Senior Director, Product & Portfolio Management - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

13d•$159,300 - $273,200•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Director, Product & Portfolio Management serves as the executive leader accountable for product strategy, portfolio governance, investment planning, prioritization, and value realization across the Utilization Management (UM) and Care Management (CM) technology portfolio. The role partners directly with business, clinical, operations, finance, and technology leaders across Optum Health and UHC to define integrated product roadmaps, manage capital investments, accelerate responsible AI adoption, and deliver measurable business and clinical outcomes. This leader oversees an organization of approximately 50 product, portfolio, and analyst resources and aligns executive strategy, financial stewardship, and technical delivery across the UM and CM ecosystem. 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

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
10+ years of technical product and/or portfolio management experience leading large-scale enterprise technology platforms and software solutions
5+ years of people leadership experience managing managers, product leaders, portfolio professionals, and cross-functional teams in a matrixed enterprise
Demonstrated experience owning a technology investment portfolio, including capital planning, governance, prioritization, roadmap management, and benefits realization
Experience defining enterprise product strategy and delivering complex, cloud-enabled software solutions
Experience evaluating, integrating, or deploying modern artificial intelligence capabilities in enterprise workflows
Proven ability to partner with Finance on business cases, capital allocation, forecasting, and financial validation of outcomes
Proven executive-level collaboration across business, clinical, operations, finance, and technology stakeholders

Nice To Haves

Healthcare technology experience, preferably supporting Utilization Management, Care Management, Prior Authorization, or clinical operations
Experience operating portfolio governance frameworks, intake and stage-gate processes, capital committee cadences, and executive portfolio reporting
Experience building unified, multi-line-of-business roadmaps and aligning internal and external partners around a shared investment plan
Experience with cloud-native platforms, APIs, microservices, workflow orchestration, data platforms, analytics, and AI enablement
Proven track record of delivering measurable operational efficiency, cost reduction, quality improvement, customer value, or healthcare outcomes

Responsibilities

Define and execute the integrated UM/CM product strategy, product vision, and capability roadmaps across Optum Health and UHC
Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle, from intake and discovery through delivery, adoption, operational performance, and retirement
Partner with business, clinical, operations, engineering, architecture, and data teams to translate strategic priorities into scalable product capabilities
Accelerate responsible AI adoption across UM and CM products, including AI-assisted clinical workflows, decision support, documentation, and operational automation
Build, coach, and develop a high-performing organization of product, portfolio, and analyst professionals with clear accountability and measurable outcomes
Own the integrated UM/CM investment portfolio, aligning spend, capacity, and sequencing to enterprise strategy, clinical priorities, and business outcomes
Lead product intake, prioritization, funding recommendations, and transparent trade-off decisions across competing initiatives and lines of business
Develop annual and multi-year capital plans, business cases, capital committee submissions, and investment roadmaps in partnership with Finance and capability leaders
Establish a unified portfolio roadmap that integrates milestones, dependencies, risks, funding, capacity, technical debt, and expected benefits
Oversee budget, forecast, burn rate, budget-to-actual variance, and funding reallocation to the highest-value opportunities
Own benefits and value realization, including clear success measures, finance validation, executive reporting, and corrective actions when outcomes are at risk
Operate portfolio governance cadences through executive dashboards, monthly and quarterly reviews, KPI/MBO reporting, and concise risk narratives
Drive portfolio simplification through modernization, consolidation of duplicative capabilities, and retirement of low-value or legacy assets
Performance will be assessed through a balanced set of portfolio, product, operational, clinical, financial, and transformation outcomes