Accelerate 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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Partner with internal product developers, product managers and products owners as new products and product enhancements leverage the Accelerate process; truly operate as a «sherpa» for product developers, managers and owners as they work through the process
• Accelerate process daily management – lead meetings and follow-ups, manage team Sharepoint and Teams repositories, proactively identify improvement and efficiency opportunities
• Provide ownership of a tool for product owners – the «Accelerate Guide» – managing and improving upon content as appropriate
• Central repository management of template documents, quality-check on deliverable submission prior to Governance meetings
• Accelerate success metric management and definition
• Process satisfaction measurement and management
• Understand the goals and tasks assigned, producing results
• Assimilates quickly to new environments, exhibits flexibility and applies a continuous learning mindset in all aspects of work
• Other duties as assigned
• 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 or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of non-technical product management, operations or business analyst experience
• 2+ years of experience in the healthcare industry
• Experience achieving goals in a matrix environment
• Subject matter expert for Accelerate product development process 
• Intermediate efficiency in MS Office: Visio, PowerPoint, Word and Excel 
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority

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.