Senior Director of Software Engineering - Remote

UnitedHealth Group is a global leader in health care innovation, and they are seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead a large-scale engineering organization. This role involves driving technology strategy, engineering execution, and business partnership across a complex portfolio of products and services.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a multi-layer engineering organization consisting of managers, senior managers, and software engineering teams
• Partner closely with business and product leaders to align technology investments with business outcomes and customer needs
• Provide technical leadership across architecture, software development, platform modernization, and engineering delivery
• Drive execution of complex, enterprise-scale technology initiatives and ensure successful delivery of strategic priorities
• Establish and maintain engineering excellence through modern software development practices, DevSecOps, automation, and continuous delivery
• Influence business and product stakeholders to make informed technology decisions and investments
• Remove organizational barriers, address execution challenges, and enable teams to deliver efficiently at scale
• Foster a high-performance engineering culture focused on accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Leverage AI-enabled engineering capabilities to improve software development velocity, quality, and operational efficiency
• Build solid relationships across engineering, product, architecture, operations, and executive leadership teams

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• 12+ years of progressive software engineering leadership experience
• Experience leading managers and multi-layer engineering organizations
• Demonstrated success delivering large-scale software products, platforms, or enterprise technology initiatives
• Proven experience partnering directly with business and product leaders to influence priorities, investments, and strategic decisions
• Proven solid software architecture, system design, and technical leadership capabilities
• Experience leading cloud-native engineering organizations utilizing modern software development practices
• Demonstrated ability to drive execution, remove obstacles, and deliver results in complex matrixed environments
• Proven exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and organizational leadership skills
• Experience incorporating AI tools and capabilities into software engineering practices and delivery processes
• Healthcare technology experience
• Financial services or other highly regulated industry experience
• Experience supporting consumer-facing digital platforms
• Demonstrated background in personalization, communications, onboarding, customer experience, or product delivery organizations
• Experience leading modernization, transformation, or platform engineering initiatives
• Experience scaling engineering organizations while maintaining delivery excellence and technical quality