Senior Director - Prospective Program And Services - Remote

Optum Insight is improving the flow of health data and information to create a more connected system. We remove friction and drive alignment between care providers and payers, and ultimately consumers. Our deep expertise in the industry and innovative technology empower us to help organizations reduce costs while improving risk management, quality and revenue growth. Ready to help us deliver results that improve lives? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

This role will have end-to-end ownership of the Prospective Program portfolio, including services, digital platforms, and provider-facing solutions. The focus is on accelerating growth, improving profitability, and creating a unified product and commercialization strategy across the prospective portfolio.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Own and scale the prospective product portfolio
• Establish a unified roadmap, commercialization, and market strategy
• Drive adoption of automation and digital capabilities
• Improve provider experience, operational efficiency, and cost-to-serve
• Deliver growth, retention, and productivity outcomes across the portfolio

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Senior product executive with experience managing large healthcare services and platform businesses
• Strong background in payer, value-based care, risk adjustment, provider engagement, or health technology
• Demonstrated success in portfolio management, go-to-market execution, and scaling complex products
• Strong financial acumen with responsibility for growth, profitability, and investment decisions
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and driving enterprise transformation initiatives
• Comfortable operating at executive and customer leadership levels

Business Impact:

• Supports projected 48% revenue growth over the next two years
• Creates a single point of accountability across roadmap, commercialization, and market execution
• Drives automation, workflow simplification, and operating leverage improvements

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of product management and product execution experience
• 7+ years of experience leading large-scale healthcare, payer, revenue cycle, risk adjustment, or analytics products
• 7+ years of experience in portfolio management and scaling complex products
• 7+ years of experience influencing senior leaders and cross-functional organizations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing product portfolios with significant financial accountability
• Proven ability to lead AI-enabled product transformations
• All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $159,300 - $273,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.