Product Manager UHC.com – Remote

At UnitedHealthcare, we’re simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

 

UHC.com is an important component in the Direct-to-Consumer growth for United Healthcare. With infused capital and growth goals, this role is a key leader for our success.  The UHC.com Product Owner is responsible for working with the UHC.com Product Managers on requirements for new digital features, writing user stories, working with the UHC.com engineering team, prioritize sprints, manage through the release. This individual will ensure that all UHC.com digital service needs, business priorities, as well as tools and capabilities are executed and nurtured to the specification of the UHC.com team and stakeholders.

 

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

 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serves as the liaison between business team(s)/stakeholders and development team(s)
• Accountable for the product backlog and prioritization of user stories with development team
• Work with stakeholders to build a process to identify new product features, with the goal of capturing requirements
• Serves as a key resource to partner with key Technology teams to deliver innovative Solutions.
• Review of test cases against user stories acceptance criteria
• Periodically re-prioritize the Product Backlog based on customer feedback, market changes and business priority as communicated by the Product Manager
• Formally accepts the user stories once all acceptance criteria are met and demo-ed
• Actively participates in Product Backlog grooming sessions, retrospectives, defect management and project team’s release planning sessions
• Access-able for the team to answer questions, and during Sprint planning sessions, and Daily Scrum
• Owns the continual acceptance criteria for business value story user stories, which is Demoed by the team

 

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:

• 3+ years of digital product, business analysis and/or project management
• Experience in working with Agile/Scrum work environment as a Product Owner: writing user stories, and following the development process through user story acceptance
• Diplomatic with solid negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Proven organizational skills with ability to be flexible and work with ambiguity
• Comfortable driving teams and management to decisions; willing to push-back for information and answers
• Digital development experience within a matrix organization

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and other Adobe marketing tools
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication with both technical and business audiences
• Healthcare insurance experience
• Fundamental execution and communication strength
• Adept at adjusting to changing circumstances quickly and professionally
• Able to make quick decisions when clarification or modification is needed
• Demonstrate strategic thinking by using appropriate information to diagnose problems, identify possible solutions and collaborate with impacted groups to drive decisions
• Self-directed and able to drive detailed solutions to completion with minimal oversight
• Detail oriented and obsessively organized
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

 

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

 

The salary range for this role is $89,800 to $176,700 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with al 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.