Sr. Manager Digital Enterprise Product Owner

About the role

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company dedicated to extending lives and expanding possibilities for patients and care teams. With a rich history of innovation in kidney care spanning 70 years, we are now focusing on elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services. Our mission extends beyond kidney care, investing in transformative vital organ therapies.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain a well-structured, prioritized product backlog aligned to product strategy, PI objectives, and architectural constraints.
• Product Ownership focus for role enables Therapy Services and Intelligence platforms.
• Therapy Services provides continuous monitoring and support for patients on treatment using data from connected medical devices.
• Intelligence platforms empower patients or clinicians with insights for improved therapy experiences.
• Ensure backlog items are clinically grounded, technically explicit, testable with clear acceptance criteria, and compliant with applicable regulatory and quality standards (e.g., FDA, CE, privacy, security).
• Decompose epics and features into executable user stories that enable predictable sprint execution.
• Partner with Engineering to ensure technical readiness for sprint and PI execution.
• Identify, surface, and manage engineering dependencies across teams and platforms.
• Lead PI planning, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and reviews with high-quality inputs and clear intent.
• Ensure strong alignment between PI objectives, sprint commitments, and delivery outcomes.
• Collaborate with Architecture to ensure backlog decisions align with system design and long-term technical direction.
• Embedded within the agile/scrum team execution operating mechanisms.
• Partner with Quality and Regulatory stakeholders to ensure traceability, documentation, and verification readiness.
• Accountable to a relevant set of DHF deliverables, defined by product.
• Communicate tradeoffs clearly across product, engineering, and quality partners.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in digital product development roles, including Product Owner, Technical Product Owner, or similar experience working in regulated software or digital health environments.
• Hands-on experience supporting Agile and PI-based delivery models.
• Solid understanding of: Software development lifecycles, Agile and scaled delivery frameworks, technical concepts and systems thinking, and regulated development and quality expectations.
• Strong ability to translate complex product, clinical, and technical requirements into clear, actionable backlog items.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills in matrixed, global environments.

Qualifications

• Strong ability to translate complex product, clinical, and technical requirements into clear, actionable backlog items.
• Solid understanding of: Software development lifecycles, Agile and scaled delivery frameworks, technical concepts and systems thinking, and regulated development and quality expectations.
• Experience in regulated software or digital health environments.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills in matrixed, global environments.

Skills

• Strong product ownership and backlog management skills.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and PI-based delivery.
• Understanding of software development lifecycles and technical concepts.
• Knowledge of regulatory and quality expectations in software development.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and well-being benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term, and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
• Financial and retirement benefits including the Aon Pooled Employer Plan (“Aon PEP”) and Vantive’s 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Flexible spending accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave.
• Additional benefits including commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

Pay

The estimated base salary for this position is $168,000 to $201,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors.

Schedule

Vantive offers a flexible workplace policy that includes a minimum of 3 days a week onsite. This policy supports our mission to advance the lives of patients worldwide.