Vice President, Digital Engineering - Optum Consumer

UnitedHealth Group • Eden Prairie, MN

96d • $196,600 - $337,100

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 talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Optum Technology Digital Leadership team is transforming Optum to be an industry-leading Consumer brand, delivering personalized digital solutions that empower direct to consumer digital first experiences that educate, guide and empower consumers to the right care across all lines of business for Optum. In this leadership role, you will be responsible for leading a Product Engineering team for the Optum App and making our consumer obsessed digital vision come to life. You will lead the organization through the creation and transformation of digital experiences serving patients, health plan members, employers, and providers. This leader will design and deliver the common component technology platform as well as our next generation consumer experiences. They will be responsible for the platform and application Engineering strategy, leading an integrated team focused on driving continuous, metrics-backed improvements to the digital experience through product and engineering disciplines. You will partner across Optum and external partners to oversee (and be accountable for) end-to-end digital experiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 15+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in senior engineering leadership roles
• Proven track record building and scaling consumer-grade digital products with millions of users
• Experience leading matrixed, geographically dispersed engineering teams across multiple time zones
• Proven understanding of AI/ML integration in production environments
• Demonstrated expertise in Agile methods, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), microservices architecture, DevOps, and application security
• Excellent communication, influence, leadership, and stakeholder management skills

Nice To Haves

• Experienced Product Engineering leader
• Experience building at scale GenAI solutions in production environments
• Healthcare industry experiences

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a long-term engineering vision aligned with the company's digital health strategy and growth goals
• Build, lead, and scale a high-performing global engineering organization with a culture of innovation, accountability, and inclusion
• Recruit and mentor senior engineering leaders, fostering both technical and people management capabilities
• Lead the development of robust, scalable, secure, and user-friendly consumer-facing applications accessed by millions of users
• Ensure product performance, reliability, and uptime meet the highest standards for public-facing systems
• Drive technical decision-making that enables speed, scalability, and flexibility across the stack
• Oversee the integration of AI/ML-driven features into consumer products
• Partner with data science and product teams to deliver data-informed user experiences that support improved health outcomes
• Ensure responsible use of AI, including data ethics, explainability, and alignment with healthcare regulations
• Ensure all systems are designed and maintained in accordance with HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, and other relevant regulatory standards
• Collaborate with Security, Legal, and Compliance teams to implement privacy and risk mitigation best practices
• Proactively identify and address risks related to data integrity, patient safety, and information security
• Manage delivery timelines, budgets, team structures, and prioritization across complex product portfolios
• Establish and measure KPIs, engineering health metrics, and delivery benchmarks to drive continuous improvement
• Implement and evolve best-in-class software development practices, DevOps, and infrastructure operations
• Partner closely with Product, Clinical, Security, UX, and Executive teams to ensure technical strategy supports overall business and patient-impact goals
• Act as a strategic voice for engineering in company-wide planning and decision-making

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees