Remote AI-Powered Enterprise Business Systems Lead

UnitedHealth Group; Eden Prairie (MN); Remote; USD 113,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group's Optum Tech team seeks a Principal Business Systems Analyst to lead enterprise technology, data, analytics, automation, and AI initiatives from strategy through delivery.

You’ll collaborate with business, product, engineering, data science, and architecture teams to design and deploy AI-powered solutions that modernize healthcare platforms. Remote work is supported with in-office four days a week in specified locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of equivalent technology or business systems analysis experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise technology, data, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled initiatives from strategy through delivery.
• Define product and program roadmaps, delivery plans, success metrics, budgets, and resource strategies.
• Partner with business, product, engineering, architecture, and operations teams to deliver scalable technology solutions.
• Manage program financials, business cases, forecasting, vendor relationships, and executive reporting.
• Drive requirements gathering, stakeholder alignment, prioritization, and delivery planning.
• Oversee program execution, dependency management, release planning, and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with AI, data science, and engineering teams to deliver AI-enabled business capabilities, evaluate emerging trends, and inform strategic solution design.
• Partner with technology and governance teams to ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and operational standards.
• Lead organizational change management and technology adoption efforts to maximize business value while mentoring cross-functional teams.

Skills

Leadership

Analytics

AI

Automation

Program management

Stakeholder mgmt

Budgeting

Vendor mgmt

Security & compliance

Change management

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

AI deployment frameworks

Workflow automation tools

Job description

UnitedHealth Group's Optum Tech team seeks a Principal Business Systems Analyst to lead enterprise technology, data, analytics, automation, and AI initiatives from strategy through delivery.

You’ll collaborate with business, product, engineering, data science, and architecture teams to design and deploy AI-powered solutions that modernize healthcare platforms. Remote work is supported with in-office four days a week in specified locations.