Jobs at Healthfirst

The Claims Program – Data Manager / Product Owner is responsible for the delivery of Healthfirst’s data platforms and solutions by leading day-to-day execution for a defined set of data applications, products, pipelines, or platform capabilities. This role partners with product owners, architects, governance, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into high-quality, secure, and scalable data assets and solutions that enable analytics, regulatory reporting, and business operations.

This role leads Two Agile delivery teams (analysts, developers, testers, and/or scrum master support), ensuring reliable delivery, strong operational discipline, and continuous improvement across planning, build, testing, release, and production support.

• Lead delivery execution for assigned data capabilities, ensuring alignment to priorities, timelines, and quality expectations set by product and platform leadership.
• Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary team (onshore/nearshore/offshore as applicable), fostering collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with IT, architecture, and governance to implement scalable, secure, and compliant data solutions leveraging AWS services (e.g., S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, Athena).
• Translate business requirements into actionable features and user stories; support backlog readiness through refinement, estimation, dependency tracking, and acceptance criteria.
• Support stakeholder communication by providing clear status, risks, tradeoffs, and delivery transparency; escalate issues and decisions when needed.
• Participate in incident triage and production support for assigned data assets, helping drive root cause analysis, corrective actions, and prevention measures.
• Promote modernization and standardization by adopting reusable patterns, metadata-driven approaches, and improved pipeline reliability (including transition away from legacy tools where applicable).
• Champion data quality practices (validation, monitoring, lineage awareness, and documentation) to support regulatory reporting and analytics confidence.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, systems analysis, BI/data platforms, or technical delivery roles supporting large-scale data environments.
• 2+ years of experience leading or coordinating Agile delivery (team lead, delivery lead, scrum/iteration leadership, or engineering management).
• Working knowledge of AWS data services (e.g., S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, Athena) and modern ETL/ELT concepts.
• Working knowledge of Data/BI applications such as Alteryx, Tableau, and SQL tools.
• Strong SQL and data troubleshooting skills with the ability to validate logic, investigate defects, and support data integrity.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across technical and business partners to clarify needs and deliver outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare insurance, provider, claims, or regulatory reporting data domains.
• Experience supporting cloud migration and data modernization initiatives (including decommissioning or reducing dependency on legacy ETL tools).
• Certifications such as CSM, PMP, or AWS (nice to have).