Senior Manager Tech Product Management

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

The Senior Manager of Product Management is a Grade 29 leadership role based in India. This position will lead product management capabilities within the Coordination of Benefits Solutions Suite, which sits within Payment Integrity, a business unit of Optum Insight

This leader will initially manage a team of four product professionals, with expected growth as the portfolio expands. The team will own capabilities that support observability dashboards and reports, operational reporting web applications, staffing productivity insights, growth reporting, workforce productivity enhancements, automation opportunities, agentic AI capabilities, and smart user interface improvements

This role requires solid core product management skills. The Senior Manager will serve as the authority for the long-term vision and roadmap for the capabilities within this portfolio. They will take high-level business goals and break them down into clear capabilities, product priorities, and actionable delivery plans. They will also be responsible for building tactical plans from scratch, shaping backlog priorities, making prioritization decisions, and clearly communicating tradeoffs across stakeholders

The role is aligned to an engineering organization of approximately 40 engineers. The Senior Manager and direct reports will partner closely with engineering, operations, analytics, finance, compliance, sales, and business leaders to define priorities, maintain delivery alignment, and ensure capabilities meet business and customer needs

The Coordination of Benefits Solutions Suite supports a customer base that includes U.S. health insurance companies and providers. This leader will help translate customer, operational, and business needs into actionable product strategy, roadmaps, requirements, and measurable outcomes

Key responsibilities include leading portfolio roadmap development, prioritizing work across program increments, supporting investment planning, and monitoring and tracking investment expenditures. The role requires solid financial discipline, clear communication of tradeoffs, and the ability to connect product investments to business value

The team works in program increments, so familiarity with SAFe Agile practices is preferred. The Senior Manager will help drive disciplined planning, backlog readiness, cross-team dependency management, and transparent delivery reporting

This role does not require travel. Work hours are aligned so the end of shift occurs at 10:00 AM U.S. Central Time

Success in this position requires solid interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a large matrix organization. The role involves regular collaboration with many partners and requires the ability to maintain alignment across multiple stakeholders while driving progress, resolving issues, and supporting successful product outcomes

Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regard to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

13+ years experience in agile delivery, product lifecycle, or related technical roles

Product management leadership experience, preferably in health care technology, payment integrity, coordination of benefits, reporting, analytics, workflow automation, or operational platforms

Experience defining long-term product vision, building roadmaps, and translating business strategy into capabilities, priorities, and delivery plans

Experience leading product teams, with the ability to coach direct reports and scale team capabilities as the portfolio grows

Experience working with engineering teams in an agile delivery model. Familiarity with SAFe Agile and program increment planning is preferred

Experience with dashboards, reporting applications, operational productivity tools, automation, AI-enabled capabilities, or smart user interface design preferred

Experience collaborating across product, engineering, operations, finance, compliance, sales, and executive stakeholders

Solid backlog management skills, including prioritizing work, evaluating tradeoffs, making decisions with incomplete information, and aligning stakeholders around sequencing

Ability to take high-level goals and build a tactical product plan from scratch, including capability definition, requirements, dependencies, milestones, and success measures

Solid understanding of product roadmaps, business cases, investment tracking, and financial stewardship

Ability to translate business, operational, and customer needs into product strategy, prioritized requirements, and measurable outcomes

Solid interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills required for success in a large matrix organization

Knowledge of U.S. health care, health insurance operations, provider workflows, payment integrity, or coordination of benefits preferred

Ability to work India-based hours aligned to a 10:00 AM U.S. Central Time end of shift

No travel required

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.