VP, Portfolio Strategy, Commercialization and Transformation

Optum; United States; Remote; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is seeking a VP, Portfolio Strategy, Commercialization and Transformation to own the enterprise portfolio strategy and product development lifecycle for Optum Insight Product. This leader ensures concepts grounded in payer and provider priorities and validated against market demand, advancing through disciplined investment and governance.

You will lead cross-functional governance, define multi-year strategy, assess market demand, and set commercialization readiness standards across the

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in product strategy, portfolio strategy, corporate strategy, consulting, commercialization, transformation, or a related leadership function
• 10+ years of experience leading enterprise strategy, product portfolio, or growth initiatives in complex, matrixed organizations
• 5+ years of experience with payer and provider markets, including demonstrated understanding of healthcare economics, client workflows, data, analytics, technology, and regulatory considerations.
• Deep payer and provider portfolio knowledge across clinical, administrative, financial, and technology workflows
• Experience governing products through an end-to-end product development lifecycle, including ideation, validation, investment, development, launch, commercialization, performance management, and lifecycle optimization
• Experience applying AI, automation, and advanced analytics to product strategy, product development, or commercialization
• Track record of shaping portfolio roadmaps, investment allocation, and build, buy, or partner decisions tied to client value and measurable business outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to integrate product, technology, financial, operational, and commercial perspectives into scalable growth strategies
• Executive presence and ability to influence senior stakeholders, align cross-functional teams, and drive decisions without direct authority
• Ability and willingness to travel 15 to 25%

Responsibilities

• Champion responsible for AI as a core driver of product strategy and team performance, shaping how AI-enabled capabilities are prioritized, developed, deployed, measured, and scaled
• Define and maintain the multiyear Optum Insight Product portfolio strategy, including market priorities, growth vectors, capability gaps, adjacencies, and expansion opportunities
• Translate payer and provider business models, workflows, economics, regulatory dynamics, technology needs, and client pain points into actionable product and portfolio priorities
• Assess market demand and apply deep knowledge of payer and provider needs, workflows, and capabilities to shape interoperable solutions that connect across the healthcare ecosystem
• Establish consistent standards for product ideation, discovery, market testing, value proposition development, business case creation, and evidence-based validation before investment
• Shape portfolio and roadmap decisions by recommending where to invest, accelerate, integrate, consolidate, rationalize, acquire, or partner based on market value, strategic fit, feasibility, and financial return
• Drive coherence across products and platforms to create integrated, client-centered solutions while preserving clear stand-alone market propositions where appropriate
• Set commercialization readiness standards across the portfolio, including priority buyers, use cases, positioning, value articulation, pricing inputs, entry points, expansion pathways, and measurable client outcomes
• Partners with Product, Technology, Finance, Implementation, Sales, Client Management, Strategy, and Growth leaders to convert portfolio strategy into funded roadmaps and disciplined market execution
• Lead cross-functional portfolio governance, bringing transparent tradeoffs, investment choices, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to senior leadership
• Define strategic build, buy, and partner recommendations and connect AI, automation, data, globalization, workforce, and operating model choices to portfolio direction

Skills

Product strategy

Portfolio strategy

Executive leadership

Cross-functional influence

AI & analytics

Healthcare economics

Strategic roadmaps

Stakeholder management

End-to-end lifecycle

Travel readiness

Job description

The VP, Portfolio Strategy, Commercialization and Transformation owns the enterprise portfolio strategy and product development lifecycle for Optum Insight Product. This leader ensures product concepts are grounded in payer and provider priorities, validated against market demand, advanced through disciplined investment and governance decisions, and designed for differentiated, scalable commercialization. The role integrates portfolio strategy, product ideation and validation, build, buy and partner choices, commercialization readiness, and transformation priorities across a complex, matrixed organization.

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:

• Champion responsible for AI as a core driver of product strategy and team performance, shaping how AI-enabled capabilities are prioritized, developed, deployed, measured, and scaled
• Define and maintain the multiyear Optum Insight Product portfolio strategy, including market priorities, growth vectors, capability gaps, adjacencies, and expansion opportunities
• Translate payer and provider business models, workflows, economics, regulatory dynamics, technology needs, and client pain points into actionable product and portfolio priorities
• Assess market demand and apply deep knowledge of payer and provider needs, workflows, and capabilities to shape interoperable solutions that connect across the healthcare ecosystem
• Establish consistent standards for product ideation, discovery, market testing, value proposition development, business case creation, and evidence-based validation before investment
• Shape portfolio and roadmap decisions by recommending where to invest, accelerate, integrate, consolidate, rationalize, acquire, or partner based on market value, strategic fit, feasibility, and financial return
• Drive coherence across products and platforms to create integrated, client-centered solutions while preserving clear stand-alone market propositions where appropriate
• Set commercialization readiness standards across the portfolio, including priority buyers, use cases, positioning, value articulation, pricing inputs, entry points, expansion pathways, and measurable client outcomes
• Partners with Product, Technology, Finance, Implementation, Sales, Client Management, Strategy, and Growth leaders to convert portfolio strategy into funded roadmaps and disciplined market execution
• Lead cross-functional portfolio governance, bringing transparent tradeoffs, investment choices, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to senior leadership
• Define strategic build, buy, and partner recommendations and connect AI, automation, data, globalization, workforce, and operating model choices to portfolio direction

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:

• 15+ years of experience in product strategy, portfolio strategy, corporate strategy, consulting, commercialization, transformation, or a related leadership function
• 10+ years of experience leading enterprise strategy, product portfolio, or growth initiatives in complex, matrixed organizations
• 5+ years of experience with payer and provider markets, including demonstrated understanding of healthcare economics, client workflows, data, analytics, technology, and regulatory considerations.
• Deep payer and provider portfolio knowledge across clinical, administrative, financial, and technology workflows
• Experience governing products through an end-to-end product development lifecycle, including ideation, validation, investment, development, launch, commercialization, performance management, and lifecycle optimization
• Experience applying AI, automation, and advanced analytics to product strategy, product development, or commercialization
• Track record of shaping portfolio roadmaps, investment allocation, and build, buy, or partner decisions tied to client value and measurable business outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to integrate product, technology, financial, operational, and commercial perspectives into scalable growth strategies
• Executive presence and ability to influence senior stakeholders, align cross-functional teams, and drive decisions without direct authority
• Ability and willingness to travel 15 to 25%