Product Manager

Optum India; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum India is seeking a Product Manager for US Healthcare IT products to define and drive the product vision, strategy and roadmap, and to own the portfolio backlog and roadmap execution. You will articulate requirements clearly to the engineering team and collaborate with UX to shape compelling product designs that meet user needs and business goals.

Leverage data to build persuasive business cases, deliver consistent value against MBOs, and perform win/loss reviews to inform roadmap

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience.
• Cost/benefit analysis and forecast tracking to ensure product performance.
• Data-driven knowledge and best practices to improve product.
• Gathering requirements and maintaining product backlog/roadmap.
• Process improvement and workflow optimization.
• Ability to discuss technology with engineering on existing and emerging technologies.
• Knowledge of payer and provider space and concepts like medical coding and risk adjustment.
• Knowledge of Medicaid state cycles for payments.
• Experience with product management tools such as Aha and Rally.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive product management and roadmap for US Healthcare IT products.
• Clearly articulate product vision, strategy and roadmap to engineering team.
• Own portfolio backlog and roadmap execution.
• Collaborate with UX and engineering team to drive product design.
• Identify data to build compelling business cases in a self-directed manner.
• Deliver consistent value delivery based on business MBOs.
• Drive system demos to stakeholders and customers.
• Prioritize backlog at feature and user story level with understanding of feature details.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve outcomes.
• Leverage AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation.

Skills

Cost/benefit analysis

Data-driven insights

Requirements gathering

Process improvement

Tech discussions with team

Payer/provider knowledge

Medicaid cycles knowledge

Education

Undergraduate degree

Tools

Aha

Rally

Job description

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

• Product Manager for US Healthcare IT product or portfolio of products
• Define and drive product management & 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
• 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
• Be able to collaborate with various teams (business, engineering, product, ops) to drive common objective and help achieving outcomes
• Be able to perform win/loss analysis to determine product roadmap
• 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

Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation by streamlining workflows and automating repetitive tasks. Evaluate emerging trends to drive continuous improvement and strategic innovation.

Required Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 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
• Understanding and ability to conduct meaningful conversation with technology team on various existing and emerging technologies and overall solution space
• Good knowledge of payer and provider space and idea about medical coding, risk adjustment models
• Working knowledge of Medicaid state specific cycles for payments
• Working knowledge of various tools such as Aha, Rally etc.

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.

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