Senior Product Owner – Technical

The Senior Product Owner – Technical will lead the evolution of the EQE+ Platform and related Platform Quality Engineering initiatives by setting product priorities, managing the product backlog, and translating strategic objectives into actionable delivery plans. The role works closely with engineering, QA, architecture, DevOps, and business stakeholders to bring forward high-quality, AI-enabled platform capabilities.

Role Overview

As a technical product leader, you will own backlog strategy and execution for EQE+ Platform work, ensuring teams have clear requirements, strong readiness, and alignment across the software development lifecycle (SDLC). You will connect business goals to product features and acceptance criteria while partnering with technical groups on dependencies, risks, and integration considerations.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the product backlog for the EQE+ Platform and related Platform Quality Engineering initiatives, ensuring work is clearly defined, prioritized, and aligned with business and technology strategy.
• Create and manage product features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product backlog items.
• Partner with development teams to clarify requirements, answer questions, and confirm alignment on user stories.
• Collaborate with the Scrum Master and participate in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Coordinate with Product, Engineering, QA, and business stakeholders throughout the SDLC.
• Apply technical understanding of APIs, databases, UI frameworks, system integrations, and application architecture when shaping requirements and priorities.
• Use a working understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps processes, source control, build, testing, and deployment workflows.
• Support story prioritization, dependency management, and readiness so development teams receive clear and actionable requirements.
• Partner with technical teams to identify technical dependencies, risks, integration requirements, and implementation considerations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Technical Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar role supporting enterprise technology platforms.
• Experience managing product backlogs and delivering solutions within Agile frameworks such as Scrum or SAFe.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, platform engineering, DevOps, CI/CD, and quality engineering practices.
• Experience translating business requirements into epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with engineers, architects, business stakeholders, and executive leadership.
• Experience using backlog and project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, prioritization, and decision-making skills.

Technical Focus

This position involves working with EQE+ Platform capabilities and technologies including APIs, databases, UI frameworks, system integrations, and application architecture. It also includes engagement with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps processes, source control, build, testing, and deployment workflows.

• EQE+ Platform
• APIs, databases, UI frameworks, system integrations, application architecture
• CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, source control, build, testing, deployment workflows
• Jira, Azure DevOps
• Scrum, SAFe

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience supporting Quality Engineering, Test Automation, Developer Experience, or Platform Engineering organizations.
• Experience with AI-enabled solutions, Generative AI technologies, intelligent automation, and predictive analytics capabilities.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and engineering productivity tools.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave)
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life insurance

Compensation and Schedule

• Location: New York, NY (onsite)
• Scheduled weekly hours: 40
• Pay range: USD $124,800 to $171,600 per year

Additional Details

Humana provides competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan.