Sr. Product Manager, Point of Care Assist - Remote
UnitedHealth Group
Job Description
About the Role
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. The Clinical Decision Support team sits within the Innovation pillar of OI. Our mission is to bring products to market for both payers and providers that drive high quality care for patients. The goal of launching multiple new products in 2025 for both payers and providers is to enable faster and more accurate prior authorization processes. This product, Point of Care Assist, adds real-time benefit information to patients' electronic medical records (EMR), including medical, labs, prior authorization, eligibility, and cost transparency, to facilitate understanding of patient needs at the point of care. The role offers the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with stakeholders to align vision and business objectives
- Drive requirements and feature definition for all aspects of the product, ensuring clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria
- Achieve consensus on strategies, requirements, and roadmap
- Work with engineering teams from initiation through execution
- Identify potential risks, develop mitigation plans, resolve conflicts, and ensure stakeholder alignment
- Translate technical terms and concepts to non-technical stakeholders, represent technical challenges and opportunities, and leverage insights to adjust timelines and resource allocation
- Lead the entire product lifecycle from ideation to launch and post-launch optimization, ensuring successful delivery and adoption
- Hold self accountable for meeting high performance standards that drive key measurable results
- Define and track KPIs to measure product success
Requirements
- 5+ years of product management experience
- Experience operating in an agile development environment
- Solid understanding of provider and payer workflow for prior authorization and referrals
- Familiarity with electronic health records, and experience with Rally, Aha!, and the Accelerate framework
- Proven ability to partner successfully with engineering to drive new product development, working with a wide variety of cross-functional stakeholders, delivering results in complex areas in fast timeframes
- Proven solid technical acumen with the ability to understand complex systems and translate business goals into technical requirements
Nice to Have
- 3+ years of healthcare experience
- Knowledge and experience with FHIR resources and implementations
- Working knowledge of Optum & UnitedHealth Group
- Understanding of the healthcare ecosystem including payers, providers and regulatory agencies
- Demonstrated strength making data-driven decisions, including identifying what data is needed to make decisions
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and navigate ambiguity; bias for action
- Demonstrated solid communication and interpersonal skills
Qualifications
- Educational background is not explicitly specified, but experience and skills are emphasized
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive salary range of $106,800 to $194,200 annually
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
- Remote work flexibility
Working at UnitedHealth Group
Optum emphasizes a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, and career development opportunities. The company is committed to mitigating its environmental impact and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes. It values diversity and is an equal employment opportunity employer.
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About UnitedHealth Group
Website
unitedhealthgroup.com
Company Size
10000+ employees
Location
Eden Prairie, MN
Industry
Direct Life, Health, and Medical Insurance Carriers
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