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. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as we help advance health equity on a global scale. Here, you will find talented peers, comprehensive benefits, a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, career growth opportunities and your life's best work.( sm )
Careers at Solutran, part of the Optum and UnitedHealth Group (UHG) family of businesses. Solutran, a division of Optum Financial, one of UHG's five growth pillars, is a leading healthcare-focused, financial technology (FinTech) company committed to creating game-changing, consumer-centric payment solutions. We serve health-seeking populations by partnering with the nation's largest health plans, government agencies, employers, and retailers. We've established a reputation for delivering modern, advanced customer experiences through best-in-class FinTech solutions used by millions. The Solutran team and our proprietary "S3" smart payment network are now at the center one of the most significant healthcare payments innovations in modern history. The journey is just beginning. We expect this growth to accelerate and invite you to grow with us...
There are a lot of opportunities out there, but we can't imagine being in a more solid, future proof and challenging intersection than that of healthcare and payments. Two of the most exciting growth verticals. Not to mention our solutions bring help to those who need it most.
The Business Unit Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is a key leadership position whose role will lead the engineering, infrastructure, and technology operations teams as they deliver best-in-class consumer applications and a highly available infrastructure. The CTO will lead all technology related initiatives for an industry leading payment platform experiencing exponential growth and will have reporting responsibilities to the both the business and technology leadership. T he ideal candidate will have proven experience leading FinTech engineering and infrastructure teams and experience delivering secure, highly scalable, highly available, industry leading, FinTech platforms. Solutran is a stable, fast-growing company with opportunities to advance and now is the time to join us!
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Define and implement the company's core technology roadmap and technology innovation strategy to enable the exponential growth of an industry-leading FinTech platform
• Lead teams of on-shore and off-shore software engineers to deliver best-in-class consumer-centric FinTech applications and payment platforms
• Lead teams of engineers to support and enhance a highly available and highly scalable payment processing system
• Recruit and retain talented and highly productive teams through coaching, vision, leadership, and direction
• Partner across the organization to execute complex strategies, requiring participation from multiple delivery teams
• Stay up-to-date and knowledgeable on industry trends and emerging technologies in anticipation of new processes and system alterations
• Serve as the central point for technology innovation and determine technologies in which to invest and procure
• Oversee cyber security program to ensure all applications and systems adhere to all compliance standards and follow industry security standards
• Advocate and communicate technology capabilities internally and externally
• Challenge and inspire peers across the organization to innovate, automate, and lead change

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:

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering or product management
• 5+ years of team management experience leading highly productive technical teams
• 5+ years of experience within financial services (with experience in payment, loyalty or FinTech platforms)
• Proven experience implementing highly scalable, complex payment systems
• Experience with financial forecasting and planning, including infrastructure cost management
• Proven understanding of public cloud, elastic compute and workload placement strategies
• Demonstrated knowledge of advanced software engineering and architectural principles
• Proven understanding of platform and product engineering concepts and frameworks
• Experience with DevOps, SRE, and Testing Automation
• Experience working in regulated environments including but not limited to: PCI, HIPAA, SOC compliance and HITRUST; implementing risk management frameworks and mitigating controls
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders and product teams to deliver business and technical outcomes
• Proven understanding of unified communication services, storage and backup services, desktop services, print services, etc.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Vendor Management
• Demonstrated knowledge of system tracking, analysis, and reporting

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated knowledge of ITIL, Service Management and Service Desk

Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada or New York City Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $174,600 to $332,200. The salary range for Connecticut/Nevada/NYC residents is $174,600 to $332,200. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
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.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.