Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The UW School of Medicine and Public Health is seeking a Product Manager for the Wisconsin Health Data Hub, a federally funded initiative focused on developing a secure data platform for biomedical research and real-world data analytics. The Product Manager will guide product development, translating stakeholder needs into product strategies and ensuring cross-functional collaboration to deliver impactful solutions.
Responsibilities
- Define product vision, strategy, and roadmap for WHDH platform capabilities, data products, and digital services
- Translate institutional priorities, stakeholder requirements, and market opportunities into actionable product plans
- Identify new product opportunities that expand WHDH’s value proposition to research, healthcare, and industry partners
- Maintain and communicate product priorities, timelines, dependencies, and success metrics
- Develop and manage product backlogs, requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for technical teams
- Partner with other team members to deliver product features on schedule and within scope
- Coordinate product launches, release planning, change readiness, and user adoption activities
- Balance competing priorities across technical debt, new features, compliance needs, and stakeholder requests
- Gather requirements through interviews, workshops, surveys, and ongoing engagement with stakeholders
- Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams
- Present product updates, roadmap decisions, and progress reports to leadership, sponsors, and advisory groups
- Build strong relationships with external collaborators to identify partnership and commercialization opportunities
- Define KPIs and monitor adoption, satisfaction, operational performance, and business impact of WHDH products
- Use analytics and user feedback to improve usability, workflows, and feature prioritization
- Conduct competitive and market analysis to inform product direction and positioning
- Drive continuous improvement processes that enhance speed, quality, and customer value delivery
- Trains, serves as a resource, and provides guidance to other IT business analysts on non-routine problems, processes, and policies
- Formulates and defines systems scope and objectives through research and fact-finding combined with an understanding of applicable business systems and industry requirements
- Works on tasks including project or functional requirements, functional design, functional configuration, testing, and documentation
- May work with external vendors or service providers
- Performs analyses and prepares reports to ensure that programs meet or exceed schedule commitments
- Assists senior staff in developing strategic approaches to problem-solving and anticipating issues
- Participates in requirements planning and feasibility determination
- Devises or modifies complex information systems including analysis of business and user needs, documenting requirements, and revising existing system logic difficulties as necessary
- May lead cross-functional project teams and may manage portions of the project life cycle. May function in project capacities including requirements gathering, functional design, functional configuration, testing, and documentation
Skills
- 7 Years of professional experience in product management, product development, or solution delivery
- Demonstrated ability to engage cross-functional teams and manage complex technical initiatives
- Experience translating user needs into requirements, roadmaps, and delivered solutions
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills
- Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or other product delivery methodologies
- Experience managing data platforms, SaaS products, healthcare technology, or analytics solutions
- Familiarity with healthcare or biomedical research environments and data standards such as HL7 or OMOP
- Experience working with cloud-based technology products and AI-enabled solutions
- Knowledge of product analytics, user experience design, and go-to-market planning
- Experience in federally funded, academic, or public-sector initiatives
- Certifications such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), PMP, or Pragmatic Product Management
Benefits
- Generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave
- Competitive insurances and savings accounts
- Retirement benefits
Company Overview
UW School of Medicine and Public Health offers graduate programs, health professions programs, and innovative research. It is a sub-organization of University of Wisconsin-Madison. It was founded in 1907, and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://www.med.wisc.edu.