Technology Product Manager

UnitedHealth Group, through its Optum organization, delivers technology-enabled care and resources that help people live healthier lives. The Technology Product Manager will drive digital and AI-enabled product capabilities by gathering requirements, managing backlogs, facilitating Agile delivery, and collaborating with business and technology teams to develop innovative healthcare solutions.

What you'll do:

• Partner with product managers, product owners, and cross-functional business and technology teams to advance product capabilities that meet business obligations and strategic opportunities
• Gather business requirements and translate them into product backlog items, detailed user stories, user flows, acceptance criteria, and clear definitions of done
• Prioritize, manage, and continuously refine requirements throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring work items align with overall product strategy, roadmaps, and OKRs
• Facilitate backlog grooming, refinement, and Agile ceremonies, monitoring demand, priorities, team capacity, and impediments
• Lead cross-functional stakeholder meetings, managing prioritization tradeoffs between customer experience, business value, technical constraints, and delivery goals
• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions and digital automation capabilities to address complex business challenges, emphasizing the responsible use of A
• Evaluate emerging technology trends and enterprise-approved AI tools to inform solution design, drive strategic innovation, streamline workflows, and continuously improve product delivery

What they're looking for:

• 1+ years of experience working with technology-enabled products, digital solutions, or software delivery
• 1+ years of experience creating, maintaining, and refining product backlogs and translating business needs into technical user stories within an Agile environment
• 1+ years of experience analyzing business processes, requirements, and process flow diagrams
• 6+ months of experience leveraging technical tools or working alongside engineering teams to build, integrate, or deploy AI-powered capabilities or workflow automations
• Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of technical product management or IT experience in lieu of a degree
• Product Owner, Scrum, SAFe, or equivalent certification
• Experience with product management tools such as Aha!, Rally, or GitHub
• Understanding of Lean Product Management principles and frameworks
• Understanding of DevOps practices, software delivery processes, integration testing, and automation practices
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, listening, and cross-functional communication skills across business and technical teams

Benefits:

• Flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S.
• A comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution
• Career development opportunities