Associate Product Manager

HCA Healthcare, through its ITG Accelerated Technologies group, is hiring an Associate Product Manager to guide products from early ideas through launch and ongoing support. This cross-functional position blends customer understanding, data-driven decision-making, and agile delivery to create solutions that support care delivery and improve patient outcomes.

What you’ll do

• Own product vision, strategy, and agile planning, including monthly release planning and quarterly planning.
• Define and track metrics and KPIs, including north star, driver, supporting, and diagnostic metrics, to continuously assess the value of IT investment in platform-based solutions.
• Set annual and/or quarterly OKRs to establish measurable objectives and track outcomes using established metrics and KPIs.
• Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle from discovery through delivery and ongoing support, ensuring alignment with business goals and clarity across key stakeholders and the product squad.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners such as analysts, engineers, and dependent product teams, along with business stakeholders, to design and deliver high-value solutions.
• Use an incremental delivery approach, such as proof of concept and minimum valuable product, to test hypotheses and maximize outcomes over output.
• Facilitate agile scrum practices and contribute to ceremonies across dependent product teams.
• Apply user-centered design methods, including UX research, design sprints, story mapping, and prototyping.
• Prioritize features and enhancements using data-driven insights and stakeholder input, balancing near-term needs with the longer-term roadmap.
• Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, users, and other product teams.
• Track market and industry trends in healthcare and technology, including artificial intelligence and data science, to inform strategy and innovation.
• Monitor roadmaps of key business and technical enabling teams to ensure relevant considerations are reflected in product strategy.
• Support compliance with security, privacy, and responsible AI policies, standards, and procedures as applicable throughout the product lifecycle.
• Communicate risks, blockers, and roadmap status proactively, and recommend mitigation strategies as needed.
• Maintain visibility into current priorities and future plans, including roadmaps and backlogs.
• Measure and communicate value delivery, KPI performance, and OKR achievement to key stakeholders.
• Advocate for scalable, secure, and efficient solutions that reduce insurance denials and improve patient care coordination.
• Perform other duties as assigned and practice the “Code of Conduct” philosophy and “Mission and Value Statement.”

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3 or more years of experience in product management, business analysis, product analysis, engineering, architecture, project management, consulting, or a related field required.
• Demonstrate an uncompromising commitment to delivering exceptional care to create an unmatched value proposition for patients.
• Honor the mission and values by building trust and acting with authenticity to support integrity, inclusion, and mutual respect.
• Make timely, informed decisions that serve the best interests of patients, employees, providers, community, and HCA.
• Develop and strengthen strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead and develop others through coaching and mentoring to increase team capability and engagement.
• Communicate with impact using clear, concise, and compelling messaging.
• Achieve success through change by identifying opportunities, removing barriers, and enabling desired behaviors.
• Drive execution and financial results by challenging others and holding teams accountable for achieving results.

Technologies you may work with

• GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini Code Assist, ChatGPT
• CI/CD, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), APIs
• Microservices, Kubernetes
• Artificial intelligence, data science

Education & experience (preferred)

• 1 to 2 years of people management or product team leadership.
• Experience with AI-powered development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini Code Assist, ChatGPT, or similar technologies.
• Knowledge of modern software development practices, including CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps, IaC, APIs, microservices, and containerization technologies like Kubernetes.
• Understanding of enterprise AI governance and security considerations, including responsible AI adoption and data protection.
• Agile Certification preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs such as paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support including tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Location: Nashville, TN (onsite). Experience: 3+ years required. Education: Bachelor’s degree required.