Director Product Strategy, Optum Life Sciences

Optum is a global organisation 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. 

In healthcare, evolution doesn’t just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum.

As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we’re expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We’ll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You’ll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.

The Director of Product  Strategy will be part of the OLS Strategy & Growth team and will be responsible for identifying top areas of opportunity for Life Sciences clients in the launch and post-launch phases of the value chain and across therapeutic areas. For targeted new product opportunities, you will then lead the work to define and develop the product concept and roadmap, working with a cross-functional team inclusive of Product, Technology, Operations, Marketing, and Sales. You will spearhead efforts to not only ideate and define product concepts but also support launch execution and post-launch management of new solutions

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 and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model. 

Primary Responsibilities:

In this role, The Director of Product Strategy will be focused on driving innovation in the life sciences sector over the next 5-10 years and identifying what new solutions Optum Life Sciences can provide to ensure the right patient gets the right therapy at the right time.

• New Opportunity Identification
• Monitor market trends and perform market research and competitive analyses to ensure new solutions are highly impactful and differentiated
• Utilize research to create product visions and strategies that will delight customers and offer a high ROI
• Own, socialize, and gain approvals for the business case to support investment in new opportunities
• Think strategically and creatively about how the life sciences customer experience should work, helping translate product vision into features, requirements, and roadmaps in partnership with the Product team
• Product Development and Launch Support
• Oversee all cross-functional aspects of product development and launch
• Support thinking around technology and data requirements in partnership with Product teams, inclusive of AI/ML features and platform capabilities
• Support implementation of solutions that drive operational efficiencies and scalability of internal and client-facing services
• Obtain necessary governance committee, legal, and compliance approvals to move through product development phases, from ideation and product definition through launch
• Partner with operational teams to ensure readiness to support launch across areas like technology infrastructure, product maintenance, sales process, contracting, and billing
• Go-to-market Strategy
• Ensure commercial readiness for new solutions, inclusive of understanding and communicating target customer, messaging, pricing, and packaging
• Partner with Marketing to develop client-facing collateral and support training of the sales team for new solutions
• Support client proposals and sales conversations as a subject matter expert on new solutions
• Continuously obtain market feedback from client-facing teams on our solutions to inform changes to product features, roadmaps, and go-to-market strategies, as well as inform new product opportunities
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Communicate clearly and effectively with internal working teams and senior leadership to provide regular updates and drive alignment on key decisions
• Support a culture that embraces change, transformation, and continuous improvement
• Seek opportunities to learn about the overall Optum and UnitedHealth Group business (e.g., strategies, product, services, revenue streams, growth plans)
• Identify and recommend ways to improve overall organization performance (e.g., process improvement, ways of working)

You will be rewarded and recognised 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:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher)
• Extensive experience in a product or strategy role 
• Proficiency in product launch and post-launch phases
• Familiarity with key technology and data concepts and comfort working with Product, Technology, and Data SMEs to build new solutions in partnership with Product teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge and ongoing interest in pharmaceutical industry trends, particularly in commercialization solutions

Soft Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to adapt, be persistent, and problem solve to achieve desired outcomes
• Excellent stakeholder management, collaboration, and communication skills

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

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

 

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 marginalised 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

 

 

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