize initiatives based on business value, risk, and technical dependencies
• Drive implementation and rollout of new applications
• Serve as the escalation point for product-related issues and incidents, coordinating with business and development
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and release coordination where applicable
• Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders and provide regular updates on product progress and outcomes
• Identify opportunities for automation, process improvements, and technology modernization
• Support vendor evaluations, technology assessments, and implementation projects

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field OR equivalent work experience
• 2+ years of experience in Product Management, Technical Product Management, IT Leadership, Lead Development, Solution/Application architecture or related roles
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, systems integration, APIs, cloud platforms, databases, ELT and software development lifecycles
• Experience working with Agile, Scrum, or SAFe methodologies
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Strong understanding of at least two of the following technologies: Snowflake, Databricks, RDBMS, SQL, Python
• Experience with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar
• Proven experience managing product roadmaps and delivering technology solutions

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field OR equivalent work experience
• 2+ years of experience in Product Management, Technical Product Management, IT Leadership, Lead Development, Solution/Application architecture or related roles
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, systems integration, APIs, cloud platforms, databases, ELT and software development lifecycles
• Experience working with Agile, Scrum, or SAFe methodologies
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Strong understanding of at least two of the following technologies: Snowflake, Databricks, RDBMS, SQL, Python

Nice to Haves

• Experience with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar
• Proven experience managing product roadmaps and delivering technology solutions

Benefits

• This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.
• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave)
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life insurance
• Many other opportunities