Optum · 23 hours ago
Director Technology - Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$135K/yr - $231K/yr
5+ years expOptum is a global organization focused on improving health outcomes through technology. They are seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead the UHC Payment Integrity team, driving enterprise-wide affordability initiatives and managing a high-performing engineering team.
EducationHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and develop a global full stack engineering team, including managers and technical leads
Build and foster an enterprise-focused team culture, driving collaboration and relationship-building across the organization
Develop and implement platform strategies to streamline solutions, reduce redundancies, and lower total cost of ownership
Drive adoption and support for enterprise assets, building coalitions across business units
Oversee the upskilling of teams from legacy AI to new AI technologies
Evaluate emerging trends in AI and payment integrity, ensuring robust defense mechanisms against evolving threats
Manage change initiatives, including DCOM strategies, to elevate business-specific applications to enterprise-level solutions
Focus on detecting new market problems and developing efficient, scalable solutions
Evaluate emerging trends to inform solution design and strategic innovation
Qualification
Required
5+ years leading full stack engineering teams
5+ years leading large-scale, enterprise-focused programs
Experience with any cloud platform
Experience leading other managers and growing teams, including mentorship and workforce development
Ability to foster and build enterprise assets, driving adoption and coalition-building across the organization
Experience building DCOM strategies and managing change to elevate business-specific applications to enterprise level
Preferred
Experience leading payment integrity or affordability-related initiatives
Understanding of claim and provider domains, payment integrity, and affordability domains
Familiarity with AI advancements and upskilling teams from older AI foundations to new AI technologies
Experience in platform strategy, streamlining, and reducing redundancies and total cost of ownership
Solid relationship-building skills across enterprise organizations
All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
401k contribution
Company
Optum
Optum is a healthcare company that provides pharmacy services, health care operations, and population health management. It is a sub-organization of UnitedHealth Group.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Late StageLeadership Team
Daniel Castillo
Chief Executive Officer, Optum Care Delivery
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Jay Green
Chief Financial Officer
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