Strategic Technical Product Lead - IT & Architecture

Humana; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 126,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana is seeking an IT Technical Product Lead in Washington, DC to steer strategy, development, and delivery of technology solutions aligned with business objectives. You will bridge business, solution architecture, and development teams, translating requirements into scalable products and roadmaps.

The role combines strong technical expertise with product leadership to manage roadmaps, prioritization, and cross-functional collaboration, drawing on a background in development or architecture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 2+ years of experience in Product Management, Technical Product Management, IT Leadership, Lead Development, Solution/Application architecture or related roles.
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, systems integration, APIs, cloud platforms, databases, ELT and software development lifecycles.
• Experience working with Agile, Scrum, or SAFe methodologies.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong understanding of Snowflake, Databricks, RDBMS, SQL, Python.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for assigned IT products and platforms.
• Collaborate with business leaders, users, architects, developers, and infrastructure teams to gather and prioritize requirements.
• Lead product lifecycle activities from ideation and planning through implementation and ongoing optimization.
• Translate business needs into detailed technical requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure solutions meet security, scalability, performance, and compliance requirements.
• Manage product backlogs and prioritize initiatives based on business value, risk, and technical dependencies.
• Drive implementation and rollout of new applications
• Serve as the escalation point for product-related issues and incidents, coordinating with business and development.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and release coordination where applicable.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders and provide regular updates on product progress and outcomes.
• Identify opportunities for automation, process improvements, and technology modernization.
• Support vendor evaluations, technology assessments, and implementation projects.

Skills

Product Management

IT Leadership

Architectural thinking

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder communication

APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

Humana is seeking an IT Technical Product Lead in Washington, DC to steer strategy, development, and delivery of technology solutions aligned with business objectives. You will bridge business, solution architecture, and development teams, translating requirements into scalable products and roadmaps.

The role combines strong technical expertise with product leadership to manage roadmaps, prioritization, and cross-functional collaboration, drawing on a background in development or architecture.