Sr Product Manager – Risk & Quality

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. 

As a Senior Product Manager, within Clinical Solutions – Prospective Risk and Quality Service, you will be responsible for functioning as the voice of the customer within product and engineering teams to ensure the specification, prioritization, delivery, and commercialization of RQ products.  Clinical Solutions develops evidence-based programs and tools that improve health outcomes, enhance care quality, and reduce costs. The team combines clinical expertise with technology and analytics to support better decision-making and deliver innovative solutions that strengthen Optum’s mission to make the health system work better for everyone.

 

You will lead product strategy and vision, driving the build of data and analytics capabilities through agile delivery. This role supports Optum Insight technology teams that enable quality and risk evaluations for government and commercial health plans.

 

As Senior Product Manager, you will define and prioritize features, collaborate with agile teams, and deliver marketable solutions, initially focusing on AI-driven products.

 

Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and enhance products that address customer needs and priorities, creating solutions that truly make an impact
• Turn ideas into actionable features by working with product owners to maintain a clear backlog and craft user stories that deliver value
• Collaborate with diverse teams, data, analytics, engineering, and UX to keep the customer perspective at the heart of every decision
• Manage the full product lifecycle, from initial concept through deployment, support, and commercialization
• Champion agile practices, including sprint planning, PI planning, and roadmap reviews to keep projects moving forward
• Partner with business teams to identify opportunities for product and service improvements
• Evaluate solutions strategically, ensuring seamless integration and balancing value against cost throughout development
• Communicate product vision and roadmap clearly to stakeholders and leadership
• Contribute to team success, sharing knowledge and supporting growth across the organization

 

You will 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 providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated technical knowledge of AI/ML and modern PDLC
• Proven experience in product strategy or business development
• Proven expertise in agile software development and collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Proven deep understanding of customer-centric product design and development
• Demonstrated success managing and delivering large, complex, multi-stakeholder programs

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven product experience within healthcare or related domains
• Proven data analytics experience

 

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

 

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: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2025 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.