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.
This role is with Starship, a division of Optum Financial focused on making benefits better through human-centered design and product innovation. Our mission is to unify and elevate the user experience for a range of products including HSAs, FSAs and lifestyle benefits. We believe the experience of using benefits should be simple, modern and fun, and we’re dedicated to bringing that vision to life.
Our products are forward-thinking, and our company culture is no different. We’re a small, creative, nimble team that knows how to get work done—and have fun. We’ve got the inspirational spark of a startup combined with the trusted expertise of a Fortune 5 company. And we’re looking for bright, like-minded humans to join the party.
We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager with fintech experience to work closely with all teams across Starship (including banking, design, sales and engineering) to build out new features to solve our users’ most important health savings problems. Each product manager leads a cross functional squad with engineers and a designer that owns a product area end-to-end. You’ll partner with design and engineering to prioritize innovation and uphold our standard for beautifully designed products, while balancing technical and business considerations. Our ideal candidate is data-driven, user-focused, and able to work cross-functionally across the entire organization.
You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities
- Gather and translate user problems as inputs for setting the product vision and strategy
- Manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, business impact, performance, and post-launch support
- Develop and manage the product roadmap with input from product leadership and other stakeholders
- Own new features from discovery through post-launch analysis and iteration
- Break down large problems and features into small detailed stories and acceptance criteria that can be delivered incrementally
- Lead day-to-day squad meetings, remove blockers, and work with product leadership to ensure your squad is operating at its highest potential
- Be a subject matter expert, disseminate information across the organization, and have strategic influence
- Find, create and report key metrics and data to support your decisions
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 experience in a consumer-oriented product management role
- 5+ years of experience defining projects and requirements, writing user stories and acceptance criteria, and coordinating projects across teams
- 5+ years of experience partnering directly with engineers and designers, demonstrating a technical mindset and a passion for details
- 3+ years of experience leading a workstream independently
- 3+ years of experience working in agile and/or kanban methodologies
- 3+ years of experience in both mobile and web design
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in banking or a financial institution
- Understanding of healthcare and insurance
- Experience in working within or for large organizations
- Solid moral compass and commitment to Starship’s core values of inclusion, empowerment, and trust
- Demonstrated sense of empathy for others, both end users and your collaborators
- 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 $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.
