Senior Director Software Engineering - MINNETONKA, MN

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide single-threaded engineering leadership across Core PI, Medical Records, Editing Platform, CEP, SAM Edits, Audit Hub, and CRI, critical platforms driving claims accuracy, regulatory compliance, and operational stability
• Own end-to-end technical accountability: architecture governance, platform reliability, modernization roadmap, and execution discipline
• Stabilize and integrate multiple transitioning teams post-org realignment, ensuring continuity and delivery alignment
• Lead PI team and manage $10.25M funding (Capital + OM) with clear prioritization and outcomes
• Drive platform modernization and AI/automation adoption aligned to enterprise PI and AI 10.0 strategy
• Act as enterprise leader with CIO/ELT visibility, influencing cross-LOB stakeholders and ensuring business outcomes
• Willing to travel 10 - 20%
• Will be working with multiple offshore teams
• IN OFFICE MINNETONKA, MN

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:

• 15+ years engineering experience
• 7+ years leading large multi-team orgs at scale
• 7+ years managing mission-critical, regulated, high-availability platforms
• 7+ years portfolio ownership at enterprise scale with technology, financials, and risk
• Experience in Healthcare
• Solid experience in platform architecture, modernization, and distributed systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with AI/ML-enabled platforms, rules engines, and audit systems
• Background in Payment Integrity / Claims processing
• Track record of leading large-scale transformations / platform consolidation

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 $159,300 to $273,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

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.