Director of Product- Quality - HEDIS or Stars - Remote

Optum Insight is improving the flow of health data and information to create a more connected system. We remove friction and drive alignment between care providers and payers, and ultimately consumers. Our deep expertise in the industry and innovative technology empower us to help organizations reduce costs while improving risk management, quality and revenue growth. Ready to help us deliver results that improve lives? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Optum® Value Connect is a next-generation technology platform with intuitive, AI-enabled capabilities that help surface opportunities for improvement, identify root causes of underperformance, proactively identify interventions and rapidly facilitate interventions to drive outcome improvements directly or embedded in other applications.

As the Director of Product on the Quality Optimization team, part of the Value Connect Platform you will help drive Product strategy, execution to deliver product capabilities to our Payer customers enabling NCQA Health Plan Ratings (with HEDIS® at the core), CMS Stars, the CMS Quality Rating System (QRS), to drive accuracy, compliance, and measurable year round performance improvement. Along with driving VBC success across all lines of business with a key focus on CMS Stars, MSSP, ACO REACH (Lead), MIPS, and client and state specific VBC quality programs, combining unified measurement across standard, configurable analytics, and integrated workflows to deliver consistent, measurable improvement for our Provider & ACO customers.

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

For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Drive showcase and align on product vision, go-to-market strategy & roadmap(3YP) and portfolio level across teams with a Tech forward AI focused approach
• Manages the products across the entire PDLC
• Manages ongoing product performance, metrics, enhancements, financial health, and end-of-life decisions as appropriate
• Understands and evaluates enterprise-wide assets as portfolio expansions to improve the competitive position and drive customer value
• Demonstrates systems thinking and can readily identify downstream impacts of decisions and proactively construe alternatives
• Serves as the product champion and subject matter expert for the business and sales partners
• Empowers, leads and manages product teams
• Acts as primary steward to drive informed decisions that generate revenue and growth while protecting operating expenses
• Owns Go to market material update
• Supports Compliance, Privacy, Legal Product submissions
• Contributes to client communication

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:

• 7+ years of Product Management experience, owning product strategy, roadmap, and execution
• 7+ years of HEDIS measures Expertise  
• 7+ years of CMS Stars program Expertise
• 5+ years of Retrieval & Abstraction expertise
• 5+ years of People Management experience
• 4+ years of MSSP/ACO REACH expertise
• 4+ years of Value based care program expertise
• Experience supporting NCQA Health Plan Ratings

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of AI/ML experience
• 3+ years of EMR Interoperability experience
• New Product build experience from scratch

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

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $134,600 - $230,800 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

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.  

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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