Principle Product Manager - Enterprise Cloud Platform - Remote at UnitedHealth Group Canada

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

16 May, 26

Salary

193200.0

Posted On

15 Feb, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Product Strategy, Roadmap Development, Functional Requirements, Non-Functional Requirements, Cost Optimization, Cloud Transformation, SaaS Delivery Models, Multi-tenancy, Workload Isolation, FinOps, Cloud Architecture, Observability, Reliability, Vendor Relations, Capacity Planning, Interoperability Standards

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

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 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. The Sr. Principal Product Manager – Enterprise Cloud Platform, serves as the business champion for Enterprise Cloud Platform solutions across Enterprise Imaging product lines. Optum Enterprise Imaging provides cloud and on-premises solutions for multi-specialty care areas such as diagnostic radiology, cardiology, and other care area solutions. Cloud Platform provides infrastructure and services for clinical workflow, vendor neutral archive and enterprise viewing solutions for healthcare providers and administrators. In this role, you'll maintain an innovative and compelling Platform strategy for IT applications in Health IT domain, including infrastructure such as edge devices. You will be responsible for working closely with cloud providers to adopt and maintain a strategy for cloud transformation and optimization. The Sr. Principal Product Manager will translate customer and business needs around IT infrastructure and services into a viable strategy for cloud platform and own the executable roadmap for the platform. The Principal Product Manager will own the cloud platform strategy that provides cost-effective, reliable and secure platform for business application. The ideal candidate brings strong familiarity with cloud‑native SaaS delivery models, including concepts such as multi‑tenancy, workload isolation, and usage‑based cost drivers. This individual partners closely with Engineering and Cloud Ops to shape platform direction. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week. Primary Responsibilities: Develop platform strategy: Collaborate with cross-functions to define the overall product strategy, aligning it with the business goals and objectives Product plan and roadmap: Create and maintain a platform roadmap that outlines the platform vision, key features, and timeline for development Define platform-level functional and non‑functional requirements (availability, performance expectations, cost drivers) in collaboration with engineering and cloud architecture teams Prioritize initiatives based on business impact, internal and external customer needs, and development capacity Lead a team of Platform product owners and product managers, provide coaching and development of individuals to lead a cohesive platform mission Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with engineering, Cloud-Ops, Peer Product management for applications, Services and GTM/Sales teams to ensure successful development, release and GTM plan for platform services Understand and communicate cloud cost impacts of platform decisions, supporting FinOps practices at a product level (e.g., cost-to-serve insights, right-sizing considerations) while partnering with Cloud Ops and Finance Partner with Engineering to evaluate major cloud platform decisions (e.g., service selection, scaling approaches) from a business, customer, and product perspective, without taking on architectural design Ensure platform roadmap decisions align with SaaS operational needs, including observability, reliability, maintainability, and upgrade paths In partnership with Cloud providers and Cloud Ops teams, drive cloud resource optimization, cost efficiency of cloud storage, compute and related resources to support P&L view of cloud consumption overall across all Enterprise Imaging applications and services Leverage internal synergies with broader Optum organization on cloud environment, consumption, and efficiencies Engage and support customer conversations as the cloud platform SME for new sales opportunities or support during implementation Develop and maintain cloud vendor relations, working closely with the Business development team on contracts, pricing, resourcing and support needs Serve as subject matter expert for cloud platform working closely with engineering and Cloud-Ops teams and support sales and services to provide strategic direction, functional and operational capabilities Serve as subject matter expert for our public cloud provider to support the Enterprise Imaging portfolio of cloud products, including sizing of cloud resources, cost-effective utilization of cloud compute, storage and communication. Drive consistency and innovation in the use of cloud technology across Enterprise Imaging cloud solutions Serve as a point of contact to bring vendor partners into activities with key customers as necessary You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in. Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field 8+ years as a Product Manager and 3+ years as a Product Owner 5+ years with cloud platform and applications Solid understanding of core cloud concepts such as object storage, compute elasticity, networking basics, and managed service offerings Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cloud architects and engineering teams to make informed tradeoffs regarding scalability, performance, and cost Demonstrated ability to translate customer requirements into platform capabilities for a modern SaaS environment Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree in computer science, or information technology or equivalent graduate degree Cloud Certification from Google Cloud or competitive Cloud Provider(s) 10+ years of experience in product management 5+ years of experience managing direct reports such as Product Owners and Product Managers 5+ years in cloud platform and SaaS transformation Preferred experience includes Experience in healthcare and Clinical IT domain Experience supporting or productizing a multi tenant SaaS platform, including conceptual understanding of tenancy models and operational impacts Experience working with cloud architects and engineering teams to assess public cloud services for use in production SaaS offerings Effectively managing products through key stages of the lifecycle in a regulated industry Delivering IT infrastructure solutions to the healthcare provider market Evaluating public cloud infrastructure capabilities for use in cloud-native SaaS products Specific experience with Google Cloud Platform is highly preferred Expertise in cloud resource (compute, storage, network) optimization, capacity planning, cost effective solutions to manage multi-tenant systems in the public cloud Knowledge of dynamic scaling, multitenancy, and solutions delivering performance at scale in the public cloud environment Familiarity with observability concepts (monitoring, logging, basic SLI/SLO frameworks) in collaboration with platform engineering teams Knowledge of Health IT interoperability standards such as DICOM and HL7/FHIR Successful track record of developing cloud services and cloud solutions Outstanding verbal and written communication skills Working Conditions/Physical Requirements: General office demands Ability to work remotely Travel: Up to 25%25 travel may be required *All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. 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. 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. UnitedHealth Group 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. UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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Responsibilities

The Principal Product Manager will develop the platform strategy, create and maintain the executable roadmap, and define platform-level functional and non-functional requirements in collaboration with engineering and cloud architecture teams. This role involves leading a team of Platform product owners and product managers while ensuring the platform strategy provides a cost-effective, reliable, and secure environment for business applications.