Optum is a global leader in health care innovation, seeking a Technical Product Manager for the Shop My Script Capability. This role involves translating business requirements into features for development, overseeing product lifecycle activities, and leading cross-functional teams to ensure successful product delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Define and drive the long-term technical product vision and strategy for Shop My Script
- Translate business needs into a clear & prioritized technology roadmap, with actionable initiatives, release plans, and clearly defined outcomes/KPIs
- Ensure deliverables meet the business roadmap and vendor commitments, with clear communication, thorough testing and planning to setup the capability for success
- Identify opportunities using market research, competitive insights, and stakeholder discovery; incorporate regulatory and operational constraints
- Own product lifecycle activities: discovery, requirements definition, backlog prioritization, delivery, launch readiness, and post-launch optimization
- Define and document high quality features, user stories, and acceptance criteria to enable predictable, high-quality delivery
- Deliver and evolve standardized, reusable components that can be leveraged by multiple vendors
- Ensure consistency and scalability of the capabilities' consumed logic in the ePrescribing workflow
- Engage with regulatory, ensuring visibility around any transaction/process standards and applicable mandates that may impact the capability
- Usage of AI Tools like Copilot, M365, Story Craft
- Act as the technical product owner partnering with engineering, architecture, clinical, and business teams
- Lead and influence cross functional teams without formal authority
- Reduce handoffs and improve speed from idea to deployment
- Promote disciplined execution (Agile ceremonies, backlog hygiene, release readiness), and transparent reporting using modern product tools
- Use data and analytics to inform prioritization and roadmap decisions
- Build data driven business cases to support investment and funding decisions
- Ensure initiatives are financially sound and aligned with approved investments
Requirements:
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of experience in product management, technical product management, or a related product delivery role
- Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional technology and business teams
- Hands-on experience working within Agile or scaled Agile environments
- Proven solid ability to translate complex clinical and business needs into technical product solutions
- Proven solid analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to break down complex initiatives into execution ready work
- Proven excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical groups
- Proven ability to work effectively with engineering, quality, and delivery leadership to ensure clarity and alignment
- Experience supporting the ePrescribing workflow from a provider perspective, via their EHR
- Experience with AI enabled or automation tools to improve productivity and product outcomes
- Familiarity with data driven decision making and financial analysis
- All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy