Director Technical Product Management - Data Platform

Alignment Health is breaking the mold in conventional health care, committed to serving seniors and those who need it most: the chronically ill and frail. It takes an entire team of passionate and caring people, united in our mission to put the senior first. We have built a team of talented and experienced people who are passionate about transforming the lives of the seniors we serve. In this fast-growing company, you will find ample room for growth and innovation alongside the Alignment Health community. Working at Alignment Health provides an opportunity to do work that really matters, not only changing lives but saving them. Together.

The Director, Technical Product Management – Data Platform is a seasoned data and product leader accountable for the strategy, roadmap, delivery, and ongoing evolution of the enterprise healthcare data platform within the Medicare Advantage technology ecosystem. This platform ingests, curates, governs, and provisions the claims, encounter, clinical, eligibility, provider, pharmacy, laboratory, and supplemental data that power Stars and quality, risk adjustment, clinical operations, utilization management, member experience, finance, and AI/ML use cases.
The ideal leader brings a deep data background and hands-on experience with healthcare data, combining technical credibility across data architecture, engineering, and governance with the product discipline to turn business priorities into measurable platform outcomes. The Director leads a team of Technical Product Managers, partners with Engineering, Architecture, Data Science, Compliance, and business operations, and is accountable for data completeness, timeliness, accuracy, and trusted data provisioning across the enterprise.

Job Duties / Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the product roadmap for an assigned domain.
• Lead product discovery, requirements, and delivery.
• Develop and manage a team of Technical Product Managers.
• Represent the product voice in cross-functional delivery teams.
• Define and track success metrics for the product domain.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and product quality within the domain.
• Identify and advance AI and automation opportunities.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervisory Requirements: Fulfill supervisory responsibilities in accordance with organization policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Job Requirements

Experience

Required:

• 8+ years of progressive experience in technical product management, with at least 2–3 years managing product initiatives of meaningful scope and complexity.

• 3+ years of experience in healthcare — specifically in health plans, payer systems, integrated care delivery, or health technology.

• Demonstrated track record of delivering compliant, high-quality products in a regulated environment, with familiarity with Medicare Advantage operations, CMS guidelines, or payer workflows.

• Proven ability to independently lead product discovery, prioritization, and delivery within a cross-functional team structure.

• Experience managing or mentoring product managers, with a track record of building product skills and team capability.

Preferred:

• Experience with modern cloud data platforms and tooling (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, Azure or AWS data services, Unity Catalog or equivalent governance tools).

• Experience with business case development, capital planning, and vendor management.

• Background at a health plan, payer-focused health technology company, or integrated care delivery organization.

Education

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.

Preferred:

• MBA, MS, or advanced degree with a technology or healthcare management focus.

Training

Required:

• Formal training or demonstrated proficiency in Agile/Scrum product development methodologies.

• Practical experience with product lifecycle management frameworks (e.g., SAFe, Kanban, OKR-based planning).

• Equivalent hands-on experience in lieu of formal certification may be considered.

Preferred:

• Formal product management methodology training (e.g., Pragmatic Institute, Product School, or equivalent).

• Exposure to process improvement approaches (e.g., Lean or value stream mapping) as applied to healthcare workflows.

Skills & Competencies

Technical / Role-Specific Skills

• Data Platform Product Strategy & Roadmap — Builds and socializes multi-year platform roadmaps that balance business priorities, technical constraints, and delivery timelines.

• Data Architecture & Engineering Depth — Understands data modeling, ETL/ELT and streaming pipelines, lakehouse and warehouse architectures, APIs, and cloud platforms well enough to guide architecture decisions with engineering.

• Data Quality, Governance & Metadata — Defines and enforces standards for completeness, timeliness, accuracy, lineage, cataloging, and access control.

• Health Technology Standards & Interoperability — Working command of HL7, FHIR, X12, CCD/CCDA, and related standards as applied to integration and ingestion requirements.

• Medicare Advantage & Regulatory Knowledge — Applies knowledge of CMS requirements, HIPAA, risk adjustment, Stars and quality programs, and encounter data submission to platform decisions.

• Agile / Scrum Delivery Methodologies — Leads teams through planning, backlog management, and iterative delivery across multiple release trains.

• Data-Driven Decision Making — Defines KPIs and data SLAs, monitors performance through analytics, and uses results to guide prioritization and report outcomes.

• AI/ML Enablement — Understands data requirements for AI/ML and automation and can scope and communicate data-enabled product capabilities to data science and engineering partners.

• Leadership & Stakeholder Communication — Leads through ambiguity, influences without authority, builds high-performing teams, and communicates strategy and trade-offs clearly to executive audiences.

Licensure

Required: None

Preferred:

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Manager (POPM), or Pragmatic Institute Certification (PMC).

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent, if applicable to the organizational delivery model.

Essential Physical Functions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, sit, use hand to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.

The employee frequently lifts and/or moves up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Pay Range: $172,364.00 - $258,547.00

Pay range may be based on a number of factors including market location, education, responsibilities, experience, etc.

Alignment Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.