Associate Director - Technical Data Product Owner
Eli Lilly and Company
Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Technical Data Product Owner to lead the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of the LillyDirect Pharmacy Covered Entity Data Hub. This role serves as the bridge between business collaborators, data engineering teams, enterprise technology organizations, external data partners, and compliance functions to ensure secure, scalable, and compliant delivery of pharmacy and healthcare data assets.
Job description
Key Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Roadmap
- Own and lead the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the LillyDirect Pharmacy Covered Entity Data Hub.
- Partner with business stakeholders to translate business goals into actionable product capabilities and technical requirements.
- Define quarterly and annual roadmaps aligned with business priorities, regulatory requirements, and enterprise data strategy.
- Prioritize initiatives, features, and technical debt using a value-driven approach.
Agile Product Ownership
- Maintain and prioritize the product backlog within Jira.
- Create and refine epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and release planning activities.
- Ensure product delivery aligns with business requirements, quality standards, and timelines.
- Run challenging priorities across multiple collaborator groups.
Data Engineering & Technical Delivery Leadership
- Work closely with Data Engineers, Solution Architects, Platform Engineers, and Enterprise Technology teams to design and deliver scalable data solutions.
- Coordinate onboarding of new pharmacy, telehealth, dispensing, prescribing, and covered entity data sources.
- Support the development of data ingestion, transformation, quality, and observability capabilities.
- Facilitate technical design discussions and guide prioritization of engineering work.
- Understand modern cloud-based data architectures and data integration patterns.
Stakeholder Management
- Serve as the main liaison between business stakeholders, data engineering teams, enterprise data platforms, legal/privacy/security teams, vendor and third-party data partners, and analytics and reporting teams.
- Lead requirements gathering workshops and drive consensus across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Communicate roadmap progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery status to leadership teams.
Data Governance, Privacy & Compliance
- Ensure all product capabilities align with HIPAA, privacy, security, and regulatory requirements.
- Partner with Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Compliance teams throughout the product lifecycle.
- Support Data Transfer Agreements (DTAs), data-sharing reviews, and data governance processes.
- Understand tokenized healthcare data, de-identification approaches, and secure data exchange practices.
- Drive implementation of data quality, auditability, and governance controls.
Data Quality & Operational Excellence
- Define and monitor key product success metrics.
- Collaborate with teams to establish data quality standards and controls.
- Drive issue prioritization and resolution for production data pipelines.
- Support incident management and operational readiness activities.
- Champion observability, monitoring, and reliability initiatives across the product ecosystem.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Analytics, Healthcare Informatics, or related field
- 5+ years of Product Owner, Technical Product Manager, Data Product Manager, or Business Systems Analyst experience
- 3+ years working with enterprise data platforms, data integration, analytics, or cloud-based data ecosystems
- Experience managing Agile software delivery teams using Jira and Scrum methodologies
- Experience defining product roadmaps and managing cross-functional delivery programs
- Experience working in regulated healthcare or pharmaceutical environments
Benefits
- 401(k) Matching
- Pension
- Vacation Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Prescription Drug Benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Death Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Fitness Benefits
- Company Bonus
Company overview
Eli Lilly and Company, commonly known as Lilly, is a leading American multinational pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1876 by Colonel Eli Lilly, the company has grown into one of the world's most valuable pharmaceutical enterprises, with operations in approximately 125 countries. Lilly specializes in developing and manufacturing innovative medicines across multiple therapeutic areas, including diabetes, oncology, neuroscience, immunology, and cardiometabolic diseases. The company is renowned for its groundbreaking work in insulin production, having been the first to mass-produce insulin and later developing the first commercially available insulin product in the U.S. Lilly's current portfolio includes blockbuster medications such as Mounjaro and Zepbound (tirzepatide) for diabetes and obesity, Trulicity (dulaglutide) for type 2 diabetes, Verzenio (abemaciclib) for breast cancer, and Taltz (ixekizumab) for autoimmune conditions. With approximately 47,000 employees worldwide, Lilly maintains a strong commitment to research and development, investing heavily in scientific innovation to address some of the world's most significant health challenges. The company operates with a mission to make life better for people around the world through the discovery and delivery of innovative medicines.