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Vice President, Digital Engineering – Optum Consumer
Lead the Product Engineering team to create and transform digital consumer experiences for Optum Financial and Optum Health. Define the long-term engineering vision and oversee the delivery of a common component technology platform and AI-driven features.
Requirements
Requires a degree in Computer Science or Engineering with over 15 years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in senior leadership. Must have a proven track record of scaling consumer-grade digital products and expertise in cloud platforms and AI/ML integration.
Full job description
Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care’s most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
The Optum Technology Digital Leadership team is transforming Optum to be an industry-leading Consumer brand, delivering personalized digital solutions that empower direct to consumer digital first experiences that educate, guide and empower consumers to the right care across all lines of business for Optum.
In this leadership role, you will be responsible for leading a Product Engineering team for the Optum Financial and Optum Health digital experiences making our consumer obsessed digital vision come to life. You will lead the organization through the creation and transformation of digital experiences serving patients, health plan members, employers, and providers. This leader will design and deliver the common component technology platform as well as our next generation consumer experiences. They will be responsible for the platform and application Engineering strategy, leading an integrated team focused on driving continuous, metrics-backed improvements to the digital experience through product and engineering disciplines. You will partner across Optum and external partners to oversee (and be accountable for) end-to-end digital experiences.
Candidates for this role need to be seasoned engineering leaders with deep expertise in digital product delivery, have proven experience designing and executing on multi-brand and/or line of business mobile and web properties, deep understanding of direct-to-consumer digital products and ecosystems, and how to optimize cost and reuse.
You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
For all hires within 30 minutes of an office in Minnesota or Washington, D.C, you'll be required to work a minimum of four days per week in-office.
Primary Responsibilities:
Engineering Leadership
Define and execute a long-term engineering vision aligned with the company’s digital health strategy and growth goals
Build, lead, and scale a high-performing global engineering organization with a culture of innovation, accountability, and inclusion
Recruit and mentor senior engineering leaders, fostering both technical and people management capabilities
Consumer Application Excellence
Lead the development of robust, scalable, secure, and user-friendly consumer-facing applications accessed by millions of users
Ensure product performance, reliability, and uptime meet the highest standards for public-facing systems
Drive technical decision-making that enables speed, scalability, and flexibility across the stack
AI & Data Integration
Oversee the integration of AI/ML-driven features (e.g., personalized recommendations, NLP, intelligent triage) into consumer products
Partner with data science and product teams to deliver data-informed user experiences that support improved health outcomes
Ensure responsible use of AI, including data ethics, explainability, and alignment with healthcare regulations
Healthcare Compliance & Security
Ensure all systems are designed and maintained in accordance with HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, and other relevant regulatory standards
Collaborate with Security, Legal, and Compliance teams to implement privacy and risk mitigation best practices
Proactively identify and address risks related to data integrity, patient safety, and information security
Operational & Organizational Efficiency
Manage delivery timelines, budgets, team structures, and prioritization across complex product portfolios
Establish and measure KPIs, engineering health metrics, and delivery benchmarks to drive continuous improvement
Implement and evolve best-in-class software development practices, DevOps, and infrastructure operations
Cross-functional Collaboration
Partner closely with Product, Clinical, Security, UX, and Executive teams to ensure technical strategy supports overall business and patient-impact goals
Act as a strategic voice for engineering in company-wide planning and decision-making
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:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experiences
15+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in senior engineering leadership roles
Proven track record building and scaling consumer-grade digital products with millions of users (ideally in healthcare, wellness, fintech, or e-commerce)
Experience leading matrixed, geographically dispersed engineering teams across multiple time zones
Proven understanding of AI/ML integration in production environments (especially within consumer-facing products)
Demonstrated expertise in Agile methods, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), microservices architecture, DevOps, and application security
Excellent communication, influence, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
Preferred Qualifications:
Experienced Product Engineering leader
Experience building at scale GenAI solutions in production environments
Healthcare industry experiences
Financial Services industry experiences
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 $200,400 to $343,500 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
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.
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UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company with a mission to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone.
We are 340,000 colleagues in two distinct and complementary businesses working to help build a modern, high-performing health system through improved access, affordability, outcomes and experiences.
Optum delivers care aided by technology and data, empowering people, partners and providers with the guidance and tools they need to achieve better health. UnitedHealthcare offers a full range of health benefits, enabling affordable coverage, simplifying the health care experience and delivering access to high-quality care.
We work with governments, employers, partners and providers to care for 147 million people and share a vision of a value-based system of care that provides compassionate and equitable care.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission calls us, our values guide us and our diverse culture connects us as we seek to improve care for the consumers we are privileged to serve and their communities.
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