Lead Technical Product Manager, Platform AI Products - 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. We are seeking a Senior Manager, Technical Product Management to lead and scale product capabilities across our healthcare payer technology portfolio. This role sits at the intersection of business strategy, customer experience, data, and engineering, and is critical to translating customer and market insights into high impact, scalable products. The ideal candidate is a trusted product leader who can drive product strategy and execution, influence across business and technology teams, and build solid product talent. This role requires deep experience managing complex product ecosystems, balancing competing priorities, and operating effectively in a regulated healthcare environment. 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
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 10+ years of experience in Product Management, with significant experience in technical or platform products
- Experience as a Product Manager supporting Data Science, Software applications, and / or AI projects
- Solid experience working with engineering, data, and architecture teams
- Experience with Agile delivery models and product management tooling (Aha, Rally, GitHub, etc.)
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex product portfolios and cross team dependencies
- Proven success driving product strategy, roadmaps, and execution at scale
Nice To Haves
- Experience in US Healthcare Payer domain (claims, eligibility, care management, provider data, analytics, etc.)
- Experience scaling product organizations or leading through transformation
- Exposure to data platforms, analytics products, or AI/ML enabled solutions
- Familiarity with regulated environments and compliance driven product delivery
Responsibilities
- Partner with product managers, business stakeholders, and customers to capture Voice of Customer (VOC) and translate insights into product capabilities and jobs to be done
- Drive product strategy through clear articulation of vision, value proposition, and strategic and feature roadmaps
- Create and communicate compelling value propositions through internal marketing and stakeholder communications
- Ensure all features and initiatives are clearly tied to OKRs and business outcomes
- Manage complex requirements and continuously refine products based on evolving business goals, market needs, and customer feedback
- Oversee prioritization and trade off decisions, balancing customer experience, business requirements, technical constraints, performance, and operational needs
- Decompose high level capabilities into features, epics, and user stories that are clear, actionable, and measurable
- Partner closely with engineering teams to define requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Support product backlog management and prioritization across scrum and feature teams
- Drive feature level budgets and ensure efficient use of resources
- Support integration testing, automation practices, and DevOps aligned delivery models
- Maintain a solid understanding of end to end solutions, including system integrations and data flows
- Understand feature impacts and dependencies across platforms and portfolios
- Actively advance understanding of the product operating model and product culture across teams
- Demonstrate working knowledge of modern product and delivery tools such as Aha, Rally, GitHub, and DevOps practices
- Effectively balance the needs of operations, data, and engineering teams
- Serve as a credible and trusted partner to senior business and technology leaders
- Speak fluently to both technical and non technical audiences across teams and levels
- Lead complex, cross functional discussions and drive alignment through fact based, customer centric decision making
- Diffuse conflict and drive consensus by focusing on the greater good of the product and customer needs
- Anticipate stakeholder needs by preparing options, trade offs, and recommendations in advance
- Provide situational coaching and support to other product managers and product teams
- Positively influence product outcomes through mentorship and collaboration
- Actively attract, assess, and hire top product talent using a calibrated bar for excellence
- Contribute to hiring decisions and leverage professional networks to identify qualified candidates
- Train and mentor junior interviewers through shadowing and best practice guidance
- Foster a culture of transparency, growth mindset, and continuous learning
Benefits
- comprehensive benefits package
- incentive and recognition programs
- equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
