Technology Program Manager – Data & Analytics

Established in 2021, Independence Pet Holdings is a corporate holding company that manages a diverse and broad portfolio of modern pet health brands and services, including insurance, pet education, lost recovery services, and more throughout North America.

We believe pet insurance is more than a financial product and build solutions to simplify the pet parenting journey and help improve the well-being of pets. As a leading authority in the pet category, we operate with a full stack of resources, capital, and services to support pet parents. Our multi-brand and omni-channel approach include our own insurance carrier, insurance brands and partner brands.

Technology Program Manager – Data & Analytics Department: IPH Technology & Data

Reports to:

Technology Portfolio & Delivery Leader

Location:

Chicago, ILJob Summary Independence Pet Holdings (IPH) is undertaking a multi-year enterprise transformation to modernize its technology and data ecosystem and establish scalable, data-driven capabilities across its operating companies globally.

The Technology Program Manager – Data & Analytics is responsible for leading execution and coordinated delivery of strategic enterprise data and analytics initiatives across IPH’s evolving data platform landscape, including cloud data platforms, reporting and analytics modernization, data integrations, governance enablement, and AI-driven capabilities.

Reporting into the Technology Portfolio & Delivery Office (TPDO), this role partners closely with IPH Data & Enterprise Analytics (IDEA) leadership, business program leaders, architecture, engineering, infrastructure, security, and third-party delivery teams to drive execution alignment, delivery accountability, and coordinated outcomes across multiple concurrent work streams.

This role requires strong execution discipline, organizational leadership, and delivery management capabilities within complex enterprise environments. The successful candidate will lead integrated planning, dependency management, risk mitigation, and execution governance in support of IPH’s broader enterprise transformation initiatives and data modernization strategy.

Focus Areas Data Platform Delivery:
Lead and coordinate delivery activities across enterprise data platform, analytics, reporting, integration, and AI enablement initiatives to support successful execution against transformation objectives.

Transformation Enablement:
Drive modernization of enterprise data capabilities, governance processes, analytics platforms, and operational reporting practices across IPH operating companies.

Cross-Functional Coordination:
Partner closely with business, data, architecture, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams to drive execution alignment, dependency management, and issue resolution.

Execution Governance:
Drive visibility into delivery status, risks, dependencies, milestones, financials, and operational metrics across enterprise data and analytics work streams.

Key Responsibilities Lead and coordinate delivery activities across enterprise data and analytics initiatives, including cloud data platforms, reporting modernization, data integrations, governance enablement, and AI-related capabilities

Drive integrated planning and execution coordination with business program managers, data leaders, engineering teams, architects, and system integrators

Lead Agile / SAFe delivery routines, including planning sessions, dependency management, status reviews, RAID management, and execution tracking activities

Lead integrated roadmap coordination across data engineering, analytics, integrations, infrastructure, security, and business work streams

Drive visibility and accountability for program milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, financials, and action items across multiple delivery teams

Lead coordination with vendors and third-party delivery partners to monitor deliverables, escalate blockers, and ensure execution accountability

Build and maintain executive-ready delivery dashboards, status reporting, and operational metrics across enterprise data initiatives

Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Information Security, and Engineering teams to ensure…