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. OptumCare 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. OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Vice President, Digital Engineering - Optum Consumer
Location
United States
Posted
6 days ago
Salary
Not specified
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Role Description
This leadership role involves leading a Product Engineering team for OptumRx and common Optum digital experiences, making our consumer-obsessed digital vision come to life. You will be responsible for:
- Defining and executing a long-term engineering vision aligned with the company’s digital health strategy and growth goals
- Building, leading, and scaling a high-performing global engineering organization with a culture of innovation, accountability, and inclusion
- Recruiting and mentoring senior engineering leaders, fostering both technical and people management capabilities
- Leading the development of robust, scalable, secure, and user-friendly consumer-facing applications accessed by millions of users
- Ensuring product performance, reliability, and uptime meet the highest standards for public-facing systems
- Driving technical decision-making that enables speed, scalability, and flexibility across the stack
- Overseeing the integration of AI/ML-driven features into consumer products
- Partnering with data science and product teams to deliver data-informed user experiences that support improved health outcomes
- Ensuring responsible use of AI, including data ethics, explainability, and alignment with healthcare regulations
- Ensuring all systems are designed and maintained in accordance with HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, and other relevant regulatory standards
- Collaborating with Security, Legal, and Compliance teams to implement privacy and risk mitigation best practices
- Proactively identifying and addressing risks related to data integrity, patient safety, and information security
- Managing delivery timelines, budgets, team structures, and prioritization across complex product portfolios
- Establishing and measuring KPIs, engineering health metrics, and delivery benchmarks to drive continuous improvement
- Implementing and evolving best-in-class software development practices, DevOps, and infrastructure operations
- Partnering closely with Product, Clinical, Security, UX, and Executive teams to ensure technical strategy supports overall business and patient-impact goals
- Acting as a strategic voice for engineering in company-wide planning and decision-making
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- 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
Requirements
- Experienced Product Engineering leader
- Experience building at scale GenAI solutions in production environments
- Healthcare industry experiences
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)
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.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- 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
- Experienced Product Engineering leader
- Experience building at scale GenAI solutions in production environments
- Healthcare industry experiences
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)
- 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.
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