VP, Product – Payer Strategy

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

1d•$200,400 - $343,500•Remote

About The Position

Optum Insight is improving the flow of health data and information to create a more connected system. We remove friction and drive alignment between care providers and payers, and ultimately consumers. Our deep expertise in the industry and innovative technology empower us to help organizations reduce costs while improving risk management, quality and revenue growth. Ready to help us deliver results that improve lives? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. Strategic leader responsible for the transformation of Optum Insight's Payer product offerings. This executive will drive strategic product innovation and transformation — from ideation to execution and market adoption — with a particular focus on applying emerging trends and technologies to modernize legacy workflows, ensuring solutions meet the evolving needs of health plans, emerging regulatory requirements, and deliver measurable business value. This role will bridge clinical, technical, and financial stakeholders, both internally and with clients, to maintain a competitive edge in a dynamic and increasingly automated healthcare landscape. 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

Bachelor's degree required
10+ years of product management or product strategy experience, including senior/executive-level ownership of a product portfolio, ideally in healthcare payer, health tech, or related payer function
Experience spanning Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, DSNP, and/or ACA Marketplace lines of business a plus
Track record building and scaling programs or products at enterprise scale (multi-state, multi-million-member, or equivalent complexity)
Experience partnering with clinical, coding, legal, or compliance stakeholders in a regulated industry preferred

Responsibilities

Execute product transformation strategy and roadmap, aligning with organizational goals, regulatory shifts, and market trends to simplify healthcare
Drive disruptive innovation and AI-powered products, platforms, and business models that unlock new revenue streams across Optum Insight
Inform partnership strategy, pricing, and competitive positioning against both traditional vendors and new entrants. Lead build/buy/partner evaluation process and decisions.
Establish clear success metrics, roadmaps, and outcome-based KPIs to ensure innovations deliver measurable business value, customer satisfaction, and market differentiation
Bring operating knowledge of health plan economics to ensure product decisions reflect how clients actually run programs day to day
Use enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks and drive continuous improvement
Evaluate emerging trends to inform solution design and strategic innovation
Formulate and execute strategies to identify opportunities for new clients, markets, and offerings across Payer domains
Serve as a thought leader and trusted advisor internally and externally, translating market insights, client needs, and competitive intelligence into actionable product strategies
Coordinate across product domains to deliver market-leading perspectives on disruptive capabilities, emerging technologies, and approaches for simplifying healthcare
Translate fluently across clinical, technical, compliance, legal, and executive audiences
Build and develop high-performing, cross-functional product teams (product, design, data science, engineering) by identifying individual strengths and pairing complementary skill sets
Serve as a mentor and talent developer, elevating team members' capabilities and career trajectories alongside product outcomes