Technical Product Manager - Healthcare Interoperability (HL7/FHIR) - Remote

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The Technical Product Manager will own product definition and drive execution for healthcare interoperability initiatives, working closely with various teams to ensure compliance and successful delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Own the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for healthcare interoperability and CMS related initiatives
• Translate CMS regulations, policy changes, and business requirements into clear, prioritized product features and technical requirements
• Define product success metrics aligned to compliance, scalability, performance, and business outcomes
• Balance short term regulatory deadlines with long term platform and product scalability
• Act as the primary interface between business, compliance, engineering, and architecture teams
• Break down complex healthcare workflows into epics, features, and user stories with clear acceptance criteria
• Drive detailed requirement definition for FHIR APIs, data exchange, consent, security, and downstream integrations
• Review solution designs to ensure alignment with product intent, regulatory requirements, and enterprise standards
• Lead product delivery for FHIR based APIs, data exchange services, and interoperability platforms
• Ensure alignment with HL7 FHIR standards, implementation guides, and healthcare data models
• Partner with architecture and engineering teams to support scalable, secure, and compliant data exchange patterns
• Drive adoption of best practices for data quality, versioning, backward compatibility, and extensibility
• Support CMS driven initiatives such as interoperability mandates, reporting programs, and compliance driven technology modernization
• Collaborate with legal, compliance, and policy teams to interpret regulations and convert them into executable product requirements
• Ensure product delivery aligns with CMS timelines, audit readiness, and documentation expectations
• Work with multiple stakeholders including internal business leaders, compliance teams, external clients, vendors, and technology partners
• Facilitate product reviews, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and roadmap discussions
• Communicate product status, risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs clearly to executive and client audiences
• Support global delivery teams (onshore/offshore) and ensure consistent product direction across workstreams

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in Product Management, Technical Product Management, or Business Systems roles within healthcare or regulated environments
• 3+ years of hands on experience working with HL7 and FHIR based interoperability solutions
• Demonstrated experience supporting CMS programs or CMS regulated healthcare initiatives
• Experience working closely with engineering teams using Agile / Scrum delivery models
• Demonstrated understanding of healthcare data flows, interoperability, APIs, and integration patterns
• Proven ability to work with multiple stakeholder groups across business, technology, compliance, and external partners
• Proven effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical topics to non technical audiences
• Experience working with payer or provider technology platforms
• Experience supporting large scale transformation or modernization programs
• Experience coordinating delivery across global, distributed teams
• Familiarity with healthcare regulations impacting data exchange and interoperability
• Comfort working in consulting or advisory environments with client facing responsibilities
• All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy