Technical Product Manager

Caring. Connecting. Growing Together.

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.

Skills: Figma or any similar tool. Should have been working on AI tools to make their job easier. AI adopter.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work closely with US & India teams for the requirements analysis & solutions design
• Play a leading role in managing the product backlog and crafting user stories and sign off on feature acceptance, all the while adhering to the agile process constituted for the managing the project
• Interface with the architecture and engineering teams for assessing capabilities and alternatives and own the definition and prioritization of product releases
• Create release notes, demo scripts, conduct feature demos for stakeholders, and conduct product demos for stakeholders/clients
• Actively engage business stakeholders and complete necessary training to learn the businesses, including user experiences, operations processes, business data and rules
• Actively engage technology stakeholders and complete necessary training to learn the modernized technology needed for you to anticipate and meet the needs of the development team in creating high quality roadmaps, features and user stories
• Establish collaborative “trusted advisor” relationship with business and technology constituents and partners
• Define and drive product strategy and roadmap for products
• Clearly articulate product vision, strategy, and roadmap to engineering team effectively as and when needed
• Create, maintain and present audience-appropriate material on product capabilities, roadmap, status and dependencies to team, peers and executive leadership
• Collaborate with UX, architecture and engineering team to drive product design
• Identify and access relevant data to build compelling business case in self-directed manner
• Prioritize backlog at feature and user story level with complete understanding of feature set
• Drive system demo to stakeholders and customers
• Identify potential issues and pro-actively develop mitigation plans
• Build and drive culture of innovation in the portfolio
• Drive continuous improvement in product management practice and disciplines, including intake and backlog refinement, grooming and agile delivery
• Effective action on feedback received during retro meetings
• 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

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Information Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 10+ years of industry experience in IT industry working with tech products
• Experience working on technical platforms: Figma, Cloud Azure, Kafka streaming, AI and Generative AI use case understanding
• Extensive knowledge of the healthcare industry, including segment financial structures and business practices
• Experience and API Orchestration systems
• Relationship management and active listening skills and experience, and will be responsible for developing relationships with business and technology partners
• Extensive knowledge and experience in Product Development, MVP, and Product Launch
• Proficient knowledge of workflow, process enhancement, benchmarking, and/or assessment of enterprise processes
• Proficient in the define, action and execution of product strategies and roadmaps
• Proficient in the evaluation, analysis, and projection of data with respect to operational and business strategy
• Proficiency in conducting cost-benefit analyses and monitoring forecasts to verify that the product is operating as anticipated
• Proficient in utilizing data-driven insights and optimal methodologies to enhance product performance
• Proven ability to collaborate with the stakeholder team, comprehend the requirements of the business, and convert them into functionalities and user stories, and possess a solid comprehension of the Agile methodology
• Proven ability to develop user experience, non-user function, and functional specifications for the product
• Proven well versed with Enterprise Application workflow, Platforms, User
• Data & Domain: Proven data security with preference to Healthcare industry

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.