Sr. Manager Strategy and Innovation (Medicare Ancillary) - MN Market

UnitedHealth Group•Minnetonka, MN

1d•$112,700 - $193,200•Remote

About The Position

At UnitedHealthcare, we’re simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and optimized. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. We are seeking a Senior Manager to drive the Medicare Ancillary innovation strategy and multi-year roadmap across Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, and ancillary benefits such as fitness, dental, vision, OTC, and supplemental benefits. This role translates market insights, member needs, competitive dynamics, utilization patterns, and financial inputs into portfolio-level recommendations that shape growth, retention, affordability, member experience, competitive differentiation, and enterprise readiness.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in healthcare strategy, Medicare, product management, innovation, or consulting
Experience owning strategy development, portfolio prioritization, business cases, product concepts, market assessments, implementation roadmaps, or cross-functional transformation initiatives

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, supplemental benefits, ancillary products, or related health plan capabilities
Solid strategic and analytical skills, including ability to interpret complex inputs, assess enterprise implications, frame tradeoffs, quantify value, and translate findings into executive-ready recommendations
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to create concise, structured, decision-oriented executive materials
Demonstrated ability to lead complex workstreams, influence senior stakeholders, drive accountability without direct authority, and move high-impact work forward in a matrixed enterprise
High ownership mindset with comfort operating in ambiguity, creating structure for complex problems, and balancing enterprise strategy with disciplined execution
Outstanding executive communication and organizational skills, with ability to manage competing priorities, relationships, decision forums, and portfolio-level deliverables with limited direction

Responsibilities

Drive the Medicare Ancillary innovation pipeline across Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement, aligning opportunities to support enterprise growth, affordability, and member experience goals
Lead prioritization of high-value product opportunities by synthesizing market research, competitive intelligence, utilization data, member insights, operational feasibility, and financial impact into clear recommendations
Define portfolio recommendations, product concept briefs, and business cases that clarify the problem to solve, target population, value proposition, operating model, investment needs, readiness requirements, and success measures
Drive executive decision-making through strategic recommendations, tradeoff analyses, investment narratives, and roadmaps that clarify milestones, decisions, owners, dependencies, risks, and enterprise readiness
Represent the Ancillary innovation portfolio in governance forums, portfolio reviews, and senior leadership discussions, surfacing tradeoffs, blockers, and decisions required to accelerate impact
Advise senior product leaders on innovation priorities, investment choices, strategic risks, readiness gaps, and actions to improve portfolio performance
Establish the Ancillary portfolio operating model and leadership rhythm, including priority setting, governance, risk management, decision escalation, performance monitoring, and executive follow-through
Shape planning cycles, leadership meetings, business reviews, and working sessions by framing strategic choices, required decisions, tradeoffs, risks, and recommended paths forward
Translate Medicare Ancillary strategy into priorities, workstreams, success measures, and implementation plans aligned to broader product organization priorities and goals
Lead cross-functional alignment across matrixed partners by clarifying objectives, accountable owners, decision rights, timelines, dependencies, unresolved issues, and readiness implications
Synthesize market, competitor, regulatory, financial, and operational intelligence to inform product priorities, executive decisions, and future innovation opportunities
Navigate competing priorities and incomplete information across business areas, balancing member value, financial impact, feasibility, compliance, sales needs, and implementation risk
Create structure for ambiguous innovation opportunities and convert them into sequenced decisions, funded initiatives, measurable outcomes, and scalable operating practices