Principal Technical Product Owner

USA-MiniMed Distribution Corp. 1018; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits package

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

MiniMed is seeking a Principal Technical Product Owner to define and deliver the CareLink cloud platform roadmap. You will translate clinical and business needs into scalable, secure product capabilities and manage the backlog with cross-functional teams.

Join a mission-driven group across Product, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Data Science and Clinical stakeholders to ensure regulatory alignment and high-quality delivery, including AI and cloud-native opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of relevant experience OR Master's 5+ years OR PhD 3+ years.
• Experience with cloud-based platforms, data platforms and API ecosystems.
• Ability to communicate to non-technical audiences and coordinate cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the technical product roadmap for CareLink cloud capabilities.
• Translate needs into clear product requirements and prioritized backlogs.
• Define scalable cloud architectures, APIs, data platforms, integrations and platform capabilities.
• Lead decomposition into epics, features and user stories with cross-functional teams.
• Balance business value, security, quality, regulatory requirements and delivery timelines.

Skills

Strong organization acumen

Effective communication to non-techaud

Experience with APIs

JSON familiarity

YAML familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or scientific discipline

Master's degree in engineering or scientific discipline

PhD in engineering or scientific discipline

Tools

JSON

YAML

APIs

Data platforms

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 28 Oct 2026 At MiniMed, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world.

About the Role

The Principal Technical Product Owner is responsible for defining, prioritizing, and delivering the technology roadmap for CareLink, MiniMed's cloud-based diabetes data and digital health platform. This role sits at the intersection of product management, software engineering, cloud technology, data, and clinical needs to translate business and customer requirements into scalable, secure, and high-quality technology solutions.

The role partners closely with software architects, engineering, quality, cybersecurity, data science, UX, clinical, and business stakeholders to define product vision, technical capabilities, and delivery priorities. The Technical Product Owner owns the product backlog and works with cross-functional teams to decompose complex capabilities into actionable epics, features, and user stories while ensuring alignment with enterprise and medical-device software standards.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Own and drive the technical product roadmap for CareLink cloud capabilities.
• Translate customer, clinical, business, and technical needs into clear product requirements and prioritized backlogs.
• Partner with architects and engineering leaders to define scalable cloud architectures, APIs, data platforms, integrations, and platform capabilities.
• Lead product decomposition from high-level concepts into epics, features, and actionable user stories.
• Balance business value, technical feasibility, security, quality, regulatory requirements, and delivery timelines when prioritizing work.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across Product, Engineering, Architecture, Data Science, Quality, Cybersecurity, and Clinical teams.
• Define acceptance criteria and ensure delivered capabilities meet intended product outcomes and quality expectations.
• Identify opportunities to modernize and modularize CareLink capabilities while improving scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Support adoption of emerging technologies, including AI/GenAI, automation, cloud-native technologies, and data-driven capabilities.
• Establish effective Agile/JIRA processes and improve transparency across planning, execution, dependencies, and releases.
• Monitor product performance, technical health, risks, dependencies, and delivery progress and communicate status to leadership.
• Ensure technology decisions support the long-term evolution of CareLink as a secure, reliable, and scalable digital health platform.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires a bachelor's degree and minimum of 7 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR PhD with 3 years relevant experience.

Nice to Haves:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or Scientific discipline and 7+ years of technical engineering professional experience
• Master's degree in engineering or Scientific discipline and 5+ years of technical engineering professional experience
• Strong organization acumen with the ability to communicate effectively to non-technical audiences
• Deep expertise in software test methodologies, quality standards/metrics
• Experience with APIs and data platforms, familiarity with JSON and YAML data formats
• Experience in a regulated environment

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

MiniMed offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package

At MiniMed, we put people first. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values: We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every stage of your career and life.

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