Lead Technical Product Manager

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 a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Lead Tech Product Manager / Executive Program Manager serves as a trusted partner to the VP of Engineering, driving strategic execution, operational rigor, organizational effectiveness, and cross-functional alignment. This role acts as an extension of the VP, ensuring priorities are translated into action, decisions are tracked to completion, and the Engineering organization operates with discipline, transparency, and velocity.

The ideal candidate combines program management expertise, executive communication skills, business acumen, and solid organizational capabilities. This individual will help coordinate leadership activities, manage key initiatives, support workforce planning, and prepare executive-level communications and reporting.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Strategic Execution & Business Operations
  • Support execution of the VP's strategic priorities and annual operating plan
  • Monitor progress against key objectives, milestones, and commitments
  • Drive follow-up and accountability across engineering leaders
  • Identify execution risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans
  • Coordinate cross-functional initiatives involving Product, Technology, Finance, Security, and Operations teams
• Executive Office Management
  • Act as an extension of the VP Engineering office
  • Prepare meeting agendas, briefing materials, talking points, and executive communications
  • Manage leadership action items and decision logs
  • Ensure key decisions are documented and communicated appropriately
  • Facilitate leadership team operating cadence and governance forums
• Program & Portfolio Management
  • Track strategic programs, transformation initiatives, and organizational commitments
  • Build executive dashboards and status reporting
  • Coordinate quarterly business reviews, operating reviews, and planning activities
  • Maintain portfolio health indicators, risks, dependencies, and escalations
  • Drive consistency across program management practices
• Workforce & Organizational Planning
  • Support workforce planning, hiring, organizational design, and capacity reviews
  • Monitor hiring progress and workforce metrics
  • Assist with talent reviews, succession planning, and organizational initiatives
  • Support location strategy and staffing optimization efforts
• Financial & Operational Governance
  • Partner with Finance and Engineering leaders to track budgets and resource utilization
  • Maintain reporting on and operational metrics
  • Monitor performance against organizational goals
  • Support annual planning and forecasting exercises
• Executive Communications
  • Develop executive presentations, leadership updates, monthly reports, and QBR materials
  • Synthesize complex information into concise executive messages
  • Create leadership narratives using data-driven insights
  • Draft communications for VP and senior leadership audiences
• AI & Transformation Support
  • Coordinate AI adoption, automation, and engineering transformation initiatives
  • Track AI productivity, adoption, training, and workforce transformation metrics
  • Support governance and change management activities
  • Drive operational excellence through process improvement and automation
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in Program Management, PMO, Strategy & Operations, Chief of Staff, Consulting, or Engineering Operations
• Experience supporting senior leaders or executive teams
• Proven solid project and program management capabilities
• Proven advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills
• Proven excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven solid analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or advanced degree
• Experience within a large technology organization
• Experience building executive dashboards and KPI reporting
• Experience working across global teams
• Familiarity with Agile delivery and software engineering practices
• Exposure to AI, automation, and digital transformation initiatives

Critical Success Factors:

• Executive presence and professionalism
• Solid business and financial acumen
• Ability to simplify complexity
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Bias for action and follow-through
• Solid stakeholder management
• High attention to detail
• Ability to manage confidential information

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.