Senior Tech Product & Program Leader - AI & Transformation

UnitedHealth Group; Eden Prairie (MN); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Job summary

Optum, a part of UnitedHealth Group, is seeking a Principal Technology Product & Program Manager to lead large-scale technology, data, analytics, and AI-enabled transformation initiatives. You will define strategy, build roadmaps, and ensure delivery from concept through implementation, partnering with executives, engineers, and data scientists.

You will drive requirements, manage budgets, and align stakeholders across business and technology to deliver scalable solutions while advancing health

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, Healthcare Administration, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience leading enterprise technology, product, program management, digital transformation, data, or analytics initiatives
• 5+ years of experience managing large-scale technology, digital products, platform modernization, analytics, or AI-enabled business programs
• 5+ years of experience with Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies
• 3+ years of experience managing budgets, resource planning, forecasting, vendor relationships, and executive communications
• 3+ years of experience delivering complex cross-functional initiatives involving product, engineering, architecture, operations, and business stakeholders
• 3+ years of experience developing roadmaps, business cases, governance processes, and execution plans
• 2+ years of experience partnering with engineering, architecture, data, and AI teams to deliver technology solutions

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
• Partner with technology and governance teams to ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and operational standards
• Collaborate with AI, data science, and engineering teams to deliver AI-enabled business capabilities and solutions
• Lead organizational change management and technology adoption efforts to maximize business value
• Mentor cross-functional teams and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Program management

Budgeting

Cross-functional collaboration

AI/ML knowledge

Cloud experience

Governance/compliance

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

Job description

Optum, a part of UnitedHealth Group, is seeking a Principal Technology Product & Program Manager to lead large-scale technology, data, analytics, and AI-enabled transformation initiatives. You will define strategy, build roadmaps, and ensure delivery from concept through implementation, partnering with executives, engineers, and data scientists.

You will drive requirements, manage budgets, and align stakeholders across business and technology to deliver scalable solutions while advancing health