Lead Technical Product Manager

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Lead Technical Product Manager is responsible for defining product strategy, roadmap, and delivery execution for technology products and platforms. This role bridges business objectives and engineering capabilities to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions that drive customer and business value. The position owns product vision, backlog prioritization, stakeholder alignment, feature planning, and product performance across the product lifecycle.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Define and execute product vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with business goals
• Partner with engineering, architecture, UX, data, and business teams to deliver impactful product outcomes
• Manage and prioritize product backlogs, features, and user stories based on customer needs and business value
• Translate customer insights and business requirements into actionable product requirements
• Drive product planning, release management, and continuous improvement activities
• Balance customer experience, business priorities, technical constraints, and operational needs
• Lead cross-functional stakeholder discussions and facilitate alignment on priorities and tradeoffs
• Monitor product performance, adoption, and value realization using data-driven decision making
• Ensure compliance with governance, security, and enterprise technology standards
• Communicate roadmap progress, risks, and strategic direction to senior leadership
• Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
• 8+ years of experience in Product Management, Technical Product Management, Software Engineering, or related technology roles
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale technology products in Agile environments
• Experience with Agile delivery tools such as Aha!, Rally, Jira, GitHub, or similar platforms
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle, cloud technologies, APIs, data flows, and modern architecture patterns
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive strategic outcomes

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare, payer, provider, or regulated industry experience
• Experience leading AI/ML, data, analytics, or digital transformation initiatives
• Knowledge of product operating models, OKRs, roadmap management, and value-stream delivery
• Proven solid executive communication and stakeholder management skills

Key Competencies

• Product Strategy Roadmap Management
• Customer-Centric Product Development
• Technical Acumen Systems Thinking
• Agile Product Delivery
• Stakeholder Management Influence
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Leadership Team Collaboration
• Strategic Planning Execution

Success Measures

• Product adoption and customer satisfaction
• Delivery against roadmap commitments
• Business value realization and outcomes
• Stakeholder satisfaction and engagement
• Product quality, reliability, and operational performance
• Team effectiveness and cross-functional collaboration

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.