Senior Manager Data Engineering - Remote

Optum; Eden Prairie (MN); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive and recognition programs

Equity stock purchase and 401k

Job summary

Optum Health Financial Tech seeks a strategic tech leader to drive E&I HEDIS retrospective ops and maintenance for a cloud migration program. You will guide a team of data engineers and SMEs, delivering scalable pipelines and AI-enabled workflows to support regulatory requirements.

You will partner with business leaders and auditors to mitigate risk, ensure data quality, and meet strict SLAs, while advancing responsible AI practices across the stack.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in health insurance with HEDIS concepts, measure engines, data domains across Medicare/Medicaid/Commercial.
• 5+ years with on-premise or cloud-based SQL databases in business, research, or consulting.
• 2+ years leading a team of engineers/SMEs.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud-based data engineering solutions and AI implementations.
• Mentor 6+ data engineers/SMEs and ensure production-ready pipelines with SLAs.
• Collaborate with business partners and auditors to meet regulatory reporting requirements.

Skills

HEDIS concepts

SQL databases

Agile/Kanban

Team leadership

GenAI/AI automation

Regulatory reporting

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

4+ years data engineering experience

Job description

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives.

Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Optum Health Financial Tech team is seeking a strategic technology leader to drive Employer & Individual (E&I) HEDIS Retrospective Operations and Maintenance for a high-visibility cloud migration program. Supporting mission-critical modernization and regulatory compliance efforts, this role leads a team of data engineers and subject matter experts in delivering scalable, production-ready data pipelines. In this role, you will partner closely with business leaders and auditors, managing key operational commitments and integrating production-ready AI capabilities to automate workflows, mitigate technical risk, and maintain strict regulatory SLAs.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities

• Dev lead responsible for delivering Cloud based data engineering solutions along with driving AI implementations
• Lead, direct, and mentor a team of 6+ data engineers and functional subject matter experts to execute scalable data pipeline automations and maintain operational SLAs
• Guide the team in designing, building, and integrating production-ready AI capabilities into scalable data engineering architectures and automated pipelines with emphasis on responsible AI practices
• Manage critical communications and alignment with business partners and auditors regarding functional logic, quality measures, issue resolution, and regulatory reporting requirements
• Drive the evaluation and adoption of enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline data workflows, enhance pipeline performance, and drive continuous operational delivery
• Collaborate effectively across cross-functional product, enhancement, and source teams to resolve dependencies and safeguard business commitments
• Ensure strict adherence to HEDIS quality measure specifications, NCQA updates, and regulatory reporting timelines
• Remove technical and operational barriers to execution by facilitating key architecture and workflow decisions in complex environments

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

• 5+ years of experience in the health insurance industry serving as a subject matter expert in HEDIS concepts, measure engines, and data domains (Member, Eligibility, Medical, Rx, Clinical) across Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial lines of business
• 5+ years of experience using on-premise or cloud-based SQL databases in a business, research, or consulting environment
• 3+ years of Agile/Kanban delivery experience, including engineering best practices such as unit testing, TDD, CI/CD, pair programming, automated testing, and code reviews
• 2+ years of experience leading, coaching, and managing technical and functional team members (leading 6+ engineers/SMEs)
• 1+ years of experience evaluating, integrating, and deploying production-ready AI capabilities and GenAI/Agentic AI automations within enterprise technical workflows
• Proven experience supporting regulatory compliance reporting, business SLAs, and direct stakeholder communications with internal/external auditors
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical and methodological nuances to non-technical business partners and drive strategic decision-making

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Health Informatics, or a related technical field (or 4+ years of equivalent data engineering experience)
• Experience leading or supporting cloud migration initiatives for large-scale healthcare data processing platforms
• Experience with Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standards and clinical data domain integrations
• All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 - $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.