
Lead Technical Product Manager
Humana
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $126,300 - $173,700 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
KafkaMicroservices
About the role
- Define and lead the strategy for the NBA platform, enabling data-driven personalization and intelligent engagement for all brands and channels.
- Create PRFAQs and technical product narratives to ensure alignment between leadership and engineering on the long-term vision.
- Translate business objectives (e.g., Stars improvement, gap closure, engagement) into actionable technical roadmaps.
- Emphasize scalability, observability, and interoperability as essential product outcomes.
- Develop and manage comprehensive product requirements, user stories, and technical specifications to guide engineering efforts.
- Collaborate with architects and engineers to balance scalability, latency, and personalization accuracy.
- Convert data science models into deployable, measurable product features.
- Define API contracts, data schemas, and integration patterns that conform to enterprise standards.
- Ensure seamless integration of NBA decisioning with CDPs, ML scoring models, and omnichannel activation platforms (such as AJO and Salesforce).
- Lead backlog prioritization, sprint planning, and iterative product development alongside engineering and data science teams.
- Work with Data Science and ML Engineering to operationalize propensity, recommendation, and optimization models.
- Define mechanisms by which inputs (Customer 360 data, contextual events, profiles) generate outputs (Next Best Actions, offers, rewards).
- Own the development of experimentation frameworks, ensuring product decisions are validated through A/B testing and data analysis.
- Establish success metrics (e.g., engagement uplift, gap closure, reward adoption, member satisfaction) and experimentation frameworks.
- Oversee instrumentation and analytics strategies to continually enhance NBA logic and outcomes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Clinical, Marketing, Stars, Compliance) to ensure the NBA engine supports business objectives and meets regulatory requirements.
- Communicate complex technical concepts to senior executives in a clear, results-oriented manner.
- Work with compliance and legal teams to ensure NBA logic adheres to CMS, HIPAA, and internal standards.
- Mentor junior product managers and set high standards for technical product management.
Requirements
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience in product management or technical program management, including at least 3 years as a Technical Product Manager in data, AI/ML, or personalization platforms.
- Demonstrated success in defining and launching complex technical products end-to-end.
- Deep understanding of APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures (Kafka, Pub/Sub).
- Hands-on experience collaborating with engineers to design scalable backend systems.
- Strong analytical skills; adept at querying, interpreting metrics, and running experiments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to craft product narratives and influence senior stakeholders.
- Experience with NBA/NBO systems, AI decisioning, or real-time recommendation platforms (preferred).
- Familiarity with healthcare data models, privacy regulations, and CMS/HIPAA compliance (preferred).
- Exposure to GenAI and agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, OpenAI APIs, MCP) (preferred).
- Educational background in computer science, engineering, or related technical field (BS/MS preferred).
- MBA or equivalent experience in product strategy or enterprise platform management (preferred).
Benefits
- 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
product managementtechnical product managementdata-driven personalizationAPI contractsdata schemasintegration patternsA/B testinganalytical skillsscalable backend systemsevent-driven architectures
Soft skills
communication skillscollaborationmentoringanalytical thinkinginfluencing stakeholdersstrategic thinkingleadershipproblem-solvingresults-orientedadaptability
Certifications
BS in Computer ScienceMS in EngineeringMBA