Director Technology - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Minnetonka, MN

8h•Remote

About The Position

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. UHC Technology is focused on driving change, modernization, and ensuring reliable and stable systems so that we can help to transform health care - making it easier, more affordable, and more effective for those we serve. We are passionate about technology and the role it plays to create distinctive experiences to our constituents. While we are always focused on how technology can help us deliver faster and with improved quality, we are far more enthusiastic about the ways technology can reinvent how we deliver on our mission in partnership with the UHC lines of business and Optum Technology. We are seeking a dynamic Director of Software Engineering to lead our UHC Payment Integrity team. This role is pivotal in driving enterprise-wide affordability initiatives, protecting claim dollars, and evolving our defense mechanisms as AI technologies advance. The successful candidate will build and mentor a high-performing engineering team, foster cross-functional relationships, and champion platform strategies that streamline operations and reduce redundancies. This is a people leader role, managing managers and guiding a global team, with a solid focus on change management and enterprise asset development. 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.

Requirements

5+ years leading full stack engineering teams
5+ years leading large-scale, enterprise-focused programs
Experience with any cloud platform
Experience leading other managers and growing teams, including mentorship and workforce development
Ability to foster and build enterprise assets, driving adoption and coalition-building across the organization
Experience building DCOM strategies and managing change to elevate business-specific applications to enterprise level

Nice To Haves

Experience leading payment integrity or affordability-related initiatives
Understanding of claim and provider domains, payment integrity, and affordability domains
Familiarity with AI advancements and upskilling teams from older AI foundations to new AI technologies
Experience in platform strategy, streamlining, and reducing redundancies and total cost of ownership
Solid relationship-building skills across enterprise organizations

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and develop a global full stack engineering team, including managers and technical leads
Build and foster an enterprise-focused team culture, driving collaboration and relationship-building across the organization
Develop and implement platform strategies to streamline solutions, reduce redundancies, and lower total cost of ownership
Drive adoption and support for enterprise assets, building coalitions across business units
Oversee the upskilling of teams from legacy AI to new AI technologies
Evaluate emerging trends in AI and payment integrity, ensuring robust defense mechanisms against evolving threats
Manage change initiatives, including DCOM strategies, to elevate business-specific applications to enterprise-level solutions
Focus on detecting new market problems and developing efficient, scalable solutions
Evaluate emerging trends to inform solution design and strategic innovation