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As a Launch Leader you will lead the process of ideation, development, and launch of innovative products and services. This includes actively collaborating with sales and marketing teams, developing a plan for going to market with a new product or service, implementing that plan, and analyzing results to improve future launches defining.

You will leverage your keen business insight and strategic mindset to build customer-centric solutions that drive results. You will drive the Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC) planning and prioritization work to ensure that commitments are met and adherence to the is followed. You will prove to be customer-obsessed and process oriented. This position reports into the Senior Manager, Precision Diagnostics Operations

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Works with business owners, UX team, and directly with customers to identify business opportunities and leads and manages efforts to bring new products to market with a focus on opportunities for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Healthcare Imaging

• Leads and manages the ‘end to end’ product life cycle from strategic planning to development, deployment and related tactical execution to end of life sunsetting

• Defines and analyzes metrics that inform the success of products, including the feature sets, business requirements, and measures of success of an overall roadmap

• Leads and manages the development and/or delivery of budget plans to successfully achieve P&L goals, applying financial acumen to ensure decision quality

• Works closely with senior leadership and stakeholders to ensure that business requirements are understood. Helps prioritize engineering work while balancing the requirements of customers and stakeholders

• Leads, manages, and delivers required outcomes for a portfolio of major projects in order to support the overall strategy

• Understands and applies the necessary regulatory and legal requirements for product, solution, and service offerings

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:

• 5+ years of product management or launch leadership experience for innovative, net new, products and product categories

• 5+ years in Healthcare IT, preferably in one of the following digital segments: medical imaging, Clinical Decision Support industry population health management, or clinical workflow automation

• Solid understanding of healthcare industry market trends and customer needs

• Deep and adaptable knowledge in Product Development Lifecycle and Agile

• Expertise with Microsoft Office and project management applications

• Proven ability to interpret and apply understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions

• Proven ability to plan and prioritize a complex array of work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals with attention to detail.

• Proven excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in AI or data governance

• Applied understanding of U.S. government and private payer health plans with associated financial, reimbursement and actuarial

• Applied understanding of UX Design principals and working with UX teams

• Proven solid interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills within a multicultural environment

• Proven solid internal negotiating skills

• Proven ability to make timely decisions

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, or Washington, D.C. Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $88,000 to $173,200 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.