Product Manager

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.

Optum, a US healthcare product company, is seeking senior product analyst to join our team. As an senior product analyst, you will work closely with the product management team to design and build products addressing some of the bigger industry challenges in US healthcare. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who is passionate about healthcare and has experience in product management.

Product Manager:  Analytics and insights

The  Product Manager will have a strategic and technical product management skill set  and  will be  focused on platform / technical capability development on building Analytics and insights as part  Value Based Care space. The role will be accountable for collaborating closely with multiple stakeholders across Solutions owners, capability leads, engineering teams, User interface design teams and other stakeholders to both define product strategy & business cases content; and translating that product strategy into detailed requirements for prototyping and final development by the engineering team. This role will specifically be focused on Analytics and insights, detailing requirement needs around Common UX framework,  Reporting analytics tool, User Analytics.

The ideal candidate will be a well-rounded product manager who is able to effectively translate strategic business opportunities into effective technical platform design, has a keen ability to work between business and technology teams to bridge the gaps, and has 5+ years of experience in product design, preferably in a healthcare setting.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Create to describe business cases, define high-level use cases,  document functional requirements, and parent feature sets
• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements for prototyping and final development by engineering teams
• Manage products through the product development lifecycle, inclusive of capital budgeting & planning
• Applies understanding of technology to influence and assess feasibility of solutions
• Continuously prioritize to balance resources & budgets with delivery expectations and timelines
• Understand and help to clarify both business needs and technology challenges
• Identify strategic opportunities to advance existing capabilities and generate new ideas to enhance customer experience and drive growth
• Collaborate closely with solution owners, capability leads, engineering, UX design team and other key stakeholders in the development, QA, and release of functional platform capabilities
• Closely work with engineering sprints teams and has experience working in agile framework
  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

Eligibility

To apply to an internal job, employees must meet the following criteria:

• 12 months in the current Role/Grade/Level
• Not on Active CAP at the time of applying for the IJP
• Employees currently at Grade 27 will move to the next grade and Grade 28 (Lateral
• Movement) can apply for this position
• Last Review rating of Meets Expectations or Exceeds Expectation

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in the following areas: product management, new product development, new product launches, roadmap creation, SaaS product development, platform development, product integrations, data modeling, product engineering, platform engineering, data architecture, or product architecture
• Demonstrate solid written, verbal communication skills and presentation skills.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and handle multiple/detail-oriented tasks
• Experience working independently on product strategy, which is not fully defined and managing complex product management scenarios
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio  or process flow tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• B.tech, BE, MBA
• 5+ years of experience working with healthcare products and data
• Experience in any combination of the following areas:  advanced analytics including machine learning and artificial intelligence, data science, data enrichment, or business intelligence
• Understanding of the health ecosystem and how payers and providers are working, how they work together, and how technology can support them as they move towards value-based care

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.