Associate Director - Technical Data Product Owner

Lilly • Indianapolis, IN

20h • $129,000 - $189,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

Lilly is seeking a Technical Data Product Owner to lead the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of the LillyDirect Pharmacy Covered Entity Data Hub. The role connects business collaborators, data engineering teams, enterprise technology organizations, external data partners, and compliance functions to support secure, scalable, and compliant delivery of pharmacy and healthcare data assets. The position combines product ownership with technical knowledge of data platforms, HIPAA-regulated environments, Agile delivery, and cross-functional stakeholder management. It is responsible for defining and prioritizing the product roadmap, leading delivery execution, and generating business value through data products that support analytics, reporting, operational processes, and patient-centric initiatives.

The Product Owner will own the product vision and roadmap, translate business goals into product capabilities and technical requirements, and prioritize features and technical debt. They will manage the Jira backlog and Agile planning and review activities, and work with data engineering, architecture, platform, and enterprise technology teams to deliver data solutions and onboard pharmacy, telehealth, dispensing, prescribing, and covered-entity data sources.

The role serves as the primary liaison among business stakeholders, data engineering and enterprise data platform teams, Legal, Privacy and Security, vendors and third-party data partners, and analytics and reporting teams. It also supports compliance with HIPAA, privacy, security, and regulatory requirements; data-sharing and governance processes; data quality and auditability controls; production pipeline issue resolution; incident management; and observability, monitoring, and reliability initiatives.

The position is based at Lilly Corporate Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, with a hybrid schedule of three days onsite and two days remote each week. Lilly describes its work as focused on discovering and delivering life-changing medicines, improving how health is understood and managed, and supporting communities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Analytics, Healthcare Informatics, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience as a Product Owner, Technical Product Manager, Data Product Manager, or Business Systems Analyst.
• At least 3 years working with enterprise data platforms, data integration, analytics, or cloud-based data ecosystems.
• Experience managing Agile software delivery teams using Jira and Scrum methodologies.
• Experience defining product roadmaps and managing cross-functional delivery programs.
• Experience working in regulated healthcare or pharmaceutical environments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting pharmacy, dispensing, prescribing, patient services, telehealth, or healthcare data products.
• Knowledge of HIPAA requirements and healthcare data governance practices.
• Understanding of ETL/ELT processes, data pipelines, data quality management, data integration architectures, and API- and file-based integrations.
• Experience with Databricks, AWS, Redshift, Snowflake, Azure Data Platform, or similar cloud technologies.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills.
• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability and healthcare data ecosystems.
• Experience leading third-party data onboarding programs.
• Understanding of tokenized data, master data, and patient identity resolution concepts.
• Experience with enterprise data governance and data observability platforms.
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, Scrum Product Owner, or Agile certifications.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the LillyDirect Pharmacy Covered Entity Data Hub.
• Translate business goals into actionable product capabilities and technical requirements with business stakeholders.
• Define quarterly and annual roadmaps aligned with business priorities, regulatory requirements, and enterprise data strategy.
• Prioritize initiatives, features, and technical debt using a value-driven approach.
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog in Jira; create and refine epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and release planning, ensuring delivery meets business requirements, quality standards, and timelines.
• Coordinate priorities across multiple collaborator groups.
• Work with Data Engineers, Solution Architects, Platform Engineers, and Enterprise Technology teams to design and deliver scalable data solutions.
• Coordinate onboarding of pharmacy, telehealth, dispensing, prescribing, and covered-entity data sources.
• Support development of data ingestion, transformation, quality, and observability capabilities.
• Facilitate technical design discussions and guide prioritization of engineering work.
• Serve as the main liaison among business stakeholders, data engineering, enterprise data platforms, Legal, Privacy, Security, vendors and third-party data partners, and analytics and reporting teams.
• Lead requirements-gathering workshops and build consensus across stakeholder groups.
• Communicate roadmap progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery status to leadership teams.
• Ensure product capabilities align with HIPAA, privacy, security, and regulatory requirements, partnering with Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Compliance throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support Data Transfer Agreements, data-sharing reviews, and data governance processes.
• Drive implementation of data quality, auditability, and governance controls.
• Define and monitor product success metrics and collaborate on data quality standards and controls.
• Prioritize and resolve production data pipeline issues; support incident management and operational readiness.
• Champion observability, monitoring, and reliability initiatives across the product ecosystem.

Benefits

• Company bonus, depending in part on company and individual performance.
• Company-sponsored 401(k) participation eligibility.
• Pension.
• Vacation benefits.
• Eligibility for medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits.
• Flexible benefits, including healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts.
• Life insurance and death benefits.
• Certain time off and leave of absence benefits.
• Well-being benefits, including an employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director