The Role
Lead product strategy and roadmap for US Healthcare IT products; own backlog and roadmap execution; collaborate with UX and engineering; use GenAI for requirements; analyze data and market insights; prioritize features, drive demos, and ensure consistent value delivery and process improvements.
Summary Generated by Built In
Requisition Number: 2364587
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.
Primary Responsibilities:
AI Builder Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
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.
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.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Senior Product Analyst for US Healthcare IT product or portfolio of products
- Define and drive product strategy & Roadmap for products
- Clearly articulate product vision, strategy and roadmap to engineering team effectively as and when needed
- Owner of portfolio backlog and roadmap execution
- Collaborate with UX & engineering team to drive product design
- Knowledgeable in using Gen AI tools for requirement gathering like Story Craft
- Identifies and accesses relevant data to build compelling business case in self-directed manner
- Consistent value delivery based on business MBOs
- Drive system demo to stakeholders and customers
- Prioritize backlog at feature and user story level with complete understanding of feature
- Effective action on feedback received during retro meetings
- Identify potential issues and pro-actively develops mitigation plans
- Build & drive culture of innovation in the portfolio
- Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so
AI Builder Responsibilities:
- Use GenAI tools (Copilot, Claude, Gemini AI) to ideate, prototype, and implement features efficiently
- Apply Vibe coding techniques to maintain clean, expressive, and AI-augmented codebases
- Develop internal tools and scripts using AI to automate repetitive tasks and improve productivity
- Stay current with emerging GenAI trends, tools, and ethical considerations
Required Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of product management experience in US Healthcare IT Industry (MBA or equivalent business degree is preferred)
- Deep understanding of Healthcare domain, segments business practices and financial structures
- Understanding and ability to conduct meaningful conversation with technology team on various existing and emerging technologies and overall solution space
- Expertise in defining and driving product strategy & Roadmap for products
- Expertise in identifies business opportunities to leverage technology and driving improvements in product capabilities
- Expertise in defining user/buyer personas, translating user/buyer needs and decision criteria into actionable plans
- Expertise in analyzing, reviewing, and forecasting data for operational and business planning
- Expertise in gathering market insights, analysis competitive landscape and recommend product strategy across the product lifecycle
- Expertise in driving cost/benefit analysis and track forecast to ensure the product is performing as expected
- Expertise in applying data-driven knowledge and best practices to improve product
- Expertise in gathering requirements from the business, documenting and maintaining product backlog/roadmap
- Expertise in process improvement, workflow, benchmarking and / or evaluation of business processes required
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.
Skills Required
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of product management experience in US Healthcare IT Industry
- MBA or equivalent business degree
- Deep understanding of Healthcare domain, segments business practices and financial structures
- Ability to conduct meaningful conversations with technology teams on existing and emerging technologies and overall solution space
- Expertise in defining and driving product strategy & roadmap for products
- Expertise in identifying business opportunities to leverage technology and driving improvements in product capabilities
- Expertise in defining user/buyer personas and translating user/buyer needs into actionable plans
- Expertise in analyzing, reviewing, and forecasting data for operational and business planning
- Expertise in gathering market insights, analyzing competitive landscape and recommending product strategy
- Expertise in driving cost/benefit analysis and tracking forecasts to ensure product performance
- Expertise in applying data-driven knowledge and best practices to improve product
- Expertise in gathering requirements from the business, documenting and maintaining product backlog/roadmap
- Expertise in process improvement, workflow, benchmarking and evaluation of business processes
- Knowledgeable in using Gen AI tools for requirement gathering like Story Craft
Optum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO accrues each pay period with eight paid U.S. holidays plus a floating holiday, and generous time away is consistently emphasized. This breadth supports planned and unplanned time off beyond standard vacation days.
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Parental & Family Support — Six weeks of paid parental leave, up to two weeks of paid caregiver leave, Bright Horizons back‑up care, and adoption assistance signal strong family-oriented support. EAP access with counseling sessions further extends help to employees and their households.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Company‑paid short‑ and long‑term disability, Calm app membership, tuition reimbursement, commuter and FSA accounts, and broad employee discounts expand everyday wellbeing resources. Free or low‑cost virtual visits complement these lifestyle supports.
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The Company
What We Do
Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, 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. At Optum, we support your well-being with an understanding team, extensive benefits and rewarding opportunities. By joining us, you’ll have the resources to drive system transformation while we help you take care of your future. We recognize the power of connection to drive change, improve efficiency and make a difference in health care. Join a team where your skills and ideas can make an impact and where collaboration is key to creating technology that produces healthier outcomes.
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Optum Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Optum has three workplace models that balance the needs of the business and the responsibilities of each role. These models, core on‑site (5 days/week), hybrid (4 days/week) and telecommute or fully remote, vary by country, role and location.
Typical time on-site:
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