Senior IT Product Owner
About The Position
At Humana, a Fortune 100 healthcare technology leader, we are seeking a Senior IT Product Owner to provide high-value technical solutions that support enterprise-wide strategic initiatives. Our technology landscape is rapidly evolving, and this technology leader will manage multiple programs while driving product strategy across cloud-based platforms and infrastructure services. You will play a critical role representing the voice of the customer to the team. You will own the articulation and prioritization of backlog in small increments of value that can be delivered in short iterations. And you will help shape product direction by creating features, writing user stories, and applying innovation. We are looking for expertise in cross-organizational navigation, backlog ownership, Agile delivery, and effective leadership without direct authority. Schedule will be Eastern Standard Time (EST) business hours.
Requirements
- 5+ years of Product Management experience in large enterprise or technology-heavy environments.
- Experience managing large, complex products or multiple programs concurrently.
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
- Base-level understanding of Networking fundamentals, DNS, and CI/CD.
- Demonstrated expertise in Agile methodologies with strong backlog management discipline.
- Effective communication skills both verbally and in writing
- Experience holding teams accountable in a way that maintains partnership and collaboration.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with enterprise cloud migrations or infrastructure transformation programs.
- Familiarity with Azure DevOps, Jira, GitHub, or equivalent.
- Exposure to container platforms or API gateway technologies.
Responsibilities
- Product Strategy & Vision Deliver to a multi-year roadmap for cloud-enabled or infrastructure-focused solutions.
- Translate enterprise strategy into relevant features that account for dependencies across networking, cloud platforms, and DevOps ecosystems.
- Balance short-term priorities with long-term architecture and operational needs.
- Backlog Ownership & Agile Delivery Build a well-defined, prioritized product backlog in collaboration with stakeholders and delivery teams.
- Lead sprint planning, backlog refinement, and iteration ceremonies in partnership with engineering teams.
- Hold teams accountable for sprint commitments while identifying risks, blockers, and cross-team dependencies.
- Navigate a matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders, including Cloud Engineering, Networking, Security, Architecture, Operations, and Business Units.
- Exercise strong influence —driving alignment across teams with differing objectives.
- Provide communication to senior leadership regarding progress, risks, and escalations.
- Understand and translate technical concepts such as load balancing, DNS configurations, API gateways, container orchestration, and pipeline automation into requirements and business outcomes.
- Program & Portfolio Management Lead multiple programs and workstreams simultaneously, coordinating resource needs, timelines, dependencies, and cross-team impacts.
Benefits
- Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
