Pharmacist Product Owner, Clinical Products and Technology - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Schaumburg, IL

2d•$91,700 - $163,700•Remote

About The Position

The Pharmacist Product Owner leads the design, development, and delivery of clinical and pharmacy technology capabilities. The role bridges business, clinical, product, and technology teams by translating business problems and clinical requirements into actionable technical requirements for Agile development teams. The ideal candidate is a pharmacist with product ownership capabilities, an understanding of clinical workflows, and the ability to work effectively with technology teams. The role owns and prioritizes the product backlog, leads Scrum teams through Agile delivery, defines product features, and ensures solutions deliver measurable value to members, clinicians, clients, and the business. This position is remote from anywhere within the United States, with a flexible schedule requiring a 7 a.m. CST start for Scrum calls. Remote employees must adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

Requirements

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy.
Active pharmacist license in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
5+ years of experience in pharmacy, healthcare, clinical technology, product management, product ownership, or related healthcare technology roles.
Experience with user acceptance testing.
Experience serving as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Clinical Product Lead, Business Product Owner, or in a similar role.
Experience prioritizing product backlogs and balancing business value, clinical value, technical complexity, and delivery timelines.
Hands-on experience working with Agile/Scrum software development teams.
Ability to translate business or clinical needs into detailed requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Solid understanding of pharmacy and clinical workflows.
Ability to communicate effectively with clinical/business stakeholders and highly technical teams.

Nice To Haves

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), or familiarity with Agile methodology.
Experience with healthcare or pharmacy technology platforms.
Experience with pharmacy claims, medication management, clinical decision support, MTM, adherence, prior authorization, or other clinical pharmacy programs.
Experience developing products involving AI, automation, analytics, or clinical decision-support capabilities.
Experience in large, complex healthcare organizations and managing dependencies across multiple technology teams.
Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, APIs, cloud platforms, data pipelines, SQL/databases, and system integrations.

Responsibilities

Own the product vision, roadmap, backlog, and feature priorities for assigned clinical and pharmacy capabilities.
Build scalable, reusable product capabilities that support multiple programs and business needs.
Partner with business stakeholders to understand problems, desired outcomes, clinical workflows, and product opportunities.
Evaluate requests based on clinical and business value, technical feasibility, dependencies, risk, and strategic alignment.
Establish product outcomes and measures of success.
Translate clinical and business requirements into features, epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, and functional requirements.
Work with architects, engineers, data teams, analysts, and QA teams to ensure requirements are technically clear and implementable.
Understand how clinical workflows interact with APIs, data sources, business rules, applications, integrations, and downstream systems.
Identify gaps, dependencies, edge cases, and workflow impacts before development begins; serve as the Scrum team’s primary point of clarification during development.
Serve as Product Owner for one or more Agile Scrum teams and maintain and continuously prioritize the product backlog.
Lead or participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily Scrum discussions, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning.
Define acceptance criteria and ensure the team understands intended business and clinical outcomes.
Make timely prioritization and scope decisions; review completed functionality and determine whether it meets acceptance criteria and is ready for release.
Partner with Scrum Masters and engineering leaders to identify and remove delivery risks and dependencies.
Apply pharmacist expertise to ensure products support clinically appropriate, safe, and efficient workflows.
Provide subject matter expertise in medication management, pharmacy workflows, clinical decision support, adherence, medication safety, or other applicable clinical programs.
Consider regulatory, privacy, compliance, and patient safety requirements throughout product development.
Ensure solutions balance clinical integrity, user experience, operational efficiency, and business value.
Partner with clinical operations, pharmacy, product, engineering, architecture, data, compliance, legal, UX, and business leadership.
Facilitate requirements and solution-design sessions with business and technical stakeholders.
Communicate product decisions, priorities, dependencies, risks, and delivery status to stakeholders and senior leadership.
Resolve competing requirements, establish priorities for technology teams, and align business expectations with realistic technology delivery plans.