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UnitedHealth Group Senior Manager, Technical Product Manager in Hyderabad, India
Optum 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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Primary Responsibilities:
Designs, develops and manages activities for a specific product or group of products, from product definition and planning through production, release and end-of-life
Responsible for management of the full product lifecycle with a technical focus, including the strategy, design, development, management and end-of-life of new, existing or acquired products
Leverages market insights and emerging technology developments and trends to understand market/customer needs, as well as identify new opportunities or make adjustments to current product offerings
Balances deep subject matter expertise with knowledge of business use cases and solid technical aptitude
Accountable for delivering product performance in alignment with expectations, and updates changes to a product portfolio to improve competitive position and produce optimal product performance to meet customer and market needs
Accountable to and/or owns the P&L, and is responsible for cross-functional stakeholder management, to include (but not limited to) design, engineering, scrum teams, business leaders, etc., functioning as technical expert with a fluency in development concepts and modern development practices
Positions in this function may require a background or degree in computer science or engineering
Drive product vision and strategy roadmap
Engage appropriate enterprise-wide stakeholders to enable awareness and alignment
Lead the product across its entire lifecycle using defined processes and industry best practices
Know the market, to effectively identify and frame new technology products
Define solutions with high-value requirements, a compelling business case, clear product positioning, priority and strategic impact
Partner with stakeholders to enable successful development, delivery, and adoption of technology solutions
Manage ongoing product performance, expansion, financial health, roadmap and end-of-life decision as appropriate
Serve as the product champion and apply deep expertise to credibly represent, manage and engage with business(es)
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:
Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
Ability to work with product manager and business to obtain voice of customer (VOC) and identify capabilities to add to the product
Ability to define and provide direction for user experience and user interface (if applicable to product)
Ability to create user documentation (if applicable to product)
Ability to create and communicate the value proposition via internal marketing material for product promotion
Possess an in-depth understanding of lean product management best practices and frameworks.
Ability to understand capabilities across the portfolio / product line.
Not prescriptive, with theoretical definitions of what’s needed in every scenario. Instead, you consider the challenge, dependencies, constraints, and apply the right tools based on your knowledge of various product management methodologies/frameworks.
Ability to understand cross customer deliverables between product lines
Ability to partner appropriately to support dependencies
Ability to partner appropriately across the portfolio to minimize overlapping work
Ability to ensure high-level roadmap alignment across portfolios where required
Effectively looks ‘up and out’ to influence multi-portfolio capabilities and their dependencies; enables on-time delivery via manageable features/stories coordinated across teams
Ability to negotiate win-win solutions across teams and lines of business (cross application / cross portfolio)
Ability to communicate effectively with all senior stakeholders (up to Senior Leadership)
Ability to clearly communicates strategic portfolio direction via multi-year roadmap
Ability to ensure user stories and features are directly tied to OKRs
Ability to ensure overall product strategy and Roadmap are executed.
Ability to drive the budget at scrum team/product level.
Ability to speak credibly to both business and technology partners across teams and levels
Ability to clearly communicates strategic portfolio direction via multi-year roadmap
Ability to understand the infrastructure/technology/flow of product
Ability to understand the system components and how they integrate
Ability to influence the prioritization of the product backlog
Ability to evaluate technical alternatives and decomposing significantly complex problems into straightforward technical propositions
Fluent in Aha, Rally, GitHub
Ability to ensure integration testing / automation practices
Ability to manage upward
Available to effectively support other product portfolios
Ability to positively influence outcomes across complex capabilities / initiatives
Effectively leads meetings with senior leadership
Ability to anticipate leadership / stakeholder needs; proactively address gaps
Ability to serve as an intermediary between business and architecture/engineering teams and subjectively traverse when needed
Ability to coach others on areas of expertise
Respected by your engineering peers
Ability to consistently maintains a growth mindset
Ability to attend relevant events to build network and cultivate relationships; Networks with a variety of individuals inside and outside of the organization
Ability to advocate position and has tenacity to drive to objectives
Ability to facilitate resolutions and makes decisions
Ability to serve as an influential voice for product management strategies
Ability to manage complex requirements, refine products based on business goals and market needs
Ability to actively attracts talented resources to fill roles across levels / job families
Ability to identify opportunities to retain and attract diverse candidates
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.
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