Senior Capability Lead — Payment Integrity

Optum; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum Ireland is seeking an Associate Director, Payment Integrity Capability to lead a portfolio of cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced, high-value environment. The role blends strategy, analysis and delivery, translating opportunities into measurable financial benefits.

Based in Ireland with hybrid work between Dublin or Letterkenny offices and home-based telecommuting, you will drive value, establish KPIs and lead diverse teams without direct authority.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership in cross-functional initiatives.
• Strategic thinking with analytic capabilities.
• Delivery-focused with measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple concurrent capability initiatives from opportunity framing through proof of concept, scale or closure.
• Translate strategic priorities and operational pain points into clear problem statements, hypotheses, outcomes, roadmaps, resource needs, dependencies and decision points.
• Maintain a prioritized portfolio and delivery backlog; balance urgent business needs with longer-term capability building and trade-offs.
• Form and lead time-boxed, cross-functional teams for complex opportunities; establish ownership and scale/drop criteria.
• Operate across varied subject areas and tackle unstructured work where ownership is not defined.

Job description

Optum Ireland is seeking an Associate Director, Payment Integrity Capability to lead a portfolio of cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced, high-value environment. The role blends strategy, analysis and delivery, translating opportunities into measurable financial benefits.

Based in Ireland with hybrid work between Dublin or Letterkenny offices and home-based telecommuting, you will drive value, establish KPIs and lead diverse teams without direct authority.