Principal Product Manager – Benefits Administration & Modernization
About The Position
Navia is seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead modernization, consolidation, and migration execution across its portfolio of 10+ interconnected core recordkeeping and benefits administration platforms. This includes proprietary administration systems, third-party benefits administration platforms, and a retirement administration portfolio. This multi-team product leadership role involves owning the modernization product strategy, coordinating priorities and release sequencing across multiple Product Owners, and driving the execution of the platform consolidation roadmap. The role sits at the intersection of product, systems architecture, compliance, fraud prevention, and operations. The ideal candidate understands complex operational systems, has led multi-team product execution at portfolio scale, and can bridge business requirements with technical execution. This position partners cross-functionally with executive leadership, engineering, operations, compliance, fraud, finance, and external vendors. There are no direct reports; influence is exerted through cross-team product leadership, technical depth, and ownership of complex modernization decisions. The role requires comfort operating in ambiguity, facilitating modernization workshops, sequencing complex multi-team delivery, and driving execution across multiple interconnected systems and stakeholders.
Requirements
- 7+ years of Product Management experience in highly technical environments, with at least 3 years operating at a Principal or senior-IC level
- Demonstrated experience leading multi-team product execution — coordinating priorities and roadmaps across multiple Product Owners or scrum teams
- Proven experience as a Technical Product Manager working closely with engineering and architecture teams
- Demonstrated track record leading systems modernization, platform consolidation, or enterprise transformation initiatives at portfolio scale (multiple interconnected systems, not single-platform ownership)
- Experience working within benefits administration, recordkeeping, fintech, healthcare administration, retirement services, payroll, or other highly regulated industries
- Deep understanding of HIPAA, PHI, and PII compliance requirements in a multi-system environment
- Demonstrated experience with backend systems, APIs, integrations, and data architecture concepts
- Experience supporting compliance-heavy workflows and operational systems
- Familiarity with fraud prevention, compliance reporting, auditability, or regulated operational environments
- Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, operations, compliance, finance, and executive stakeholders — with influence flowing through expertise, not reporting line
- Strong experience driving execution across multiple concurrent dependencies and team boundaries
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving environments with evolving priorities and organizational change
Nice To Haves
- Experience with HSA, FSA, COBRA, HRA, or retirement administration platforms
- Experience leading post-vendor-decision migration execution at multi-team scale
- Exposure to healthcare benefits compliance, retirement administration (TPA / plan sponsor / NSCC), or financial regulatory environments
- Experience with enterprise data migrations or platform re-architecture initiatives
- Familiarity with fraud tooling, operational analytics, or compliance automation workflows
- Prior experience in PE-backed or rapidly evolving organizations
- Experience operating in a Scaled Agile / multi-ART or multi-scrum-team environment
Responsibilities
- Lead the modernization and consolidation product roadmap execution across multiple scrum teams supporting the full benefits administration portfolio
- Coordinate product priorities, release sequencing, and dependencies across multiple Product Owners — each owning their team's individual backlog — to deliver the portfolio roadmap
- Own end-to-end execution of platform migration workstreams from current-state architecture into the target environment
- Partner with engineering, compliance, operations, fraud, finance, and executive leadership to define and continuously refine product and platform strategy
- Translate complex operational and regulatory requirements into scalable technical product solutions, with deep attention to HIPAA and PHI/PII compliance across every system touch point
- Drive backend platform improvements related to data architecture, integrations, workflows, reporting, and operational tooling across the team-of-teams
- Own technical product execution for initiatives spanning HSA, FSA, HRA, COBRA, retirement administration, commuter, compliance systems, and fraud operations
- Facilitate workshops and discovery sessions to identify gaps across legacy systems and define future-state architecture requirements
- Work closely with engineering teams on APIs, data flows, platform dependencies, migration planning, and systems interoperability across third-party retirement administration platforms
- Prioritize modernization roadmaps balancing business impact, compliance risk, technical debt, and operational scalability across competing demands from multiple delivery teams
- Help establish long-term product strategy around recordkeeping, retirement administration, and backend administration infrastructure
Benefits
- Competitive Salary Range: $150K–$175K depending on location and experience
- Generous health benefits
- Company sponsored wellness benefits
- Complimentary Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Paid time off
- 6 Paid Holidays & 2 Paid Floating Holidays
- Work from home and hybrid schedules available!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
No Education Listed
