Job Description

Opum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.We are seeking a highly experienced and visionary Senior Director of Engineering to lead our software development and solution support teams at Optum Insight - Payer Engineering. This executive role requires a strategic thinker with a solid technical background, exemplary leadership skills, and a passion for driving innovation in the Payment Integrity and Risk & Quality portfolio of solutions. The Senior Director of Software Engineering will be responsible for overseeing the entire software development lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products. This role requires a strategic thinker with a solid technical background and excellent leadership skills. The candidate must have a proven track record of managing large, diverse teams and driving innovation within the organization.Primary Responsibilities:

• Developing and implementing the software engineering strategy in alignment with the company's overall goals

• Leading and mentoring the engineering team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation

• Ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality software products, meeting both customer and business requirements

• Collaborating with other departments to define and prioritize product features and enhancements

• Staying current with industry trends and emerging technologies and incorporating them into the company's software development practices

• Advocates and actively contributes to development of a learning culture and is a role model for continuous learning

• Plays the role of coach/mentor/teacher and role model to inspire and engage others in continuous learning

• Drives operational accountability across dependent partners in order to deliver excellence across peers and peer platforms

• Explains complex relationships and trade-offs in terms that meet the needs of the affected parties

• Actively works to reduce dependencies across the delivery and operational lifecycle

• Delegates strategic decision-making authority to others. Keeps informed of issues/results and intervenes by exception

• Encourages and supports risk taking to create a results-oriented culture

• Builds an empowering team (often global) of influencers, contributors and direct managers

• Sponsors a culture of change that other leaders adopt and their directs lead and implement

• Understands trends in the industry and applies those trends where applicable

• Helps promote a culture that naturally instills continuous improvement and transformation
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate degree or equivalent experience

• 10+ years of experience leading product development with success in meeting budgets and timelines for a division or operating unit for a healthcare or technology business

• 4+ years serving in a leadership/Director role (where you led through other leaders)

• Experience as a strategy consultant and/or product officer of a large & complex software product suite

• Experience leveraging design-thinking methodology and empathy interviewing practices

• Experience leveraging shared technology services in a global organization
• Broad technology experience, including complex systems integration expertise
• Demonstrated leadership experience in the product development process

• Demonstrated understanding of corporate financial disciplines - budgeting, reporting and P&L

• Track record of delivering scalable and highly-available systems using Agile methods and a DevOps model

• History of delivering business results in a matrix environment

• Proven sound judgment and discretion in decision making

• Proven organizational proficiencies to oversee multiple initiatives simultaneously and work in a fast-paced environment under limited supervision with excellent follow-through on detailed tasks

• Proven problem solving skills with proven ability to incorporate process improvement tools

• Proven ability to work independently and in a cross-functional team environment

• Proven consultative approach to building consensus

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.