Sr. Technical Product Manager

Optum is focused on improving the flow of health data and information to create a more connected system. The Sr. Technical Product Manager will define and support initiatives, act as a liaison between teams, and drive the vision for future product releases.

Responsibilities:

• Defines and supports cross-portfolio initiatives and capabilities from specific business problems / market needs; all initiatives tracked
• Drives creation of strategic themes (capabilities) to define and roadmap long running initiatives
• Ability to work across multiple products to identify synergies
• Act as the liaison between Business, Engineering Teams, and project management groups
• Build trust and relationship through transparency using roadmap
• Drives vision and content of future releases by decomposing work in to features and user stories and aligning appropriately in backlog in accordance with high level product strategy
• Define & implement best practices

Requirements:

• 5+ years of product management, product development or equivalent work experience preferably in Health care and claims data
• 5+ years of experience with requirements management, project management, and complex projects and activities
• Knowledge of product management roles and responsibilities
• Agile/Scrum experience
• Experience in delivery of software solutions, understanding of all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Working knowledge of databases, database structures, xml, json
• Healthcare experience
• Experience working with test plans and test cases
• Cloud experience
• Data Strategy
• Self-motivated and able to work with little direct supervision and drive results with disciplined follow-through
• Solid strategic thinking and business acumen with the ability to align people, strategies, and recommendations with business objectives
• Solid analytic, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent presentation and communication skills with ability to describe data/capability stories and explain value to stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to achieve goals in an ambiguous and matrixed environment
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and influence others
• Demonstrated ability to identify, investigate, solve, and implement solutions to issues