Product Development Manager - Multiple Locations

As a Product Development Manager, you will help develop the strategy and vision, product roadmaps, establish collaborative relationships with external and internal stakeholders, gather accurate requirements and evaluate product performance for enhancements. You will strategically and creatively think about how the consumer experience should work; translating a vision to processes and requirements that impacts millions of lives and helps health the health care system.

You can be a better guide than any map or navigation system. Optum is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders within the health care system. Optum brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance, elite teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Join us and learn why there is no better place to do your life's best work.(SM)

Primary Responsibilities:

• Navigate and influence multiple cross-functional teams in a complex, matrix work environment
• Support the development of market and sales strategies and value proposition
• Forecast revenue or savings opportunities associated with product development initiatives 
• Manage cross-segment projects and initiatives that require problem solving, relationship building, influencing and analyzing
• Adapt departmental plans and priorities to address business and operational challenges.
• Influence innovation across teams to ensure aligned; cohesive progress across multiple areas including technology, marketing, and service operations

Success Factors:

• Demonstrated ability to influence teams and prioritize deliverables
• Highly organized, driven, and accountable
• A self-starter who can operate well in a consistently changing and ambiguous environment 
• Able to balance strategic thinking with the urgency to drive work forward 
• Adapts quickly to changes in work direction and able to pivot work accordingly 
• Creative problem solver 
• Naturally curious 
• Team player with strong ability to form working professional relationships

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• 2+ years of Product Management/ Product development experience in a matrix environment
• 3+ years of experience managing large projects and/or leading multi-departmental work-groups
• Excellent
  cross-functional team leadership, strong project management skills,
  proficient computer skills and good writing skills. 
• Experience using data and research to formulate logical business recommendations 
• 3+ years of Microsoft Office Suites experience (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and influence others
• Effectively communicate at all levels of the organization

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA
• Experience in bringing software and technology solutions to market is preferred
• Healthcare preferred.