Senior Product Manager, ML Platform

Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare. Guided by our mission to make the world’s health data secure, accessible and actionable, we provide critical data solutions for organizations across the healthcare ecosystem - including providers, health plans, researchers, and life sciences companies. From fulfilling a single patient’s request for their medical records to powering the AI revolution in healthcare, Datavanters are building the future of how data is connected and used to improve health. 

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.

About the Team

The Platform Product team at Datavant is responsible for partnering with the Core Technology / Platform Engineer teams to build the technical foundations that accelerate our Product Engineering teams. We obsess about creating leverage for our developers and product development process; and achieve this by having a unique combination of: technical expertise, domain experience, and product-oriented thinking.

About the Role

You will be the dedicated product partner for the ML Platform & Data Science teams and their initiatives across Datavant. The Data Science team's vision is to transform Datavant into an AI-first company by seamlessly integrating AI into our existing products, driving new solutions, and owning AI/ML technology assets end-to-end. Data Scientists are embedded within cross-functional teams, partnering with Engineering, Product Managers across business units, and other stakeholders to identify opportunities and deliver measurable value.

• Drive adoption and impact: Work closely with Data Science, Engineering, and Product teams across the organization to advance cross product vertical AI/ML shared capabilities, drive adoption, and ensure value realization. Evangelize data science wins and capabilities, remove roadblocks, and articulate the impact of DS initiatives.
• Be customer-focused: Obsess about identifying and solving high-value problems for internal stakeholders (Engineering, Product, Business Units) and external partners through the thoughtful application of data science. Collaborate closely with Data Science and Engineering teams to define, develop, and ship impactful models, features, and platforms that drive measurable business outcomes.
• Provide clarity: Navigate the inherent ambiguity in applying AI/ML by providing clear direction on product strategy, initiative prioritization, and build vs. buy decisions within your scope. Collaborate with technical leads to make informed trade-offs, backed by sound reasoning and analysis.
• Define product requirements: Work closely with customers, Data Scientists, and Engineers to translate complex business needs and data science possibilities into clear, concise, and motivating requirements. Foster a deep understanding of the underlying data, models, systems, and user workflows to guide the iterative development of robust and scalable solutions.
• Be a leader: Lead by example, fostering a collaborative environment between Product, Data Science, and Engineering. Champion the strategic importance of data science and AI throughout the organization & identification of opportunities for shared capabilities.
• Operate like an owner: Take ownership of the success of data science products and platforms, from ideation through development, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance. Embrace a "no job is too small" attitude to ensure the success of your products, the Data Science team, and Datavant.

About You

• You have 5+ years in a product management, product strategy, or engineering ideally working in a healthcare (or a similar industry) where security / compliance play a major role in how things get designed & developed
• You are technical. When needed, you aren't afraid to dive into the code to better understand what is going on. While you may not be evaluating the algorithms, we might find you deep in a notebook analyzing data, helping with EDA or finding the next opportunity for the team. 
• You’ve navigated advancing shared capabilities/ services / owned a platform in your previous roles.
• You are highly organized and have strong project management skills: others are confident in a project’s outcome when they know you’re owning it. 
• You have high bandwidth and high productivity: others wonder where you find time to do all you do. Your secret is that you are quick to understand, formulate and respond.
• You write exceptional documents, presentations, diagrams, and mockups. Your documentation leads to discussions about the content, not about what is intended.
• You are a great communicator and have the confidence to lead planning meetings with anyone or any group within the company. You have the ability to explain strategies, rationales and products in terms that each audience can understand.
• You work hard. You are at your best working at full speed, and you love what you do.
• You are motivated by getting stuff done. You are wired to both set the big vision and to make continual steps towards that vision. Neither vision setting nor execution is satisfactory by itself to you - you want both.
• You are a team player. You always put yourself in other’s positions and understand their motivations, needs, perspectives and potential points of confusion.
• You are proactive. You define how the product should evolve and bias to action.

We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

At Datavant our total rewards strategy powers a high-growth, high-performance, health technology company that rewards our employees for transforming health care through creating industry-defining data logistics products and services.

The range posted is for a given job title, which can include multiple levels. Individual rates for the same job title may differ based on their level, responsibilities, skills, and experience for a specific job.

The estimated total cash compensation range for this role is:

$170,000—$200,000 USD

To ensure the safety of patients and staff, many of our clients require post-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc. Any requests to be exempted from these requirements will be reviewed by Datavant Human Resources and determined on a case-by-case basis. Depending on the state in which you will be working, exemptions may be available on the basis of disability, medical contraindications to the vaccine or any of its components, pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions, and/or religion.

This job is not eligible for employment sponsorship.

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