Senior Tech Product Manager

Job description

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. We are seeking a highly motivated Technical Product Manager (TPM) to lead the strategy, development, and scaling of next-generation healthcare data and AI-driven products. This role sits at the intersection of business, technology, analytics, and operations, translating complex healthcare challenges into innovative digital solutions that improve clinical, operational, and member outcomes.

Success in this role requires strong product management expertise, technical depth, healthcare domain knowledge, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams to deliver measurable business value. You will partner with engineering, architecture, data science, operations, and business stakeholders to define product vision, prioritize investments, and drive adoption of scalable solutions that support strategic healthcare initiatives.

Primary Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Vision

• Define and execute short and long-term product strategies, roadmaps, and investment priorities for healthcare technology products and platforms
• Partner with business leaders, customers, and technology teams to identify opportunities that improve healthcare outcomes, operational efficiency, and business performance
• Translate strategic objectives into product capabilities, business cases, and prioritized delivery plans
• Define product success metrics, KPIs, customer outcomes, and value realization measures

Product Ownership & Delivery

• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle from ideation, discovery, and definition through launch, adoption, optimization, and retirement
• Define product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and release plans
• Prioritize and manage product backlogs to maximize customer value and business impact
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, compliance, privacy, and governance requirements
• Monitor product performance and continuously refine priorities based on data, customer feedback, and market insights

Healthcare Data & AI Enablement

• Drive development of healthcare data products, analytics platforms, AI/ML capabilities, and intelligent automation solutions
• Collaborate with data engineering and data science teams to define data acquisition, integration, governance, analytics, and consumption strategies
• Identify opportunities to leverage generative AI, predictive analytics, machine learning, and automation to improve workflows and decision-making
• Define requirements for APIs, interoperability solutions, reporting platforms, and healthcare data services
• Ensure data quality, lineage, governance, and regulatory requirements are embedded within product designs

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, engineering teams, architects, data scientists, operations, and leadership
• Facilitate alignment across multiple teams and portfolios to deliver integrated product solutions
• Influence priorities and drive decisions in a complex matrixed environment without direct authority
• Communicate product vision, roadmap, progress, risks, and outcomes to senior leaders and stakeholders

Agile Execution & Operational Excellence

• Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, release planning, and prioritization activities
• Ensure product initiatives are decomposed into actionable features and well-defined user stories
• Manage dependencies, delivery risks, and trade-off decisions across teams Leverage Agile methodologies and product management best practices to improve delivery effectiveness and speed to market
• Drive continuous product improvement through experimentation, measurement, and customer feedback

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Present product strategy, roadmap, business value, and performance metrics to executive leadership
• Collaborate with business development, operations, implementation, and client teams to identify emerging opportunities
• Mentor product owners and product managers while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and collaboration
• Act as a trusted advisor on healthcare technology trends, AI adoption, and product best practices 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: Master's degree in product management or equivalent
• 8+ years of experience in Technical Product Management, Product Development, Digital Product Management
• 5+ years of experience defining product requirements, writing user stories, and managing Agile product backlogs Experience delivering enterprise-scale technology products, platforms, or data-driven solutions Experience working with cloud platforms, APIs, microservices, data platforms, analytics, and digital technologies Experience collaborating with engineering, architecture, analytics, data science, and business teams Experience using product management and Agile tools such as Jira, Rally, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms Experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve product capabilities, business processes, or customer experiences
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), Agile methodologies, and modern product management practices
• Demonstrated ability to translate business objectives into scalable technical solutions
• Demonstrated solid analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity, competing priorities, and complex cross-functional dependencies Preferred Qualifications: Experience working within healthcare, payer, provider, population health, payment integrity, claims, clinical, or healthcare analytics domains Experience delivering AI/ML, Generative AI, intelligent automation, or advanced analytics products Experience with cloud-native architectures, modern data platforms, APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems Experience leading large-scale digital transformation or enterprise modernization initiatives Experience defining and tracking product KPIs, customer adoption metrics, and business value outcomes
• Knowledge of healthcare data standards, interoperability, governance, privacy, and compliance requirements
• Familiarity with healthcare operational workflows, clinical programs, and digital health solutions
• Solid understanding of product portfolio management, roadmap planning, and investment prioritization
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive alignment across complex organizations 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.