[Hiring] Senior Technology Product Manager @UnitedHealth Group

Role Description

As a Sr. Technical Product Manager in Optum Technology, you will lead the strategy, design, and technical delivery of enterprise software platforms and scalable AI-powered solutions. You will collaborate closely with software engineering teams, system architects, data specialists, and business stakeholders to build, integrate, and deploy intelligent capabilities and automated workflows. Your efforts will address complex business challenges, drive operational continuous improvement, and power innovative healthcare technology solutions at scale.

Our Mission is to enable and modernize procurement capabilities by owning the technology platforms, integrations, data, AI solutions, security, and delivery processes that support sourcing, contracting, supplier management, procurement operations, and employee procurement experiences. The team acts as the technology partner for Enterprise Procurement, translating business needs into scalable digital solutions.

You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Define and drive the technical product vision, strategy, and roadmap for enterprise systems and intelligent software solutions.
• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with an emphasis on responsible use of AI.
• Use enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive continuous improvement across product development processes.
• Evaluate emerging trends and technology capabilities to inform solution design, architecture planning, and strategic innovation.
• Translate business objectives into actionable technical specifications, system architecture requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Manage and prioritize technical product backlogs, balancing feature releases, model/platform integrations, technical debt, and system reliability.
• Monitor product performance metrics, system key performance indicators (KPIs), and solution outcomes to drive continuous optimizations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in digital product management, capability management, consulting, or equivalent experience, with ownership of end-to-end product initiatives.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in gathering and evaluating requirements and also writing and translating business requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical technical product management experience).
• 3+ years of experience operating within Agile/Scrum development lifecycles and utilizing project management tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps).
• 2+ years of experience working with AI/ML systems, automated workflows, intelligent integrations, or data-driven software solutions.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with engineering and data teams to build, deploy, and scale enterprise technology solutions.
• Product Management or Agile Certifications (e.g., Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Agilist).
• Hands-on experience with cloud platform architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP), microservices, API integrations, and data pipelines.
• Knowledge of responsible AI governance, ethical AI framework implementation, and model monitoring practices.
• Professional experience within the healthcare, health technology, or pharmacy domain.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off which you start to accrue with your first pay period plus 8 Paid Holidays.
• Medical Plan options along with participation in a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving account.
• Dental, Vision, Life & AD&D Insurance along with Short-term disability and Long-Term Disability coverage.
• 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Education Reimbursement.
• Employee Discounts.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee Referral Bonus Program.
• Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.).