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)
No industry is moving faster than health care. And no organization is better positioned to lead health care forward. We need attention to every detail with an eye for the points no one has considered. The rewards for performance are significant. You'll help improve the health of millions.
Optum Insight Analytics is seeking a skilled Technical Product Manager to be an integral part of cloud-based data warehousing and analytics initiatives for our Health systems/Provider clients. The candidate will be expected to work closely with Strategic Product Managers, Domain SMEs, business Analysts and Program Managers to define and manage the product roadmap. Candidate will be responsible for planning and supporting the execution of product roadmap into actionable capabilities, features and user stories. Candidate will also be expected to support program increment planning, backlog grooming and aligning the user stories with their corresponding sprint and release cycles.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Drive product and business planning processes across cross-functional teams
• Analyze user/customer needs to develop future state analytic business intelligence solutions
• Ability to translate product strategy and user needs into detailed requirements
• Work with business partners to identify business need, project scope, perform feasibility analysis, and prioritize deliverables
• Define the need and primary objectives, develop and document business requirements in partnership with the lead business analyst to ensure clients' needs are captured and delivered (e.g., use case-based Business Requirements Documents with evidence demonstrating competence writing unique, code-able, testable business requirements, user stories, Requirements Traceability Matrix)
• Works with business to obtain voice of customer (VOC) and identify capabilities to add to the product
• Defines and provides direction for user experience and user interface (if applicable to product)
• Creates user documentation (if applicable to product)
• Collaborate with Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, Architects, Business Partners, and other Technology teams to ensure requirements and design are completely understood
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of designers, product owners, business systems analysts and others to develop product roadmap
• Assist in quality assurance and user acceptance testing by creating user stories related to the defects and mapping them to upcoming sprints.
• Assist in managing communications to ensure stakeholders are informed of investment planning, changes, and execution progress across the program
• Manage delivery and project plans in partnership with the program management team in line with agreed standards and/or Service Level Agreements
• Identify opportunities and integrations with other process automation tools as appropriate (e.g., Rally, Aha, ALM)
• Ensure that deliverables meet agreed-upon standards for quality and non-functional requirements, and that the products meet the stated business need
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of designers, business analysts, developers, testers, and others to build and execute against Product Roadmaps, Testing strategy and Release Plans
• Own, prioritize, and maintain the Product Backlog, including definition of user stories and acceptance criteria, assess impact of defects including providing key input on decisions
• Communicate progress, status, risks, and issues regularly to program management team, scrum master, business partners, and stakeholders. Problem solve issues and provide timely responses and solutions
• Maintain accurate and detailed information within Aha, Rally and other reporting tools
• Ability to translate product strategy and user needs into detailed requirements

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:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of product management experience in cross-functional, agile product team
• 4+ years of experience conducting and facilitating requirements gathering in a technical setting and performing business systems analysis or equivalent business process analysis
• 4+ years of decomposing business requirements into features and user stories; and writing technical documentation to support solution delivery
• 2+ years of experience working in Agile / SCRUM environment
• Experience conducting system/data analysis for Datawarehouse, datamarts, reporting and/or analytics initiatives
• Experience working within the SDLC in large complex programs
• Experience leading/mentoring other individuals
• Working knowledge of tools such as Aha! Jira, Rally, GitHub

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of experience with SQL
• Management consulting experience in Healthcare domain (preferably in the provider/health systems space)
• Proficient with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio
• Excellent critical thinking skills and attention to detail
• Detailed oriented with excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Solid facilitation, influencing, negotiating, and relationship building skills
• Solid written and verbal communication skills

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.
Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, or New York City Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $97,300 to $176,900. The salary range for Connecticut/Nevada/New York City residents is $97,300 to $176,900. 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.
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
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.