Vice President, Product - Optum Insight, Payer

VP, Product - Payer

Optum Insight is improving the flow of health data and information to create a more connected system. We remove friction and drive alignment between care providers and payers, and ultimately consumers. Our deep expertise in the industry and innovative technology empower us to help organizations reduce costs while improving risk management, quality and revenue growth. Ready to help us deliver results that improve lives? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The VP, Product - Payer will be a visionary and strategic leader responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of Payer technology and service offerings. This executive will drive product innovation, execution, and market adoption, ensuring that solutions meet the evolving needs of healthcare organizations, enhance patient outcomes, and deliver business value. The VP will collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams, clients, and industry partners to maintain a competitive edge in the dynamic healthcare technology landscape.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. Hybrid in MN/DC: This position follows a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Define and execute a product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Payer solutions, aligning with organizational goals and market trends to simplify healthcare
• Drive disruptive innovation incubating net-new products, platforms, and business models that unlock new revenue streams across Optum, Optum Insight, and UnitedHealth Group (UHG)
• Lead the design and delivery of AI-first, technology-enabled products and services that address complex healthcare challenges across the Provider segment
• Establish clear success metrics, roadmaps, and outcome-based KPIs to ensure products deliver measurable business value, customer satisfaction, and market differentiation

Go-to-Market & Market Leadership

• Formulate and execute go-to-market strategies, identifying opportunities for new clients, markets, and service offerings
• Serve as a thought leader and trusted advisor internally and externally, translating market insights, client needs, and competitive intelligence into actionable product strategies
• Provide market-leading perspectives on disruptive capabilities, emerging technologies, and innovative development approaches for simplifying healthcare

Executive Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as an executive partner to senior leaders across Optum, UHG, Technology, and Operations to align product strategy with business goals
• Communicate regularly with enterprise executives, providing clear strategy updates, performance insights, and investment outcomes
• Build and manage deep relationships with key clients and partners to ensure long-term satisfaction, loyalty, and adoption

Product Delivery & Experience Excellence

• Lead data-driven product decision-making grounded in consumer insights, usability research, market analysis, and design thinking
• Partner closely with engineering and technology teams to deliver high-velocity product enhancements using agile methodologies
• Own ongoing product performance, operational health, and customer outcomes post-launch

Financial & P&L Accountability

• Own and grow a significant product P&L, delivering against revenue, IOI, and profitability targets
• Partner with line-of-business leaders to define and manage a multi-year product investment roadmap, including capital investments, ensuring ROI validation at the Optum Insight and enterprise levels
• Oversee budgeting, financial planning, and performance management to drive sustainable growth

People & Organizational Leadership

• Build, lead, and scale a world-class product team
• Attract, develop, and retain top product talent while fostering a high-performance, innovation-driven culture

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:

• 15+ years of experience successfully launching large-scale product innovations and delivering measurable results in the Payer domain of healthcare
• Proven ability to analyze complex market opportunities and develop creative solutions to a wide variety of unique market problems
• Demonstrated track record of active collaboration, engagement, oversight, and strategy development of key growth opportunities
• Experience leading and growing the P&L of a solutions business in a healthcare or technology organization
• Demonstrated visionary thinking and ability to translate business strategies that create or sustain competitive advantage
• Track record of success acting as an innovative thought leader and business partner to executives across multiple business units
• Experience functioning as an organization's authority and established expert to develop solutions based on an understanding of the business environment, competitive landscape, and objectives
• Experience managing a team of high performing leaders supporting a portfolio of ideation and incubation initiatives
• Experience motivating, developing, coaching, and guiding people in a matrixed organization
• Experience managing a globally distributed team

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA / Master's degree
• Experience supporting Providers, Employers, Federal/State government and/or Emerging Market clients

*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 $225,000 to $375,000 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.