Director, AI-Native Pharmacy Product & Portfolio

UnitedHealth Group; Eden Prairie (MN); Remote; USD 135,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Director of Technical Product & Portfolio Management to lead the AI-Native Pharmacy portfolio across Optum Rx. You will align capital with enterprise strategy, drive AI-enabled roadmaps, and collaborate with finance, engineering, and operations to deliver measurable outcomes.

The role emphasizes executive collaboration, cloud-enabled solutions, and a strong healthcare technology background. Remote work is available with in-office requirements for certain locations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical product, program, or portfolio management experience leading large-scale enterprise technology platforms and software solutions.
• 5+ years of translating business use cases into technical solutions with solid technical aptitude.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with AI integration, generative AI, responsible AI practices, and AI experimentation.
• Experience owning a technology investment portfolio, including capital planning, governance, prioritization, roadmap management, and benefits realization.
• Experience defining enterprise product strategy and delivering complex, cloud-enabled software solutions.
• Experience evaluating, integrating, or deploying modern AI capabilities in enterprise workflows.
• Proven ability to partner with Finance on business cases, capital allocation, forecasting, and financial validation of outcomes.
• Proven executive-level collaboration across business, operations, finance, and technology stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the integrated Optum Rx AI-Native Pharmacy product strategy, product vision, and capability roadmaps across Pharmacy lines of business in partnership with business capability owners, engineering, and operations stakeholders, embedding an AI-first mindset in roadmap decisions.
• Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle, from intake and discovery through delivery, adoption, operational performance, and retirement.
• Partner with business, operations, engineering, architecture, and data teams to translate strategic priorities into scalable AI-driven product capabilities.
• Accelerate responsible AI adoption across Pharmacy lines of business, including AI-assisted workflows, decision support, documentation, and operational automation.
• Own the integrated AI-Native Pharmacy investment portfolio, aligning spend, capacity, and sequencing to enterprise strategy, priorities, and business outcomes.
• Collaborate with business capability owners to lead product intake, prioritization, funding recommendations, and transparent trade-off decisions across competing initiatives and lines of business.
• Develop annual and multi-year capital plans, business cases, capital committee submissions, and investment roadmaps in partnership with Finance and business capability leaders.

Skills

Technical product management

Portfolio management

AI integration

Executive collaboration

Financial governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field

Job description

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Director of Technical Product & Portfolio Management to lead the AI-Native Pharmacy portfolio across Optum Rx. You will align capital with enterprise strategy, drive AI-enabled roadmaps, and collaborate with finance, engineering, and operations to deliver measurable outcomes.

The role emphasizes executive collaboration, cloud-enabled solutions, and a strong healthcare technology background. Remote work is available with in-office requirements for certain locations.