Vice President, Innovation Product Management - Eden Prairie, MN

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The VP, Product Management will have accountability for leading and managing a broad portfolio of products and services across various markets (Payer, Provider, Life Sciences and Government).  They will have responsibility for new product and services definition and drive development on time, on budget, and with high quality and value. The VP will build a direct and matrix team that will proactively promote and monitor solution performance in the marketplace, constantly working to increase revenue and customer satisfaction. They will drive a diverse portfolio of disruptive products and solutions through a comprehensive product and market strategy by coordinating market research, competitive analysis and capturing requirements from customers and prospects. The ideal candidate will be experienced in both upstream product and service definition and downstream product development and execution, with experience in the health care industry strongly preferred, and a proven track record of bringing new products to market. They will have strong leadership and change management skills; create passion, excitement and results in others; and provide strategic and tactical direction to evolve and grow a market leading portfolio of healthcare solutions. This individual will have strong executive presence and be able to clearly discuss and communicate product value and benefits to customers, prospects, and internal and external partners.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Translate business vision and strategy into operational tactics and build the organizational support and infrastructure needed to achieve them


• Monitor the product life cycle from inception through operation and maintenance; ensure consistency with the strategic vision and market/customer requirements


• Provide senior level guidance and support in the development and management of customer relationships and contracts


• Serve as key matrix partner to designated Market President and leadership team


• Ensuring successful management and leveraging of the matrix environment to meet objectives


• Identify best-of-breed companies as potential partners and/or vendors to accelerate and bring solutions to market


• Ensure adequate staffing plans are in place to support pipeline and client commitments


• Develop strong intra-company relationships by proactively meeting with key UHG segment operations, finance and business leaders to keep abreast of changes/trends as well as to shape decisions at the UHG level


• Establish business metrics required to meet customer requirements and achieve financial/growth targets and key goals


• Establish an environment of collaboration internally and externally, set the standard for collegial and honorable interactions, and model same for teams


• Monitor and review team outputs for multiple teams and recommend changes to resource utilization to improve efficiency


• Recommend methodologies for and drive conflict resolution and issues between multiple teams or team members


• Ensure that quality and performance standards are established and measured with improvement goals developed  

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree


• Minimum of 10 years of marketing, product and/or project management experience within a matrix organization


• Demonstrated ability to influence teams and prioritize deliverables


• Proven organizational skills


• Ability to be flexible


• A self-starter who can operate well in a changing environment and sometimes ambiguous environment


• Must be able to work in the Eden Prairie, MN office

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA degree


• Previous experience in the healthcare industry


• Digital Product Management / Marketing expertise


• Able to balance strategic thinking with the urgency to drive work forward


• Adapt 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


• Experience using data and research to formulate logical business recommendations

 
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Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: 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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