Lead Product Manager - Technical

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The Lead Product Manager, Technical is responsible for defining and driving the product strategy, roadmap, and execution for Humana's Health Data Exchange (HDX) modernization initiatives. This role partners with business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to transform legacy healthcare transaction processing and integration capabilities into modern, cloud-native solutions, ensuring technology investments are aligned to business priorities and deliver measurable value.

The Lead Product Manager, Technical serves as the product lead for Humana's HDX modernization initiatives, responsible for defining product roadmaps, priorities, and outcomes that transform legacy healthcare transaction and integration platforms into modern, cloud-native solutions.

This role partners closely with business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to translate strategic objectives into actionable product plans, prioritize modernization investments, and ensure delivery of capabilities that improve scalability, operational efficiency, and business value. The Lead Product Manager, Technical balances business needs, technical considerations, and long-term modernization goals while driving alignment across stakeholders and delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Modernization
• Define and manage modernization roadmaps and priorities for HDX initiatives.
• Prioritize work based on business value, dependencies, and strategic objectives.
• Drive platform simplification and modernization efforts that improve efficiency and reduce complexity.
• Technical Product Leadership
• Partner with architects and engineers to translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Manage product backlogs, requirements, and priorities.
• Balance business needs, technical constraints, and delivery timelines.
• Stakeholder Partnership & Delivery
• Collaborate with business, technology, and operational stakeholders to align priorities.
• Communicate roadmap progress, risks, and recommendations.
• Ensure delivered capabilities achieve intended business outcomes.

This is a hybrid position based in Louisville, KY, or Nashville, TN . Candidates must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of one of these locations and be able to work onsite as required.

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Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, Healthcare Informatics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

5+ years of Enterprise experience in product management, business analysis, technology delivery, or a related discipline.

3+ years of experience in application development.

Experience managing priorities, requirements, or product backlogs.

Working knowledge of .NET/C#, SQL Server, REST APIs, API gateways, service/integration patterns, and data dependencies.

Understanding of on-premises and cloud-native architectures, containerization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes), service decoupling, and legacy application modernization.

Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Ability to translate business needs into actionable technology solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting modernization, digital transformation, or cloud initiatives.
• Experience working with Agile delivery teams.
• Healthcare, payer, EDI, or interoperability experience.
• Experience partnering with engineering and architecture teams on technical solutions.
• Scheduled Weekly Hours
• 40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$126,300 - $173,700 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work.

Among our benefits, Humana provides 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 and many other opportunities.

About Us

About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.

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