VP, HR Technology Strategy

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Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States Salary: $200,400 - $343,500/year

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United Health Group United Health  Group is a health care and well-being company that's dedicated to improving the health outcomes of millions around the world. We are comprised of two distinct and complementary businesses, United Healthcare and Optum, working to build a better health system for all. Here, your contributions matter as they will help transform health care for years to come.

Make an impact with a team that shares your passion for helping others. Join us in making healthcare work better for everyone through people-led, responsible AI while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Vice President, HR Technology Strategy will lead the strategy, roadmap, and business ownership of the technology ecosystem that enables United Health Group's People function. This leader will be responsible for translating People Team strategy into a technology-enabled capability roadmap that improves the employee, manager, candidate, and HR practitioner experience at enterprise scale.

This role sits at the intersection of HR strategy, digital product management, AI-enabled workflow design, platform modernization, and enterprise transformation. The VP will partner closely with People Team COEs, People Analytics & Data Strategy, AI Enablement, HR Operations, Payroll, Total Rewards, Talent, Recruiting, Tech, Enterprise AI teams, Legal, Privacy, Security, and business leaders to ensure People technology investments are aligned to business outcomes, operational efficiency, employee trust, and measurable value.

The VP, HR Technology Strategy is not be a traditional HRIS support leader. This role will act as the People Team's senior product and digital capability leader - shaping what technology-enabled experiences we build, why they matter, how they fit into end-to-end People processes, and how they create value for employees, managers, leaders, and the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities People Technology Strategy & Roadmap Define and lead the enterprise People technology strategy and multi-year roadmap across core HR, talent, recruiting, learning, employee support, manager experience, payroll/time alignment, analytics enablement, and AI-enabled workflows

Translate People Team strategy and business priorities into a sequenced portfolio of technology-enabled capabilities

Partner with COEs and HR Operations to identify capability gaps, process pain points, experience opportunities, and modernization needs

Ensure People technology investments are aligned to enterprise priorities, financial discipline, employee experience, operational efficiency, compliance, and measurable business value

Establish roadmap governance that balances run, grow, and transform priorities

Digital Product Ownership & COE Partnership Serve as the senior product leader for People technology capabilities, ensuring clear business ownership, product outcomes, and decision rights

Build partnerships with COEs, PBPs, HR Operations, Payroll, Benefits, Talent, Recruiting, Learning, and Total Rewards to translate business needs into product strategies and technology roadmaps

Move People Technology from a request-routing function to a proactive strategic partner that brings platform knowledge, vendor roadmap insight, product recommendations, and technology-enabled business options

Ensure each major People domain has clear product partnership, roadmap visibility, prioritization discipline, and stakeholder engagement

Lead product prioritization across competing demands and ensure work is sequenced based on business value, readiness, risk, and delivery feasibility

Platform Strategy & Ecosystem Management Provide business leadership for the People technology ecosystem, including Oracle HCM and related platforms across talent, recruiting, learning, employee support, workflow, case management, payroll/time interfaces, and digital experience

Partner with Tech on platform architecture, integration, technical design, engineering delivery, production support, and security

Maintain a clear distinction between People Team business/product ownership and Technology engineering/runtime ownership

Evaluate platform capabilities, vendor roadmaps, release opportunities, and technology options to maximize enterprise value

Drive simplification, standardization, rationalization, and better integration across the People technology ecosystem AI, Automation & Workflow Enablement Partner with AI…