Own an AI-focused product domain within Government Programs: manage intake and roadmap, translate business problems into prototypes, partner with engineers to build and ship solutions, ensure CMS and Responsible AI compliance, drive adoption, define success metrics, and communicate outcomes to technical and executive stakeholders.
Requisition Number: 2374985
At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and optimized. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together
As the funded AI portfolio scales across Government Programs, the intake, prototyping, adoption, and integration of AI initiatives currently funnels through a single point of contact, creating both a bottleneck and a single point of failure. This role puts a dedicated business-side operator against high-value initiatives... owning a domain end to end, working alongside the forward deployed engineers and process analysts to bring capabilities together within Government Programs, surfacing new opportunities at the ground level, and shaping how those capabilities come together into a coherent product experience.
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:
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:
Preferred Qualifications:
*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 $91,700 - $163,700 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.
At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and optimized. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together
As the funded AI portfolio scales across Government Programs, the intake, prototyping, adoption, and integration of AI initiatives currently funnels through a single point of contact, creating both a bottleneck and a single point of failure. This role puts a dedicated business-side operator against high-value initiatives... owning a domain end to end, working alongside the forward deployed engineers and process analysts to bring capabilities together within Government Programs, surfacing new opportunities at the ground level, and shaping how those capabilities come together into a coherent product experience.
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:
- Own an assigned business domain as the source of truth for how AI applies to it, carrying the business context, rules, and data that solutions depend on
- Maintain the intake and roadmap for AI ideas within your domain, prioritizing by value and feasibility
- Translate business problems into clear, buildable specifications and rapid prototypes that prove and derisk a use case before engineering investment
- Partner with engineering and forward deployed engineers to scope, build, test, and ship solutions, and recognize when a prototype must graduate to a fully supported build
- Drive adoption of delivered AI capabilities, document use cases and playbooks, and serve as the AI subject matter expert for the teams you support
- Define success metrics and checkpoints, and report outcomes and impact in an executive-ready format
- Ensure work remains compliant with CMS regulations and UnitedHealth Group's Responsible AI framework as initiatives scale
- Build trusted partnerships across business leaders, engineering, actuarial, vendors, moving fluidly between technical and executive audiences
- Shape how the portfolio's capabilities come together into a coherent product experience... designing the flows and interactions that turn underlying AI capability into something users can navigate
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:
- 3+ years in product management, product strategy, analytics, digital transformation, or an AI-related role, ideally within healthcare or a similarly regulated industry
- Working knowledge of Medicare and/or Medicaid product dynamics, benefit design, and the CMS regulatory landscape
- Proven active, daily user of modern AI tools (such as Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot), able to apply them to real work and explain them in plain language
- Proven ability to flex between business and domain work and hands-on technical and prototyping work, including holding a working conversation with engineers
- Proven solid cross-functional collaboration and excellent communication across both business and technical audiences
- Proven high emotional intelligence, with the ability to move credibly between executives, vendors, engineers, and frontline teams
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in Government Programs Product, Experience, or Strategy
- Familiarity with UnitedHealthcare platforms and ecosystems
- Proven exposure to AI/ML concepts, agentic workflows, predictive analytics, and rapid prototyping
*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 $91,700 - $163,700 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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