Remote Chief Engineering Leader - AI & Health Tech

UnitedHealth Group; Eden Prairie (MN); Remote; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Optum Insight Payer Market seeks a VP of Engineering to set the technology vision for payments, risk, claims, and payer operations, leading a global, matrixed engineering team.

You will drive cloud adoption, AI/ML value realization, and strong security practices while partnering with product and business leaders to deliver measurable results. The role offers remote work within the U.S., with in-office requirements in Minneapolis for certain locations.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of technology experience with 5+ years in senior engineering/technology leadership (VP/CTO scope).
• Proven track record building and scaling large transaction-processing platforms.

Responsibilities

• Drive technology vision and strategy with a multi-year roadmap.
• Lead architecture across cloud, security, data and platform architecture.
• Own technology budget and P&L at scale.
• Partner with product and business stakeholders for AI use cases.
• Oversee security posture and compliance in healthcare environments.

Skills

Technology leadership

Cloud platforms

AI/ML deployment

Budget/P&L management

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Job description

Optum Insight Payer Market seeks a VP of Engineering to set the technology vision for payments, risk, claims, and payer operations, leading a global, matrixed engineering team.

You will drive cloud adoption, AI/ML value realization, and strong security practices while partnering with product and business leaders to deliver measurable results. The role offers remote work within the U.S., with in-office requirements in Minneapolis for certain locations.