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.
Role Overview
The Senior Technical Product Owner will partner closely with product, business, and engineering teams to define, refine, and deliver capabilities across provider chat, chatbots, and related AI-driven solutions. This role is responsible for translating business needs into clear technical requirements, managing the product backlog, and driving delivery from concept through implementation.
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:
- Product Strategy & Customer Value
- Partner with product managers, business stakeholders, and customers to capture Voice of Customer (VOC) and translate insights into product capabilities and jobs to be done
- Drive product strategy through clear articulation of vision, value proposition, and strategic and feature roadmaps
- Create and communicate compelling value propositions through internal marketing and stakeholder communications
- Ensure all features and initiatives are clearly tied to OKRs and business outcomes
- Manage complex requirements and continuously refine products based on evolving business goals, market needs, and customer feedback
- Product Execution & Delivery
- Decompose high level capabilities into features, epics, and user stories that are clear, actionable, and measurable
- Partner closely with engineering teams to define requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Support product backlog management and prioritization across scrum and feature teams
- Drive feature level budgets and ensure efficient use of resources
- Support integration testing, automation practices, and DevOps aligned delivery models
- Technical & Domain Expertise
- Maintain a strong understanding of end to end solutions, including system integrations and data flows
- Understand feature impacts and dependencies across platforms and portfolios
- Actively advance understanding of the product operating model and product culture across teams
- Demonstrate working knowledge of modern product and delivery tools such as Aha, Rally, GitHub, and DevOps practices
- Effectively balance the needs of operations, data, and engineering teams
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 of experience in Technical Product Owner with significant experience in technical or platform products
- 5+ years of experience working on technology powered products
- 5+ years of experience in system architecture, APIs, data flows, and technical trade offs, and to effectively collaborate with engineering, architecture, and DevOps teams
- 5+ years of product and agile management tools such as Rally, Aha, Jira, Confluence, or similar platforms to manage roadmaps, backlogs, dependencies, and delivery execution
- Working knowledge of AI powered products and tools, including applying AI capabilities to improve product outcomes, decision making, or user experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), enterprise scale systems, or platform products
- Background in engineering, technical program management, or data roles
- Experience mentoring junior product managers or leading multi team initiatives
*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 $91,700 to $163,700 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.
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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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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.