Senior 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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Product Strategy Roadmap
  • Define and execute product roadmaps for enterprise data platforms, data services, APIs, and analytics capabilities
  • Partner with business and technology leaders to identify opportunities to leverage data as a strategic asset
  • Translate organizational objectives into scalable data product capabilities and prioritized backlogs
  • Develop business cases and value propositions for new data investments and product enhancements
• Data Product Ownership
  • Own the vision, strategy, and delivery of data-focused products and services
  • Define product requirements, user stories, success metrics, and acceptance criteria
  • Ensure product solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, governance, and compliance requirements
  • Drive adoption and utilization of data products across internal and external stakeholders
• Cross-Functional Leadership
  • Collaborate closely with engineering, architecture, analytics, operations, and business partners to deliver product outcomes
  • Facilitate alignment across multiple teams when solution delivery spans platforms, portfolios, or functional areas
  • Manage competing priorities and dependencies while balancing short-term delivery needs with long-term strategic objectives
  • Serve as a trusted product partner during planning, prioritization, and execution activities
• Data Analytics Enablement
  • Partner with data engineering teams to define data sourcing, integration, transformation, and consumption strategies
  • Drive development of operational reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and business metrics
  • Ensure data quality, integrity, lineage, and governance requirements are incorporated into product design
  • Leverage customer and operational insights to continuously improve product capabilities and performance
• Delivery Execution
  • Maintain and prioritize product backlogs based on business value, customer impact, technical dependencies, and strategic objectives
  • Participate in planning activities, release coordination, and portfolio reviews
  • Identify delivery risks and proactively drive mitigation plans
  • Monitor product performance and business outcomes, adjusting priorities as needed
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor''s degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of Product Management, Technical Product Management, Data Product Management, or related experience
• Experience working with data platforms, data warehouses, analytics solutions, APIs, and large-scale data integrations
• Experience managing cross-functional stakeholders and influencing priorities without direct authority
• Demonstrated solid analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with healthcare, healthcare technology, claims, payment integrity, or population health data
• Experience with data governance, data quality, and master data management principles
• Experience supporting enterprise reporting, AI/ML, or advanced analytics initiatives
• Knowledge of cloud-based data platforms and modern data architectures
• Familiarity with Agile product development methodologies

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.