Sr. Product Manager, Provider & Payer Network Performance - Remote

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Senior Product Manager - Network Performance is responsible for translating healthcare network insights into actionable outcomes for payer and provider clients. This role sits within Provider Enablement and focuses on helping clients understand what matters, who should act, how to act, and the impact of those actions-moving beyond traditional reporting to true execution and outcome realization.

This role partners closely with product, engineering, data, and commercial teams and plays a key role in client-facing enablement, go to market storytelling, and demonstrations. The Senior Product Manager serves as a bridge between platform capabilities and real-world client adoption and value.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Network Enablement & Product Strategy
  • Owns the performance strategy for network-related capabilities within the Value Connect platform
  • Evolves insights from passive reporting into prioritized, actionable workflows
  • Defines how network insights translate into decisions, actions, and measurable outcomes
  • Ensures network capabilities align with how payers and providers actually manage networks
• Cross-Module Platform Enablement
  • Works across adjacent modules (contract, finance, population health, care management, etc.) to ensure insights and actions are coordinated
  • Helps prevent duplicated effort and conflicting signals across modules
  • Focuses on end-to-end impact rather than siloed analytics
• Product Development & Translation
  • Partners with engineering and data teams to shape network-related features and workflows
  • Translates complex analytics into clear, usable product functionality
  • Balances product depth with usability and explainability for non-technical users
• Commercialization & Client Engagement
  • Plays an active role in product commercialization and go-to-market readiness
  • Helps define and articulate value propositions for payer and provider clients
  • Supports creation of sales materials and sell sheets in partnership with product marketing
  • Leads or supports live product demonstrations for clients and prospects
  • Acts as a subject-matter expert in client-facing conversations and meetings
  • May participate in virtual and/or on-site client engagements as needed
• Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Collaborates with internal stakeholders across product, data science, engineering, and commercialization teams
  • Communicates product intent, value, and progress clearly to senior stakeholders
  • Provides feedback from client interactions back into product evolution

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:

• 10+ years in healthcare product management, development, and solution-facing product roles
• 5+ years working with payer and/or provider network data, workflows, and analytics
• 5+ years supporting go-to-market activities, demos, and client-facing discussions
• 5+ years in product management roles supporting complex, data-driven products
• Demonstrated ability to translate analytics into actionable business outcomes
• Proven comfortable serving as a bridge between technical teams and commercial/client audiences
• Proven leads technical product commercialization efforts, including go to market positioning, value proposition definition, client-facing demos, and sales enablement materials in partnership with product marketing
• Proven clear communicator who can explain complex concepts simply and credibly

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

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 $112,700to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

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.

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.