Sr. Director, Product Management - Value Based Care Technology - Remote

Optum; Plymouth (MN); Remote; USD 150,000 - 289,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is seeking a Sr. Director of Product Management focused on Value Based Care Technology, responsible for defining product strategy, managing cross-functional teams, and driving healthcare innovations. This remote position requires extensive experience in healthcare analytics and product management. Ideal candidates will possess a strong background in strategic management, effective communication skills, and a passion for improving health outcomes.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive and recognition programs

401k contribution

Equity stock purchase options

Qualifications

• 8+ years in healthcare or technology sectors.
• 5+ years in product management with a focus on value-based care.
• Strong communication and strategic management skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive multi-year vision, strategy, and roadmaps for technology products.
• Manage product financials and oversee end-to-end business cases.
• Lead a team of product managers to develop impactful technology solutions.

Skills

Healthcare analytics

Strategic product management

Communication

Presentation skills

Job description

Sr. Director, Product Management - Value Based Care Technology - Remote

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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, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Optum Insight strives to be the nation's largest enabler of value-based performance, helping risk-bearing entities (payers, at-risk providers, ACOs, aggregators, and health systems) achieve outcomes across population health, VBC performance, affordability, quality optimization, and risk adjustment performance with best-in-class technology, industry expertise, and results-driven managed services.

The Senior Director of Product Management will provide strategic and technical product management and leadership focused on VBC financial performance, contract performance, incentive frameworks, funds-flow, and provider performance. This role involves collaborating closely with solution owners, capability leads, engineering teams, and other stakeholders to define business cases, drive product strategy, and translate that strategy into detailed requirements for prototyping and final development by the engineering team.

The ideal candidate will be a well-rounded product manager who can leverage a strong background in value based care optimization, strategic product management, and healthcare analytics. They will excel in leading product management teams and managing cross-functional initiatives. Strong communication and presentation skills, along with the ability to work under tight deadlines while handling multiple tasks, are essential.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities

• Drive multi-year vision, strategy, and roadmaps tied to client outcomes for multiple interconnected technology products
• Evaluate competitive position and create differentiated value stories
• Conduct market outreach to validate assumptions around assumed high-value outcomes
• Identify creative product solutions to meet evolving customer needs
• Evaluate market trends to proactively identify new opportunities expand product capabilities that drive increased market share
• Work closely with growth office and sales enablement to develop GTM models for new capabilities
• Drive alignment with relevant and matrix stakeholders on prioritized outcomes
• Facilitate synergies across the product suite targeted at shared buyers and user personas
• Lead a team of product managers to design and build impactful technology solutions
• Lead detailed planning and success measurement to support capital planning efforts
• Provide oversight for end-to-end business cases and lead stakeholder alignment, including:
• Market sizing & growth projections
• Total cost estimation
• Governance reviews / leadership approvals
• High-level business requirements
• Business goals
• Operational workflow and outcomes
• Functional requirements
• Facilitate development of market sizing (including TAM, SAM, & SOM) to inform prioritization and estimate revenue growth
• Drive multi-year revenue and growth plan to achieve growth strategy
• Manage product financials, making product modifications/enhancements as needed to drive profitability and growth
• Grow and expand expertise within the product management team and other contributing teams
  
  

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience the healthcare, healthcare tech, or technology sectors
• 5+ years of technology product management and development role with experience in any combination of the following areas: new product development, new product launches, market sizing, roadmap creation, commercial technology and SaaS product development
• 5+ years of experience in a role supporting VBC performance or population health optimization in any combination of the following focus areas: payer contracting, provider contracting, MSSP performance, ACO performance, TCOC insights, population health program design, population health management, social determinants of health, population stratification, care management performance, financial and clinical risk identification, or VBC/quality incentive design
• 3+ years of experience building, leading, and managing highly matrixed, cross-functional initiatives, including a deep understanding of how to structure initiatives and all related operational functions
• Prior experience, justifying capital investment and subsequently creating a technology product roadmap to build a technology that drives total cost of care improvement, population health improvement, or value-based care performance
• Ability to travel up to 10% as needed
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience the healthcare, healthcare tech, or technology sectors
• 6+ years of experience managing full product profitability, including revenue, expense, depreciation, etc.
• 4+ years of experience managing a team of product managers
• Proven ability to lead product discovery work as well as to synthesize market findings into new product/enhancement ideas
• Demonstrated ability to work under tight deadlines and handle multiple/detail-oriented tasks
• Proven ability to drive alignment in matrixed organization
• Demonstrated ability to influence at all levels of the organization
• All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.
  
  

The salary range for this role is $150,200 to $288,500 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Product Management

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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