Lead Technical Product Manager, Platform AI Products

Optum is looking for a Lead Technical Product Manager for Platform AI Products to shape strategy and steer execution across healthcare payer technology in a regulated environment. You will partner with engineering, data, and operations teams to translate customer insights into scalable, AI-enabled platform capabilities that drive measurable value.

Location: Minneapolis, MN (remote)

Salary: USD 112,700 - 193,200 per year

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Customer Value: Collaborate with product managers, business stakeholders, and customers to capture the Voice of the Customer (VOC) and translate insights into product capabilities and jobs to be done; articulate the vision, value proposition, and roadmaps; communicate compelling value through internal marketing and stakeholder communications; ensure all features align with OKRs.
• Product Execution & Delivery: Oversee prioritization and trade-off decisions, balancing user experience, business requirements, technical constraints, performance, and operational needs; break down high-level capabilities into features, epics, and user stories that are clear and measurable; partner with engineering to define requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria; support backlog management and prioritization across scrum and feature teams.
• Technical & Domain Expertise: Maintain a solid understanding of end-to-end solutions, including system integrations and data flows; assess feature impacts and dependencies across platforms and portfolios; advance understanding of the product operating model and culture across teams; demonstrate working knowledge of tools such as Aha, Rally, GitHub, and DevOps practices; balance the needs of operations, data, and engineering teams.
• Stakeholder Leadership & Influence: Serve as a credible, trusted partner to senior business and technology leaders; communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences across teams and levels; lead complex, cross-functional discussions and drive alignment through fact-based, customer-centric decision making; diffuse conflicts and drive consensus by focusing on the product and customer needs; anticipate stakeholder needs by preparing options and trade-offs.
• People Leadership & Talent Development: Provide situational coaching and support to other product managers and teams; mentor and collaborate to influence product outcomes; attract, assess, and hire top product talent using a calibrated bar for excellence; contribute to hiring decisions and leverage networks to identify qualified candidates; train and mentor junior interviewers through shadowing and guidance; foster a culture of collaboration and excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10+ years of experience in Product Management, with significant experience in technical or platform products
• Experience as a Product Manager supporting Data Science, Software applications, and / or AI projects
• Solid experience working with engineering, data, and architecture teams
• Experience with Agile delivery models and product management tooling (Aha, Rally, GitHub, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex product portfolios and cross-team dependencies
• Proven success driving product strategy, roadmaps, and execution at scale

Technologies

• Aha
• Rally
• GitHub
• DevOps

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in US Healthcare Payer domain (claims, eligibility, care management, provider data, analytics, etc.)
• Experience scaling product organizations or leading through transformation
• Exposure to data platforms, analytics products, or AI/ML enabled solutions
• Familiarity with regulated environments and compliance driven product delivery