Vice President Digital Engineering

• Define and execute a long-term engineering vision aligned with the company's digital health strategy and growth goals
• Build lead and scale a high-performing global engineering organization with a culture of innovation accountability and inclusion
• Recruit and mentor senior engineering leaders fostering both technical and people management capabilities
• Ensure the use of AI tools to drive increased developer productivity

• Lead the development of robust scalable secure and user-friendly consumer-facing applications accessed by millions of users
• Ensure product performance reliability and uptime meet the highest standards for public-facing systems
• Drive technical decision-making that enables speed scalability and flexibility across the stack

• Oversee the integration of AI/ML-driven features (e.g. personalized recommendations NLP intelligent triage) into consumer products
• Partner with data science and product teams to deliver data-informed user experiences that support improved health outcomes
• Ensure responsible use of AI including data ethics explainability and alignment with healthcare regulations

• Ensure all systems are designed and maintained in accordance with HIPAA HITRUST SOC 2 and other relevant regulatory standards
• Collaborate with Security Legal and Compliance teams to implement privacy and risk mitigation best practices
• Proactively identify and address risks related to data integrity and information security

• Manage delivery timelines budgets team structures and prioritization across complex product portfolios
• Establish and measure KPIs engineering health metrics and delivery benchmarks to drive continuous improvement
• Implement and evolve best-in-class software development practices DevOps and infrastructure operations

• Partner closely with Product Security UX and Executive teams to ensure technical strategy supports overall business and member-impact goals
• Act as a strategic voice for engineering in company-wide planning and decision-making

• 15+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years serving in senior engineering leadership roles
• Proven track record building and scaling consumer-grade digital products with millions of users
• Experience leading geographically dispersed engineering teams of 100+ people across multiple time zones through other leaders (including prior experience having Senior Directors as direct reports)
• History of success improving developer productivity with AI tools
• Demonstrated expertise in Agile methods cloud platforms (AWS GCP Azure) microservices architecture DevOps and application security
• Excellent communication influence leadership and stakeholder management skills

• Experience building AI solutions at scale in production environments
• Prior experience upskilling a team relative to AI

What We Do

Optum part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses 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. At Optum we support your well-being with an understanding team extensive benefits and rewarding opportunities. By joining us you’ll have the resources to drive system transformation while we help you take care of your future. We recognize the power of connection to drive change improve efficiency and make a difference in health care. Join a team where your skills and ideas can make an impact and where collaboration is key to creating technology that produces healthier outcomes.

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