Digital Health Product Manager

Also called: Health Tech Product Manager

Leads the team that designs and builds health apps, patient portals, and medical software.

A day in the life

Interviews nurses about what slows them down, writes requirements for a new app feature, and works with engineers, designers, and compliance experts to launch it.

Pay over a career

Starting
$110k
Typical
$150k
High
$210k

Estimate.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in a tech, health, or business field; clinical experience is a plus.

Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Computer Science, Health Informatics, Business.

Outlook

Growing faster than average. Growing health tech industry.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Medium risk for 10 years. AI speeds user research, specs and prototypes, so teams get smaller; deciding what to build with clinicians stays human.

Start now, in high school

Classes: AP Computer Science Principles, Business, Biology.

Official data: O*NET occupation 11-2021.

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