Senior Director Architecture - Remote

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Senior Director, Architecture for Claims Core Ops is the enterprise architectural leader for the end to end claims ecosystem within the Claims Global Capability Office (GCO). This role bridges Claims Product & Data (CPD), Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, and Line of Business (LOB) Claims Platform teams to define and execute the architectural strategy that enables the Claims Product vision while managing the scale, complexity, and regulatory rigor of the UHC claims platform. 

Operating at Claims GCO scope, this leader is accountable for architectural alignment, capability reuse, and modernization across UHC and Optum claims platforms-driving toward a unified, real time, AI enabled claims ecosystem that improves transparency, speed, accuracy, and cost efficiency. 

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:

• Act as senior most architectural authority across Claims GCO, aligning platforms to a shared claims capability catalog and architectural model 
• Drive architectural strategy and multi year transition roadmaps for claims pre adjudication, adjudication, and post adjudication 
• Translate Claims Product & Data vision into executable architecture while balancing legacy platform constraints 
• Establish architectural guardrails that enable decoupling, modularization, and reuse across claims platforms 
• Lead modernization efforts including headless claims execution, event driven processing, and real time interoperability 
• Govern claims architecture standards, patterns, and ARB decisions at enterprise scale 
• Enable AI driven claims automation, first pass processing, and intelligent routing through responsible architecture 
• Partner with Engineering and Operations to ensure reliability, auditability, and regulatory compliance 
• Mentor and lead senior architects across multiple portfolios 

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:

• 10+ years of experience architecting scalable platforms and microservices, including RESTful API design and cloud-native development
• 7+ years of experience in software solution architecture, with a focus on AI/ML systems
• 5+ years of experience working in healthcare technology ecosystems or familiarity with healthcare data, regulatory constraints, interoperability expectations, or enterprise health environments
• 5+ years of experience communicating architectural vision and strategy across cross-functional teams
• 3+ years of experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and data integration tools
• 1+ years of experience designing agentic workflows or autonomous systems
• 1+ years of experience with AI/ML concepts including responsible AI principles, multi-agent solutions, generative AI, MCP and A2A
• 1+ years of experience with MLOps tools for deploying and managing models in production
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
• Experience integrating AI enabled capabilities into enterprise systems while maintaining architectural hygiene, safety, compliance, and maintainability
• Experience leading largescale modernization initiatives, interoperability transformations, or platform rationalization efforts
• Solid grounding in FHIR, HL7, X12, or healthcare specific data exchange standards

*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 $159,300 to $273,200 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.