Manager IT - API Management

highmarkhealth; United States; Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health is seeking a Lead, Data Engineering and Integration to drive technical delivery and team development in a healthcare setting. You will oversee Agile teams building data pipelines, exchanges, and reporting capabilities while setting engineering standards and aligning work with business partners.

The role requires strong leadership, cloud data experience, and proficiency across DevOps practices. Hybrid work setup and collaboration with onshore/offshore teams are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, MIS, CS or related field.
• Five years of leadership or mentoring experience.
• Five years planning, implementing, maintaining, and growing capabilities in a relevant discipline.
• Three years developing and presenting concepts to varied audiences.
• Strong people leadership, Agile delivery, stakeholder communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Experience with data engineering, cloud platforms, data integration, and modern DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor multiple Agile teams, supporting delivery across onshore and offshore contributors.
• Guide cloud data pipelines and lakehouse architectures using GCP, PySpark, Informatica, and SAS.
• Set expectations for development practices including version control, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.
• Coordinate with product, architecture, data, security, and business partners to clarify needs and priorities.
• Help teams address healthcare data challenges involving provider networks, directories, value-based reimbursement, and EHR exchanges.
• Improve Agile delivery, risk management, defect reduction, and operational efficiency; report progress to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Agile delivery

Data engineering

Cloud platforms

Data integration

DevOps practices

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology / MIS / CS

Tools

GCP

PySpark

Informatica

SAS

SQL

GitHub

YAML

Job description

Role overview

Lead technical delivery and team development for data engineering and integration work in a healthcare environment. You’ll oversee Agile teams building and operating data pipelines, exchanges, and reporting capabilities, while setting engineering standards and working with business and technical partners to prioritize work and resolve delivery challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor multiple Agile teams, supporting delivery across onshore and offshore contributors.
• Guide the design and operation of cloud data pipelines and lakehouse architectures using tools such as GCP, PySpark, Informatica, and SAS.
• Set expectations for development practices, including version control, CI/CD, configuration, and infrastructure as code.
• Coordinate with product, architecture, data, security, and business partners to clarify needs, prioritize features, and manage resources.
• Help teams address healthcare data challenges involving provider networks and directories, benefit tiers, value-based reimbursement, and electronic health record exchanges.
• Improve Agile delivery, risk management, defect reduction, and operational efficiency; communicate progress and issues to senior stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, management information systems, computer science, or a closely related field.
• Five years of leadership or mentoring experience.
• Five years planning, implementing, maintaining, and growing capabilities in a relevant discipline.
• Three years developing and presenting concepts to audiences with varied backgrounds.
• Strong people leadership, Agile delivery, stakeholder communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Experience with data engineering, cloud platforms, data integration, and modern DevOps practices is relevant to the role.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Experience managing data engineering, integration, or reporting delivery, including teams distributed across locations.
• Healthcare or health insurance experience, especially with provider networks, directories, value-based reimbursement, or clinical data exchange.
• Familiarity with GCP, PySpark, SQL, lakehouse architecture, GitHub, YAML, and infrastructure as code.

Benefits and work setup

The position is hybrid and office-based, with occasional travel; the stated travel range is 0–25%. Listed base pay is $118,400–$196,800, with actual pay dependent on qualifications, experience, and other factors.