Product Owner -Digital Applications & Integration Platform

Horizontal Talent; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking an experienced Product Manager to shape custom web applications and enterprise integration capabilities. You will translate business needs into actionable user stories, collaborate with UX, engineering, and architecture, and guide delivery across front-end and back-end teams.

The role requires 5+ years in product management or related fields, with strong emphasis on backlog management, requirements definition, and stakeholder collaboration in a fast-paced, regulated

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in product management, product ownership, software product delivery, or enterprise application development.
• Experience supporting custom web applications or digital products.
• Strong ability to translate business and customer needs into technical and functional requirements.
• Experience defining user journeys, workflows, business rules, and system interactions.
• Working knowledge of APIs, integrations, and technically complex workflows.
• Experience creating and maintaining product backlogs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Ability to work effectively with engineering, architecture, UX, operations, and business stakeholders.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance customer experience, business goals, technical feasibility, and delivery constraints.
• Comfort working across multiple products or workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in a regulated environment such as healthcare, insurance, life sciences, HR technology, or financial services.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the backlog for digital applications and related platform capabilities.
• Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, workflows, and business rules.
• Partner with UX, Engineering, and Architecture to refine product functionality and delivery approach.
• Work closely with front-end and back-end teams to clarify requirements and resolve questions during development.
• Define requirements for APIs, integration services, event-driven workflows, and downstream processing.
• Collaborate across teams to understand how data moves through systems, including validation, transformation, and consumption.
• Document key dependencies, exception paths, security considerations, privacy needs, traceability, and compliance expectations.
• Support product strategy by turning roadmap goals into actionable delivery plans and prioritized work.
• Lead backlog refinement and participate in sprint planning, demos, acceptance, and release readiness activities.
• Make timely product decisions when technical constraints or competing priorities arise.
• Evaluate completed work against acceptance criteria and intended business outcomes.
• Manage scope, sequencing, and cross-team dependencies across multiple workstreams.
• Build strong relationships with product, engineering, operations, and business partners to support effective delivery.

Skills

Product management

Backlog ownership

Stakeholder management

Requirements translation

User journeys

API integrations

Scrum / Agile

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Confluence

CI/CD

DevOps

Workday

Job description

Join a dynamic digital product team in a role where you’ll help shape custom web applications and enterprise integration capabilities that support critical business workflows. This position offers the opportunity to partner closely with engineering, architecture, UX, and business stakeholders to turn product vision into clear priorities, practical solutions, and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the backlog for digital applications and related platform capabilities.
• Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, workflows, and business rules.
• Partner with UX, Engineering, and Architecture to refine product functionality and delivery approach.
• Work closely with front-end and back-end teams to clarify requirements and resolve questions during development.
• Define requirements for APIs, integration services, event-driven workflows, and downstream processing.
• Collaborate across teams to understand how data moves through systems, including validation, transformation, and consumption.
• Document key dependencies, exception paths, security considerations, privacy needs, traceability, and compliance expectations.
• Support product strategy by turning roadmap goals into actionable delivery plans and prioritized work.
• Lead backlog refinement and participate in sprint planning, demos, acceptance, and release readiness activities.
• Make timely product decisions when technical constraints or competing priorities arise.
• Evaluate completed work against acceptance criteria and intended business outcomes.
• Manage scope, sequencing, and cross-team dependencies across multiple workstreams.
• Build strong relationships with product, engineering, operations, and business partners to support effective delivery.

Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in product management, product ownership, software product delivery, or enterprise application development.
• Experience supporting custom web applications or digital products.
• Strong ability to translate business and customer needs into technical and functional requirements.
• Experience defining user journeys, workflows, business rules, and system interactions.
• Working knowledge of APIs, integrations, and technically complex workflows.
• Experience creating and maintaining product backlogs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Ability to work effectively with engineering, architecture, UX, operations, and business stakeholders.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance customer experience, business goals, technical feasibility, and delivery constraints.
• Comfort working across multiple products or workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in a regulated environment such as healthcare, insurance, life sciences, HR technology, or financial services.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with enterprise integration or data platforms.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and API-enabled applications.
• Exposure to event-driven architecture or streaming technologies.
• Experience with HRIS platforms such as Workday, ADP, Alight, or similar systems.
• Understanding of data lineage and how information flows through source systems, integrations, and downstream consumers.
• Experience with cloud-based application environments.
• Familiarity with insurance-related platforms.
• Knowledge of disability, life, absence, employee benefits, or related insurance products.
• Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.

Horizontal Talent is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are valued and respected. We believe equity and inclusion strengthen teams, improve collaboration, and help deliver better outcomes for clients and candidates alike.