Senior Product Manager – Remote

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 diversity and inclusion, 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

Manages a specific good or service available externally on the market that can be sold stand-alone, and that directly generates revenue. Responsible for the full product lifecycle management, including: strategy, design, development, management and end of life of new, existing or acquisition products. Leverage market insights to understand market/customer needs to identify new opportunities or adjust current product offerings. Accountable for delivering product performance against expectations and updates changes to a product portfolio to improve competitive position, and optimal product performance to meet customer and market needs. Partner with internal or external stakeholders (key customers, product partnerships, etc.) to define and drive future product direction.

Core Tasks

• Drive product vision and strategy
• Manage the whole product across the lifecycle using defined development process (Lifecycle Management)
• Know the market to effectively identify and frame new product opportunities (Ideate)
• Define solutions with high-value requirements, a compelling business case, clear product positioning, priority and strategic impact (Define)
• Partner with stakeholders to enable successful development and delivery of commercialized solutions (Build/Launch)
• Manage ongoing product performance, expansion, financial health, roadmap and end-of-life decisions as appropriate (Manage/Sunset)
• Serve as the product champion and subject matter expert for business and functional partners

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.   

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership, management, coaching / mentoring to others
• Has P&L ownership of portfolio of products
• Establishes vision and inspires ecosystem to march towards vision and business objectives
• Resourceful in managing multiple cross organizational and external relationships
• Proactively identifies needs/priorities of the audience and provides relevant information when sharing insights, including facts and explanation of decision-making criteria
• Effectively presents product opportunities in senior leadership discussions / funding decisions
• Effectively connects multiple-asset strategy to a portfolio strategy; creates portfolio strategy documentation (roadmap)
• Able to evangelize and foster reuse across portfolios
• Responsible for driving innovation in portfolio of products
• Tells the story of the product, both internally and externally; provides subject matter expertise; joins sales teams on calls, to offer expertise
• Translates buyer needs and decision criteria into actionable plans
• Able to explain competitive landscape and how products fits into it
• Understands how the market trends relate to and inform opportunities specific to their product/service area
• Observes customer interactions with product; Dialogues with stakeholders on implications and modifications
• Contributes to sales channel strategy development and aligns with customer business rhythms and activities
• Defines user / buyer characteristics; Translates buyer needs and decision criteria into actionable plans
• Contributes to sales channel strategy development that aligns with customer business rhythms and activities; has awareness of internal budget cycles
• Identifies and accesses relevant data to build a compelling business case in a self-directed manner
• Partners with finance to complete the cost/benefit analysis and track forecasts to ensure the product is performing as expected
• Prioritizes roadmap and articulates a logical, iterative approach to delivering the customer solution; May serve as lead product manager in an agile environment
• Build PoV in collaboration with technical leadership on leveraging specific emerging technologies to solve important market problems
• Negotiates win-win solutions across teams and lines of business (cross application / cross-portfolio)
• Participates in organizing customer event/summits as required by the portfolio/organization
• Uses an understanding of the complex relationships among the organization’s leaders to facilitate successful outcomes; Uses an awareness and understanding of the organization’s environment and culture when recommending strategies and seeking buy in / support
• Uses an understanding of the organization’s processes, systems, and policies to facilitate successful outcomes; Influences direction setting, facilitates decision-making, and resolves conflicts
• Motivates stakeholders to support product vision and goals; Identifies success criteria and achieves consensus on strategies, requirements, and roadmap
• Holds self-accountable for meeting high performance standards and agreed upon deliverables, taking responsibility for outcomes of decisions and actions
• Facilitates the decision-making process across teams. Seeks input from others to identify and analyze options, selecting a course of action based on the best fit with desired outcomes
• Embraces and champions the need for change; Provides tools to support change; Identifies and implements strategies to gather support and achieve adoption of change within own area of responsibility

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years prior product management experience
• Background in developing strategies to take a new product to market

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years working on software product development
• Payment Integrity and/or Revenue Cycle Management experience

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, Washington, D.C. Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $104,700 to $190,400 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.