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Waystar · 9 hours ago

Principal Product Manager

Waystar is seeking a Principal Product Manager to join the team, acting as a highly experienced product leader guiding complex initiatives for top-priority products. The role involves setting strategy and vision for products, driving alignment across stakeholders, and ensuring measurable outcomes against key product KPIs.

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Responsibilities

Set strategy and vision for complex products and cross-product initiatives, aligning to company strategy, customer needs, and measurable outcomes
Lead strategic product initiatives for Waystar's top-priority products, shaping investment decisions and sequencing for maximum impact
Demonstrate strong decision-making on ambiguous, complex business challenges using data-driven approaches and sound product judgment
Lead product strategy & roadmap execution: drive ideation, planning, and delivery; define milestones; and ensure successful outcomes across multiple workstreams
Lead “upward” and “outward” by keeping executives, stakeholders, and cross-functional partners informed, engaged, and aligned on goals, tradeoffs, and progress
Anticipate risks and mitigate issues independently by partnering closely with engineering, data science, product design, research, clinical SMEs, sales, and marketing—removing roadblocks before they impact delivery
Define and drive results by establishing success metrics and desired outcomes; monitoring and improving key KPIs (e.g., adoption, revenue impact, quality, efficiency); and using insights to iterate quickly
Support quarterly planning by helping define objectives (problems to solve), shaping prioritization, and aligning teams to outcomes and capacity
Improve product development processes to help the organization deliver better product outcomes—even when it requires challenging the status quo and driving change through resistance
Coordinate with Product Marketing to support go-to-market activities: pricing, positioning, training, enablement, and collateral development
Serve as a thought leader internally and externally, representing Iodine’s product direction in client meetings and industry events

Qualification

Product management experienceHealthcare technology knowledgeStakeholder managementSoftware development lifecycleData-driven decision makingMachine learning experienceAnalytical skillsBusiness case constructionHL7FHIRClinical decision support

Required

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required
7–10 years of product management experience, ideally in healthcare or healthcare technology
Track record of successfully launching and optimizing multiple products, preferably in complex enterprise environments
Strong understanding of the U.S. healthcare system, particularly hospital revenue cycle, CDI, coding, and/or quality reporting
Highly analytical; comfortable partnering deeply with data science and engineering leaders
Strong stakeholder management skills with demonstrated ability to influence across functions and levels (including executive stakeholders)
Experience with the software development lifecycle, including user stories, product requirements, and backlog refinement
Experience constructing business cases for product initiatives and making investment/ROI tradeoffs
Ability to travel up to 10% as necessary

Preferred

Master's degree/MBA preferred (healthcare, business, computer science, or related)
Experience building software solutions that leverage machine learning, natural language processing, and AI
Previous work with clinical decision support, autonomous coding, or CAC tools
Knowledge of HL7, FHIR, and healthcare interoperability; familiarity with Epic, Cerner, or other major EHRs

Benefits

Competitive total rewards (base salary + bonus, if applicable)
Customizable benefits package (3 medical plans with Health Saving Account company match)
We offer generous paid time off for our non-exempt team members, starting with 3 weeks + 13 paid holidays, including 2 personal floating holidays. We also offer flexible time off for our exempt team members + 13 paid holidays
Paid parental leave (including maternity + paternity leave)
Education assistance opportunities and free LinkedIn Learning access
Free mental health and family planning programs, including adoption assistance and fertility support
401(K) program with company match
Pet insurance
Employee resource groups

Company

Waystar is a technology platform that provides healthcare revenue cycle management solutions.

H1B Sponsorship

Waystar has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (2)
2024 (2)
2023 (2)
2022 (2)
2021 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.12B
2025-09-11Post Ipo Secondary· $709.2M
2025-05-13Post Ipo Secondary· $557M
2025-02-20Post Ipo Equity· $800M

Leadership Team

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Steven M. Oreskovich
Chief Financial Officer
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Ryan Ayres
VP Sales - Health Systems and Hospitals - Western Region
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