Senior Product Manager

For those who want to invent the future of health care, here’s your opportunity. We’re going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

 

As an Optum at Home Senior Product Manager, you will design solutions and execute on strategies that have been established for new initiatives. This position requires you to develop the framework and initial product solution that encompasses components of clinical, operations, reporting, legal, compliance and privacy. You will establish collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, design product solutions, write product and business requirements, and effectively manage all aspects of the project through launch.  As a Sr. Product Manager, you will understand the product value proposition and be a key stakeholder in the business to help drive the product strategy based on market needs and inputs.

 

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

 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Ensures product provides best value to clients & members
• Identifies product opportunities, creates overall solution for product opportunities and ensures it aligns to broader product strategy
• Creates product scope outline and high-level business requirements
• Presents requests to leadership for approval to proceed with development
• Documents and communicates leadership decisions to proceed with requested enhancement to cross-functional teams
• Engages with key team stakeholders to solution & deploy initiative
• Accountable for the end-to-end delivery of new initiative Responsible for creating success metrics.
• Monitors initiative progress & outcomes
• Provides recommendation on next steps based upon initiative outcomes
• Manage day to day delivery of product initiatives  

 

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: 

• 5+ years of experience in product development or project management
• 5+ years of management and/or business analyst years collaborating in cross-functional and matrixed environment influencing others and gaining alignment on common goals
• 5+ years of working in a deadline driven environment, managing, and prioritizing multiple deliverables
• 3+ years Medicaid experience
• Proficiency with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint) 
• Demonstrated ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely to leadership
• Demonstrated ability to manage products, people and prioritize deliverables

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Healthcare industry experience
• Solid attention to detail
• Solid demonstrated ability to lead business initiatives to a successful result
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Ability to effectively deal with moderate levels of ambiguity, can effectively cope with change, can shift gears comfortably, can decide and act without having the total picture, comfortably handles risk and uncertainty
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills Effective formal presentation and facilitation skills in a variety of settings 
• Solid analytical abilities, organization, and project / process management skills 
• Good negotiation, problem solving, planning and decision-making skills. Accurately scopes out projects and sets objectives and goals
• Solid initiative and self-motivation
• Ability to manage projects simultaneously and achieve goals
• Solid writing, presentation and speaking skills
• Organizational skills with ability to be flexible and work with ambiguity

 

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

 

The salary range for this role is $106,800 to $194,200 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 all 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: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers 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.

 

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