Technical Product Owner

Labcorp; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)

PTO/FTO

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Labcorp is seeking a Technical Product Owner in Durham, NC to guide AI-enabled product development across diverse teams. You will bridge traditional software delivery with AI-driven lifecycles, coordinating with clinicians, data scientists, engineers, and QA to deliver enhanced clinical reporting and decision support.

You will lead discovery, experimentation, and delivery, promoting Agile practices while adapting to AI-enabled processes.

Qualifications

• Experience leading cross-functional IT delivery teams in SDLC environments.
• Experience with AI-enabled development lifecycles (AI-DLC) preferred.
• Proven ability to manage delivery using agile frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional development teams in a hybrid SDLC/AI-DLC delivery model.
• Facilitate meetings and decision-making across all product lifecycle phases.
• Coordinate release and solution management with Project Managers.
• Communicate progress, risks and mitigation plans to leadership.
• Oversee Agile ceremonies and artifacts for AI-driven workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering and data science on AI-driven requirements.
• Ensure product documentation supports AI-enabled development and traceability.
• Promote Agile and emerging AI practices across teams.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Agile methodologies

Jira

Azure DevOps

Facilitation

AI-DLC concepts

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate degree

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Labcorp is a global leader in laboratory services, providing the insights and answers that help healthcare providers, patients, researchers, pharmaceutical companies and health systems make confident decisions and improve outcomes. Through our unparalleled science, data, technology and laboratory network, we advance diagnostics, accelerate innovation and help address some of the world’s most important health challenges. As we shape the future of healthcare, we are leveraging advanced technologies, intelligent digital solutions and data-driven innovation across our operations to enhance how work gets done and deliver greater value to customers and patients. With our global scale and deep expertise, you’ll have the opportunity to do meaningful work, grow your career and make a real impact on people’s health around the world. Together, we’re improving health and improving lives.
Labcorp is seeking a Technical Product Owner to join our team in Durham, NC.
Location: Durham, NC.
Applicants who live within 35 miles of Durham, NC location will follow a hybrid schedule. This schedule includes a minimum of three in office days per week supporting both collaboration and flexibility.
Work Schedule: This is a full‑time, exempt (salaried) position assigned to a First Shift schedule, with standard business hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST.
Business needs may occasionally require flexibility in work hours, including earlier, later, or additional hours, with reasonable notice provided when possible.
Work Authorization: This position requires permanent authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future. Sponsorship (including H-1B, OPT/CPT, EAD, or other temporary work authorization) is not available.
Job Responsibilities

• Lead one or more cross-functional development teams operating within a hybrid SDLC / AI-DLC delivery model.
• Facilitate meetings and decision-making throughout all phases of the product lifecycle, including discovery, experimentation, model iteration, and delivery.
• Help guide the team's transition from a standard SDLC approach to AI-DLC practices, including iterative discovery and continuous learning cycles.
• Coordinate release and solution management activities with Project Managers.
• Communicate project progress, risks, and mitigation plans to team members and leadership.
• Coordinate and oversee Agile ceremonies and artifacts, evolving them as needed to support AI-driven development workflows.
• Engage in product design and analysis of technical and AI-driven requirements, including collaboration with engineering and data science teams.
• Oversee product documentation and ensure artifacts are structured and maintained to support AI-enabled development and traceability.
• Promote modern development practices, including Agile principles and emerging AI-DLC approaches.
• Collaborate with management, business users, developers, quality assurance teams, and data scientists.
• Conduct complex impact analysis across systems, data, and workflows.
• Contribute innovative and creative approaches to applying AI to improve product delivery and business outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma with 9 or more years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting information technology product or project development teams; or Associate degree with 7 or more years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting information technology product or project development teams; or Bachelor's degree.
• 5 or more years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting information technology product or project development teams.
• 3 or more years of experience working within software development lifecycle (SDLC) frameworks, including Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, or similar frameworks.
• 3 or more years of experience managing delivery activities utilizing Jira, Azure DevOps (TFS), or equivalent tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree with 3 or more years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting information technology product or project development teams.
• 1 or more years experience with AI-enabled development lifecycle (AI-DLC) concepts.
• 1 or more years experience adapting delivery tools and processes to support evolving delivery models, including AI-DLC.
• 1 or more years experience working in environments transitioning from traditional SDLC methodologies to emerging AI-enabled delivery models.

Additional Job Standards
Product Ownership & Delivery

• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings across multiple levels of an organization.
• Understanding of facilitation techniques.
• Ability to lead product discovery, experimentation, iterative learning, and delivery activities.
• Ability to support both traditional SDLC and emerging AI-DLC delivery models.

Agile & Process Leadership

• Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles while adapting practices to new delivery models.
• Ability to coordinate Agile ceremonies, manage delivery artifacts, and support evolving development practices.
• Ability to guide teams through organizational and process changes.

Communication & Collaboration

• Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with clinicians, medical experts, laboratorians, customers, developers, QA engineers, management, and data scientists.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Innovation & Continuous Learning

• Passionate user and learner of enterprise software solutions used to manage, organize, and improve operational processes.
• Interest in emerging technologies, AI-enabled development, and continuous process improvement.
• Ability to apply innovative and creative thinking to complex business and technology challenges.

About The Role
Corporate IT is seeking an experienced Technical Product Owner to support the next generation of AI-enabled product development and enterprise AI platforms. This role is designed for Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Scrum leaders who can bridge traditional software delivery practices with emerging AI-driven development lifecycles, data science workflows, and generative AI capabilities.
The Technical Product Owner will guide development teams while contributing to enterprise standards for AI-enabled product delivery and AI-driven development lifecycle practices. The role partners closely with clinicians, medical experts, laboratorians, customers, developers, QA engineers, and data science teams to deliver enhanced clinical reporting capabilities, including patient-specific interpretations that support personalized healthcare and improved clinical decision-making. The position requires collaboration across complex business and technical environments to deliver scalable, repeatable solutions that support Labcorp's mission of helping people live longer and healthier lives.
Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours, Casual, Intern, and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan. Employees who are regularly scheduled to work a 7 on/7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO. For more detailed information, pleaseclick here.
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