Full-Time

Technology Program Manager

Customer Platforms

Independence Pet Holdings

Independence Pet Holdings

51-200 employees

Manages pet health brands and insurance

No salary listed

Chicago, IL, USA

Hybrid

Bachelor's

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Required Skills
Agile
UI/UX Design
CRM
REST APIs
Data Analysis

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Requirements
  • Strong delivery coordination and execution management skills across complex digital, customer-facing, or enterprise platform initiatives.
  • Experience supporting web, mobile, portal, member center, customer self-service, customer engagement, or digital experience delivery.
  • Strong understanding of cross-platform dependencies across front-end applications, APIs, data, customer relationship management, identity, security, infrastructure, analytics, and back-end systems.
  • Strong organizational, planning, dependency management, and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and operate effectively within fast-paced transformation environments.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to coordinate across business, product, user experience, engineering, architecture, security, vendor, and customer experience organizations.
  • Experience supporting Agile and Scaled Agile Framework delivery models and cross-functional delivery coordination.
  • Ability to facilitate collaboration across distributed engineering teams, vendors, system integrators, and third-party delivery partners.
  • Strong attention to detail combined with the ability to maintain visibility across interconnected workstreams and dependencies.
  • Demonstrated ability to proactively identify risks, escalate issues, drive execution transparency, and support delivery accountability.
  • Collaborative leadership style with a focus on accountability, continuous improvement, operational excellence, and customer-centered delivery.
  • At least 12 years of technology program, project, or delivery management experience across complex enterprise, digital, or customer-facing platforms.
  • Experience working with system integrators, offshore delivery teams, digital agencies, software engineering teams, and third-party vendors.
  • Experience supporting enterprise platform modernization, digital transformation, customer experience transformation, or shared platform initiatives within complex enterprise environments.
  • Experience working within Agile and Scaled Agile Framework delivery environments.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise delivery governance, reporting, RAID management, dependency management, testing coordination, release readiness, operational readiness, and portfolio execution practices.
  • Bachelor's degree in information technology, Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Responsibilities
  • Own and coordinate delivery activities across customer platform initiatives, including portal, mobile, web, member center, customer self-service, digital experience, APIs, integrations, and supporting shared platform capabilities.
  • Partner with business program managers, product owners, user experience, technology delivery leads, architects, engineers, system integrators, and vendors to support integrated planning and execution coordination.
  • Lead Agile and Scaled Agile Framework delivery routines for customer platform workstreams, including Program Increment and sprint planning support, dependency management, risk tracking, issue resolution, and delivery tradeoff coordination.
  • Support integrated roadmap coordination across customer platforms, Dynamics 365 and customer relationship management, insurance platforms, data, APIs, infrastructure, security, identity, user experience, analytics, and supporting technology workstreams.
  • Drive visibility into program milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, financials, and delivery outcomes across customer digital platform initiatives.
  • Partner with vendors, system integrators, digital agencies, and third-party delivery partners to monitor deliverables, resolve delivery blockers, escalate risks, and maintain execution accountability.
  • Build and maintain delivery dashboards, status reporting, RAID logs, dependency trackers, milestone plans, release plans, and operational metrics across customer platform initiatives.
  • Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Information Security, Data, Product, User Experience, Dynamics 365 and customer relationship management, and Engineering teams to ensure aligned and predictable delivery outcomes.
  • Support testing alignment, user acceptance testing coordination, customer journey validation, accessibility considerations, deployment planning, release readiness, production cutover, hypercare, and transition-to-support activities.
  • Coordinate customer-facing release impacts across business stakeholders, support teams, communications teams, and operational teams where applicable.
  • Ensure customer platform delivery activities align with technology portfolio and delivery office governance standards, reporting requirements, financial controls, and operational processes.
  • Collaborate closely with business and customer experience leadership to ensure technology delivery supports broader customer transformation objectives.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of delivery governance, operational cadence, reporting standards, and transformation execution practices.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience supporting web, mobile, portal, member center, customer engagement, digital experience, or customer servicing technology initiatives.
  • Familiarity with modern digital delivery environments, API integrations, identity and access dependencies, analytics, user experience, accessibility, mobile release processes, web platforms, and customer-facing production readiness.
Independence Pet Holdings

Independence Pet Holdings

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Independence Pet Holdings manages a portfolio of pet health brands and services across North America, including pet insurance, education, and lost-recovery services. Its core product is pet insurance offered through its own carrier and various brands, integrated with tools and services that support the pet parenting journey. The company differentiates itself by owning an insurance carrier and operating multiple brands in a vertically integrated, omni-channel model for a seamless customer experience. Its goal is to become a leading authority in the pet category by providing comprehensive, accessible pet health solutions that improve the well-being of pets and their owners.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2021

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • March 31, 2026 Michael Landsberger strengthens PetPlace's consumer growth and engagement.
  • February 24, 2026 Vandana Venkat deepens underwriting and AI execution at IPG.
  • 2026 Oracle Fusion adoption improves finance and HR control across North America.

What critics are saying

  • Pet insurance pricing stays under pressure if veterinary claims inflate faster than premiums.
  • PetPlace migration to PetPlace.com risks registry glitches and partner churn in 2026.
  • JAB-backed consolidation leaves IPH vulnerable if growth stalls versus larger insurance competitors.

What makes Independence Pet Holdings unique

  • 2026 leadership adds insurance, actuarial, and digital product veterans across IPH.
  • PetPlace combines microchip registration, pet health content, and reunification services.
  • IPH spans insurance, education, and lost-pet recovery across the U.S. and Canada.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Commuter Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Company News

PR Newswire
Mar 31st, 2026
Michael Landsberger named general manager of PetPlace following Pumpkin co-founder role

Independence Pet Holdings has appointed Michael Landsberger as General Manager of PetPlace, a digital platform providing pet health information and microchip registration services. Landsberger will lead the company's strategy and growth initiatives. Landsberger brings significant experience from the pet care sector, most recently serving as Chief Product & Growth Officer at Pumpkin. He co-founded Pumpkin in 2019, helping build it into a nationally recognised pet care brand before its acquisition. Independence Pet Holdings CEO Kirk Haggard cited Landsberger's expertise in digital consumer experiences and scaling products as key factors in the appointment. PetPlace provides expert-reviewed health guidance and operates one of the nation's most accessible microchip registration services for pet owners across North America.

PR Newswire
Feb 24th, 2026
Independence Pet Holdings appoints Vandana Venkat as president of Independence Pet Group

Independence Pet Holdings has appointed Vandana Venkat as President of Independence Pet Group. Venkat brings over 20 years of experience in insurance and financial services, having held senior positions at Argo Group, Clearcover and PURE Insurance, where she led underwriting, operations strategy and AI innovation. Earlier in her career, Venkat worked in product, pricing and risk management roles at Progressive, Kemper and Allianz/Fireman's Fund. She holds dual master's degrees in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research and Applied Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Independence Pet Group oversees brands including AKC Pet Insurance, OnePack Plan by PetPartners, Figo and ASPCA Pet Health Insurance. Independence Pet Holdings, established in 2021, manages pet insurance services supporting over one million pets across the US and Canada.

Pet Insight
Aug 1st, 2025
Independence Pet Holdings Appoints Gary Levenbach as President and Chief Actuary of Independence American Insurance Company

Independence Pet Holdings, Inc. (IPH) announces the appointment of Gary Levenbach as President and Chief Actuary for its subsidiary, Independence American Insurance Company (IAIC).