Senior Manager Software Engineering

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:

• Leadership and Management
  • Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering an environment of continuous improvement and professional development
  • Project Management: Oversee multiple projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget
  • Strategic Planning: Develop long-term strategies for the engineering team to align with the company’s objectives and goals
  • Resource Allocation: Allocate resources effectively to meet project deadlines while maintaining high quality
  • Technical Oversight
    
  • Architecture Design: Oversee the design and architecture of software solutions, ensuring they meet scalability, reliability, and performance requirements
    
  • Technology Stack: Make decisions regarding the technology stack (.Net for backend services)
• Product Roadmap:
  • Collaborate with product managers to define the product roadmap and ensure alignment with business objectives
    
  • Feature Development: Oversee the development of new features from concept through implementation
    
  • Quality Assurance: Implement best practices for code quality assurance including automated testing, code reviews, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD)
  • Collaboration
    
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with other departments such as Product Management, Data Science, QA/QC teams to ensure seamless integration of new features and functionalities
    
  • Stakeholder Communication: Communicate progress updates to stakeholders including executive leadership and clients
• Innovation and Improvement
  • Process Improvement: Continuously seek ways to improve engineering processes to increase efficiency and productivity
    
  • Technical Innovation: Stay updated with emerging technologies in .Net, React
  • Data Strategy Development: Develop strategies for leveraging data analytics to drive business insights
    
  • Data Integrity & Security: Ensure that all data handling complies with security standards/regulations (such as GDPR) while maintaining high levels of data integrity
    
• Performance Monitoring
  
  • Performance Metrics Monitor performance metrics related to both team output (velocity) as well as system performance (uptime/downtime)
    
• Issue Resolution:
  • Actively manage any technical issues that arise in production environments ensuring swift resolution with minimal impact on customers
    
  • These responsibilities collectively ensure that the Senior Manager not only leads their team effectively but also drives the development of high-quality software products tailored for advanced data analytics needs using modern technologies like .Net and React
• 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 or Master degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
• Professional Experience: 15+ years of experience in software development with a significant portion of that time spent in leadership roles
  
• Cloud Services: Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform 
• Management Experience: Proven experience managing and leading software engineering teams
  
• Architectural Knowledge: Expertise in designing scalable and high-performance architectures
  
• Database Management: Proficiency with SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., SQL Server, MongoDB)
  
• Technical Expertise:
  
  • Extensive experience with .Net framework (C#) for backend development
    
  • Solid knowledge and hands-on experience with data pipeline technologies
    
  • Software Development Lifecycle: In-depth understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including Agile methodologies
    
• Domain Knowledge:
  
  • Familiarity with data analytics concepts and tools like Power BI or Tableau 
  • Product development focused on Data Analytics
    
• Continuous Learning & Adaptability
  
• Leadership Abilities: Proven solid leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate teams
  
• Project Management: Proven excellent project management skills including planning, resource allocation, risk management, and performance tracking
  
• Communication Skills: Proven superior verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
  
• Problem-Solving Abilities: Proven solid analytical and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a relevant field
• Exposure in US Healthcare System

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.