Director Technology - Remote

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.
UHC Technology is focused on driving change, modernization, and ensuring reliable and stable systems so that we can help to transform health care - making it easier, more affordable, and more effective for those we serve. We are passionate about technology and the role it plays to create distinctive experiences to our constituents. While we are always focused on how technology can help us deliver faster and with improved quality, we are far more enthusiastic about the ways technology can reinvent how we deliver on our mission in partnership with the UHC lines of business and Optum Technology.
We are seeking a dynamic Director of Software Engineering to lead our UHC Payment Integrity team. This role is pivotal in driving enterprise-wide affordability initiatives, protecting claim dollars, and evolving our defense mechanisms as AI technologies advance. The successful candidate will build and mentor a high-performing engineering team, foster cross-functional relationships, and champion platform strategies that streamline operations and reduce redundancies. This is a people leader role, managing managers and guiding a global team, with a solid focus on change management and enterprise asset development.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a global full stack engineering team, including managers and technical leads
• Build and foster an enterprise-focused team culture, driving collaboration and relationship-building across the organization
• Develop and implement platform strategies to streamline solutions, reduce redundancies, and lower total cost of ownership
• Drive adoption and support for enterprise assets, building coalitions across business units
• Oversee the upskilling of teams from legacy AI to new AI technologies
• Evaluate emerging trends in AI and payment integrity, ensuring robust defense mechanisms against evolving threats
• Manage change initiatives, including DCOM strategies, to elevate business-specific applications to enterprise-level solutions
• Focus on detecting new market problems and developing efficient, scalable solutions
• Evaluate emerging trends to inform solution design and strategic innovation

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years leading full stack engineering teams
• 5+ years leading large-scale, enterprise-focused programs
• Experience with any cloud platform
• Experience leading other managers and growing teams, including mentorship and workforce development
• Ability to foster and build enterprise assets, driving adoption and coalition-building across the organization
• Experience building DCOM strategies and managing change to elevate business-specific applications to enterprise level

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading payment integrity or affordability-related initiatives
• Understanding of claim and provider domains, payment integrity, and affordability domains
• Familiarity with AI advancements and upskilling teams from older AI foundations to new AI technologies
• Experience in platform strategy, streamlining, and reducing redundancies and total cost of ownership
• Solid relationship-building skills across enterprise organizations

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $134,600 to $230,800 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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.
UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.