Product Owner/Sr Data Strategist - National Remote

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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Drive the evolution of an enterprise, real-time, consumer communications data infrastructure with the goal of enabling an exceptional consumer experience on both the Optum Consumer Engagement Platform (OCEP) and the Adobe Platform
• Partner with key stakeholders in business, IT, and program/project management; build relationships across the organization to ensure initiatives are coordinated; anticipate and plan for upstream/downstream impacts
• Represents the business and consumers - understands business requirements and ensures work is completed accurately and on-time in a highly collaborative and cross-functional environment
• Review and approve business data requirements in Source to Target or Business Requirements Document
• Translate business requirements into Agile Strategic Themes, Capabilities, Features, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria for migrations, new requests, enhancements, and production issues
• Prioritize the Agile backlog and clarify goals and roadmaps; participate in PI Planning sessions
• Accept completed Features and User Stories that meet Definition of Done
• Drive features through the refinement, solutioning, and development process in collaboration with BA's, BDA's, Tech PO's, domain SME's, data source SME's, IT architects and developers, and program/project management
• Responsible for work items from assignment through deployment and production support
• Remove roadblocks and escalate issues as needed
• Oversee BA/BDA workload, participate in working sessions, and collaborate with them to refine features and user stories
• Communication and knowledge sharing across team and partners for new/changed capabilities
• Special projects as assigned

Competencies:

• Embraces ambiguity and changing priorities, and thrives in a dynamic environment while juggling multiple concurrent projects
• Solid relationship-building and project management skills; able to navigate through highly matrixed teams to find the right contacts
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability to lead by influence in a quasi-technical role
• Curious and excited to learn new things every day and unafraid to ask questions to gain understanding
• Growth mindset, sharp analytical and creative problem-solving skills, and the ability to handle situations with humor and patience

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 or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of professional experience in technology, marketing, or health care
• 5+ years of experience in data-centric roles such as Data Science, Business Intelligence, business analytics, data warehousing, data acquisition, Big Data, or data architecture
• Able to attend daily meetings at 8:00 AM US Central time (schedule is flexible otherwise)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of enterprise-level consumer data experience
• Experience working with internal and external stakeholders to collect business, functional and technical requirements
• Experience using Rally (CA Agile); experience and/or interest in being an Agile Product Owner
• Working knowledge of health care or pharmacy benefit management industry products/services and operations

*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, Washington, D.C. Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $104,700 to $190,400 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.

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