Vice President, Digital Engineering - Optum Consumer

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 talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale.

Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Optum Serves

Consumers - Enabling health care for 132 million individual consumers

Care providers - Empowering nearly 130,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, 9 out of 10 U.S. hospitals and more than 67,000 U.S. pharmacies
Health plans - Improving performance and member health for 4 out of 5 U.S. health plans
Employers - Engaging with nearly 9 out of 10 Fortune 100 companies
Government - Engaging through partnerships in all 50 states and the District of Columbia
Life sciences - Advancing clinical research with nearly 120 global life sciences

The Optum Technology Digital Leadership team is transforming Optum to be an industry-leading Consumer brand, delivering personalized digital solutions that empower direct to consumer digital first experiences that educate, guide and empower consumers to the right care across all lines of business for Optum.

In this leadership role, you will be responsible for leading a Product Engineering team for the Optum App and making our consumer obsessed digital vision come to life. You will lead the organization through the creation and transformation of digital experiences serving patients, health plan members, employers, and providers. This leader will design and deliver the common component technology platform as well as our next generation consumer experiences.

They will be responsible for the platform and application Engineering strategy, leading an integrated team focused on driving continuous, metrics-backed improvements to the digital experience through product and engineering disciplines. You will partner across Optum and external partners to oversee (and be accountable for) end-to-end digital experiences.

Candidates for this role need to be seasoned engineering leaders with deep expertise in digital product delivery, have proven experience designing and executing on multi-brand and/or line of business mobile and web properties, deep understanding of direct-to-consumer digital products and ecosystems, and how to optimize cost and reuse.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely
* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

Engineering Leadership

· Define and execute a long-term engineering vision aligned with the company’s digital health strategy and growth goals

· Build, lead, and scale ahigh-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

Consumer Application Excellence

· Lead the development ofrobust, 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

AI & Data Integration

· Oversee the integration ofAI/ML-driven features(e.g., personalized recommendations, NLP, intelligent triage) 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

Healthcare Compliance & Security

· 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…