Vice President of Data Product - Optum Labs - Cambridge, MA - Full-time / Part-time

No industry is moving faster than health care. And no organization is better positioned to lead health care forward. We need attention to every detail with an eye for the points no one has considered. The rewards for performance are significant. You'll help improve the health of millions.

Optum Labs is the health care industry's first open research and innovation facility, designed solely around the goal of improving patient care. Optum Labs is a groundbreaking concept that fosters collaboration spanning industry lines. We bring together information assets, technologies and scientific expertise of leaders from across our industry, providing world class repository of health data. Optum Labs offers a unique place to exchange ideas, conduct research, and create capabilities that can benefit patient care today, while contributing to the ongoing improvement of the health care system for years to come.

Optum Labs engages all health care participants to draw from the broadest possible range of perspectives, expertise and information - including evidenced-based medicine, actionable, and translational research - to deliver innovative ideas, solutions and tools that make health care work better. We create a place for participants from across the health system to fund and directly participate in research that they might not have the resources or support to conduct individually.

This role will own the end-to-end data and technology experience for the Optum Labs user (Partners, Constellations, Internal Teams), and will be responsible for Optum Labs relationship with other Optum Shared Service teams that provide data management and application hosting. The VP of Data Product will be responsible of Product Management, Architecture, Application Engineering, Support, and Data Acquisition roadmaps for Optum Labs. This role will also be responsible for Lab Power Tools – applications developed by Optum Labs to assist in the discovery and development of new research and development products

Responsibilities:

• This position requires experience as a Senior Director or Vice President or equivalent in Software as a Service (SaaS) or data oriented business, like social media, financial services, e-commerce, or insurance


• This person will need to be able to present well to C-suite partners and prospects, as well as working with their peers in Optum Data Management, OTC, and our partners


• This person will manage a team responsible for building and maintaining “Data as a Product”, data and technology architecture, application engineering, content management and level 2 support


• Directs others to resolve business problems that affect multiple functions or disciplines


• Product, service or process decisions are most likely to impact multiple functions and/or customer accounts (internal or external)


• Reviews product performance against expectations and facilitates or influences changes to product portfolio to improve competitive position and optimal product performance


• May work with internal or external business constituents to determine product future direction or respond to product inquiries


• Provides leadership to and is accountable for the performance and direction through multiple layers of management and senior level professional staff


• Work most often impacts a large business unit, or multiple markets/sites

Qualifications: 

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical degree


• 5+ years of experience in leadership of Software Development and/or Information Technology and/or similar technical leadership position


• 5+ years of experience managing direct and indirect employees


• 3+ years of leading Agile software development teams


• 3+ years of experience with NOSQL technologies (Hadoop, MongoDB, etc.) preferred


• Familiarity with private and public cloud virtualization


• Familiarity with large scale data warehousing and ETL workflows


• Experience in Devops approach to deployment and operations including Continuous Delivery and Deployment models


• Demonstrated ability to manage people and prioritize deliverables


• Proven organizational skills with ability to be flexible, work in cross-functional and matrixed teams, and work with ambiguity

UnitedHealth Group is working to create the health care system of tomorrow.

Already Fortune 25, we are totally focused on innovation and change. We work a little harder. We aim a little higher. We expect more from ourselves and each other. And at the end of the day, we're doing a lot of good.

Through our family of businesses and a lot of inspired individuals, we're building a high-performance health care system that works better for more people in more ways than ever. Now we're looking to reinforce our team with people who are decisive, brilliant - and built for speed.

Come to UnitedHealth Group, and share your ideas and your passion for doing more. We have roles that will fit your skills and knowledge. We have diverse opportunities that will fit your dreams.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.