Chief Product Officer - Enterprise Imaging

UnitedHealth Group; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 191,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Chief Product Officer to lead their Enterprise Imaging portfolio. This pivotal role involves strategic oversight of product management, driving innovation, and ensuring market alignment. You will inspire teams, shape organizational strategy, and leverage your extensive experience to enhance product offerings in the healthcare technology sector. Join a dynamic environment where your leadership will directly impact health outcomes and advance equity in care. If you are passionate about making a difference and possess a strong background in product management, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Incentive and Recognition Programs

Equity Stock Purchase

401k Contribution

Qualifications

• 15+ years of product management experience with a focus on healthcare.
• Proven track record in leading product introductions and managing teams.

Responsibilities

• Inspire and lead product management teams to drive strategy and execution.
• Analyze market needs and develop go-to-market strategies for products.

Skills

Product Management

Leadership

Cloud-based Products

Healthcare Technology

Data-Driven Decision Making

Communication

Customer Focus

Innovation Cultivation

Collaboration

Strategic Planning

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Related Field

MBA or Advanced Technical Education

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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to startCaring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Chief Product Officer of Enterprise Imaging has ownership of a portfolio of products & solutions and is accountable for the strategic direction of portfolio and ongoing management for profitability. The Chief Product Officer is directly responsible for product strategy, execution of product management and for developing the go-to-market strategies. The person in this role will demonstrate an understanding of synergies across the portfolio and how to meet market needs and continue to drive growth by understanding and evaluating enterprise imaging user needs and market needs to improve our competitive position and drive customer value. The leader considers internal and external dynamics when developing recommendations and strategies; critically evaluates information and recommends what should or shouldn't proceed; demonstrates systems thinking; and can readily identify downstream impacts of decisions and proactively construe alternatives. As a key member of the Enterprise Imaging executive leadership team, you will participate in a variety of leadership operating mechanisms to lead the business. You will provide leadership, management, coaching and/or mentoring to others and serve as an industry thought leader and practicing subject matter expert. In addition, you will be accountable for the performance of and results through a matrixed team.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Inspire employees across the organization
• Promote the company’s values and be a role model for other leaders
• Help shape the overall organization strategy and contribute beyond the scope of this role to build a winning strategy
• Build and monitor the execution of the strategy, which includes transition from existing solutions to next generation products
• Own ensuring that PDLC process is followed for all product management initiatives and new product introductions (NPIs)
• Lead capital requirement assessment; anticipate product needs per long term product plans; accountable for product performance as indicated in capital plan
• Develop processes that allow for changes and incorporate new learnings; provide high-level requirements that clearly state the intent/goal and help team to understand the guardrails; approve finalized requirement documents
• Define build/buy/partner strategies for the product portfolio elements
• Direct, drive, and own continual provision of market insights, competitive analysis and new market/product opportunity analyses
• Analyze competitor business strategy (e.g., how their strategy is evolving, potential acquisitions and/or partnerships, products in the pipeline) and understand potential impact
• Ensure all operational elements of a product are understood and designed to meet product specifications
• Document product operations from product vision to executional expectations in a manner that facilitates rapid implementation and product launches
• Validate the high-level vision with the marketplace
• Help drive Go-to-Market plan: value propositions, key messages, sales alignment, pricing, segmentation and campaign to achieve desired adoption and sales targets of the solutions
• Lead the Imaging advisory community and frequently connect with customers to represent their point of view in internal discussions
• Serve as a bridge to lead to the alignment of product development processes and integration plans
• Coordinate with R&D to ensure product roadmap interlock occurs and R&D delivers according to product roadmap timelines
• Accountable for product performance and quality standards that directly impact financial performance
• Evaluate financial analyses; predict impact of internal and external events on financial performance; assess risk and decide courses of action; determine how best to leverage portfolio; connect financial targets to long-term strategy in portfolio planning
• Take ownership of coordination with and alignment/interlock with Marketing and Sales organizations to ensure optimal Go-To-Market and realization of BU-wide bookings, revenue and profitability targets

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 broad and deep product management experience
• 7+ years managing and leading Product Management teams
• Demonstrated success leading product introductions from design to execution and launch
• Experience delivering cloud-based products to market
• Background in Healthcare Tech (HIT)
• Track record of leading through other leaders and obtaining results through matrixed teams
• Experience working a part of a global business
• Solid planning, decision making and judgment
• Data driven: Make decision based on hard facts
• Excellent communicator
• Cultivates Innovation
• Influencer, collaborator, team player to get results in a cross-functional, matrixed, global organization
• Demonstrated ability to make good decisions quickly & get things done
• Curious: Continuously expanding his/her horizons
• Balance of control and delegation
• Customer focus
• Capable of representing the company in front of customers and in public forums
• History of leveraging diversity
• Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, engineering, health informatics, healthcare or marketing or related field (or equivalent experiences)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced business or technical education (MBA, MSC)
• Enterprise Imaging, Radiology and/or Cardiology industry knowledge/specialization
• Medical Device domain expertise
• Experience driving a migration from on-prem to cloud-based solutions
• Data Platform experience
• Experience incorporating Voice of Customer (VOC) in the PDLC
• Design Thinking experience/certification
• General Manager mindset

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

The salary range for this role is $191,800 to $364,800 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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