Senior Product Manager

Optum; Eden Prairie (MN); Remote; USD 92,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Equity stock purchase program

401k contribution

Job summary

Optum is seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager to partner with Agile teams within the CCA Data Pillar. Translate business priorities and data objectives into a clear backlog, define MVPs, and ensure delivery of high-value data solutions.

You will lead engagement with engineers, analysts, and leadership, prioritizing features and measurable outcomes while leveraging AI tools to improve workflows across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Agile Product Manager, Product Owner, or Business Analyst experience supporting data, analytics, reporting, or platform products.
• 3+ years of experience leading backlog ownership, prioritization, requirements discovery, user story development, and acceptance criteria definition.
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience utilizing Agile and product planning tools (such as Rally, Nimble, Aha! or equivalent)
• 3+ years of experience managing stakeholders and facilitating cross‑functional alignment across business and technology teams.
• 3+ years of demonstrated, quantifiable experience working with enterprise data products, data quality metrics, analytics, reporting, and operational KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Own, prioritize, and maintain the team's backlog, balancing strategic product features, technical enablement, operational support, and mandatory commitments.
• Translate complex business problems and data objectives into well-defined features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and measurable outcomes.
• Maintain delivery-ready work for upcoming sprints and Program Increments (PIs).
• Lead day-to-day product engagement with engineers, architects, analysts, QA, and Scrum Masters.
• Define MVPs and phased delivery approaches that release value early.
• Engage stakeholders to align team execution with broader product vision and roadmaps.
• Utilize product and data-quality metrics to guide backlog prioritization.
• Leverage AI tools to streamline workflows and drive continuous improvement.
• Evaluate emerging technology trends to inform solution design and innovation.

Skills

Agile Product Manager

Backlog ownership

User story development

Stakeholder management

Data products

KPIs

Tools

Rally

Aha!

Nimble

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, and data 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.

Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Contact Center Advancement (CCA) Data Pillar turns signals generated across customer interactions into trusted data, meaningful insights, and better business decisions. As CCA modernizes contact center platforms, expands digital channels, and adopts AI-enabled experiences, our team provides the enterprise data foundations, data products, analytics, reporting, and AI enablement that power operational and customer insights. The Senior Technical Product Manager will serve as a delivery-focused product partner/owner for one or more Agile teams within the CCA Data Pillar. In this role, you will translate business priorities, customer needs, and data objectives into a clear, prioritized, and delivery-ready backlog, driving execution, defining MVPs, and ensuring business value is delivered predictably and sustainably.

You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities

• Own, prioritize, and maintain the team's backlog, balancing strategic product features, technical enablement, operational support, and mandatory commitments
• Translate complex business problems and data objectives into well-defined features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and measurable outcomes
• Maintain delivery-ready work for upcoming sprints and Program Increments (PIs), ensuring scope, dependencies, risks, and sequencing are clearly understood
• Lead day-to-day product engagement with engineers, architects, analysts, QA, and Scrum Masters, providing rapid requirement clarification and product decisions
• Define MVPs and phased delivery approaches that release value early while supporting scalable, enterprise-grade data solutions
• Engage business, operational, and product leadership stakeholders to align team execution with broader product vision, roadmaps, and business priorities
• Utilize product, delivery, adoption, and data-quality metrics to evaluate outcomes, identify improvement opportunities, and guide backlog prioritization
• Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline daily workflows, automate routine tasks, and drive continuous improvement
• Evaluate emerging technology trends to inform solution design, workflow efficiency, and strategic product innovation

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions 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 Agile Product Manager, Product Owner, or Business Analyst experience supporting data, analytics, reporting, or platform products
• 3+ years of experience leading backlog ownership, prioritization, requirements discovery, user story development, and acceptance criteria definition
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience utilizing Agile and product planning tools (such as Rally, Nimble, Aha! or equivalent)
• 3+ years of experience managing stakeholders and facilitating cross‑functional alignment across business and technology teams
• 3+ years of demonstrated, quantifiable experience working with enterprise data products, data quality metrics, analytics, reporting, and operational KPIs

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with modern cloud data platforms and analytics technologies (such as Snowflake, Databricks, Power BI, data warehousing, AI, machine learning, or advanced analytics)
• Knowledge of contact center operations, customer experience analytics, customer journey measurement, enterprise reporting, data governance, or healthcare data
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), or equivalent Agile and product credentials
• Experience supporting distributed delivery teams and collaborating effectively with global stakeholders across multiple time zones
• All Telecommuters 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 $91,700 - $163,700 annually based on full‑time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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.

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