At UnitedHealth Group / Optum Tech, we are looking for a Vice President, Digital Engineering to lead a Product Engineering team of ~250 professionals responsible for UnitedHealthcare's mobile and web experiences. You will design and deliver the common component technology platform and next-generation consumer experiences, overseeing end-to-end digital products accessed by millions.
What You'll Do
- Define and execute a long-term engineering vision aligned with the company’s digital health strategy and growth goals
- Build, lead, and scale a high-performing global engineering organization with a culture of innovation, accountability, and inclusion
- Recruit and mentor senior engineering leaders, fostering both technical and people management capabilities
- Ensure the use of AI tools to drive increased developer productivity
- Lead the development of robust, scalable, secure, and user-friendly consumer-facing applications accessed by millions of users
- Ensure product performance, reliability, and uptime meet the highest standards for public-facing systems
- Drive technical decision-making that enables speed, scalability, and flexibility across the stack
- Oversee the integration of AI/ML-driven features into consumer products
- Partner with data science and product teams to deliver data-informed user experiences that support improved health outcomes
- Ensure responsible use of AI, including data ethics, explainability, and alignment with healthcare regulations
- Ensure all systems are designed and maintained in accordance with HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, and other relevant regulatory standards
- Collaborate with Security, Legal, and Compliance teams to implement privacy and risk mitigation best practices
- Proactively identify and address risks related to data integrity and information security
- Manage delivery timelines, budgets, team structures, and prioritization across complex product portfolios
- Establish and measure KPIs, engineering health metrics, and delivery benchmarks to drive continuous improvement
- Implement and evolve best-in-class software development practices, DevOps, and infrastructure operations
- Partner closely with Product, Security, UX, and Executive teams to ensure technical strategy supports overall business and member-impact goals
- Act as a strategic voice for engineering in company-wide planning and decision-making
What We're Looking For
- 15+ years of software engineering experience
- 5+ years serving in senior engineering leadership roles
- Proven track record building and scaling consumer-grade digital products with millions of users
- Experience leading geographically dispersed engineering teams of 100+ people across multiple time zones through other leaders
- Prior experience having Senior Directors as direct reports
- History of success improving developer productivity with AI tools
- Demonstrated expertise in Agile methods
- Demonstrated expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Demonstrated expertise in microservices architecture
- Demonstrated expertise in DevOps
- Demonstrated expertise in application security
- Excellent communication, influence, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
Nice to Have
- Experience building AI solutions at scale in production environments
- Prior experience upskilling a team relative to AI
Technical Stack
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
Team & Environment
You will lead a Product Engineering team of ~250 professionals, scaling and mentoring senior leaders to deliver best-in-class digital health experiences.
Benefits & Compensation
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
- Annual compensation range: $200,400 to $343,500
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position open to candidates in the United States.
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.
