Senior Payer Product Strategy Lead (Remote)

Milliman; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 135,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Flexible work environment

Competitive compensation

Paid time off

401(k) with matching

Job summary

Milliman MedInsight is seeking a Senior Product Strategy Manager to lead strategy and commercialization for the payer portfolio. Translate market intelligence, client insights, and business objectives into differentiated products and 12–24 month roadmaps, partnering with TPMs, GMs, and cross‑functional leaders to drive growth.

As a senior product strategist, define strategic direction, evaluate market opportunities, and support annual planning for new capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Healthcare, Technology, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 5–8+ years of experience in product strategy, product management, healthcare consulting, or commercial strategy within healthcare technology, SaaS, or analytics serving payer organizations.
• Strong understanding of product strategy, commercialization, product development lifecycles, and portfolio planning.
• Deep knowledge of payer operations, healthcare data, claims analytics, and health plan workflows, with the ability to translate market needs into product strategy and roadmaps.
• Experience evaluating market opportunities, developing business cases, and prioritizing product investments using commercial and financial analysis (e.g., TAM/SAM/SOM).
• Experience launching and commercializing enterprise SaaS or healthcare analytics solutions for payer organizations is preferred.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with experience using BI/tools to evaluate market opportunities and inform strategy. SQL is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Leading client discovery, competitive analysis, and market research to identify emerging opportunities and inform product strategy.
• Defining and owning product strategy for payer offerings by translating market intelligence, client feedback, and business objectives into actionable 12–24 month product roadmaps.
• Partnering with General Managers and Product Leadership to evaluate market opportunities, establish strategic priorities, and support annual business planning for new products and capabilities.
• Partnering with Sales, Client Success, and Marketing to validate market opportunities, accelerate adoption, and maximize commercial performance throughout the product lifecycle.
• Prioritizing product investments by evaluating market demand, competitive differentiation, commercial potential, and build-versus-partner opportunities to maximize customer value.
• Leading market validation, product definition, business case development, and requirements to enable successful execution by TPMs and Engineering teams.
• Identifying opportunities to incorporate AI-enabled capabilities, automation, and decision-support solutions that improve value, UX, scalability, and efficiency.
• Serving as the payer product subject matter expert, supporting product development, solution validation, and client engagements.
• Leading commercialization efforts by partnering with Marketing, Sales, Finance, and GMs to develop positioning, pricing, packaging, and go‑to‑market plans.
• Measuring product performance through market adoption, client feedback, and post-launch analytics to refine strategy.
• Collaborating across functions to align stakeholders and drive execution of initiatives.
• Partnering with Client Services to define scalable service and operating models.

Skills

Payer expertise

Strategic thinking

Market research

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

SQL (plus)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Healthcare/Technology

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

BI tools

Analytics platforms

Job description

Milliman MedInsight is seeking a Senior Product Strategy Manager to lead strategy and commercialization for the payer portfolio. Translate market intelligence, client insights, and business objectives into differentiated products and 12–24 month roadmaps, partnering with TPMs, GMs, and cross‑functional leaders to drive growth.

As a senior product strategist, define strategic direction, evaluate market opportunities, and support annual planning for new capabilities.